Koch's web of influence

By John Aloysius Farrell

The Koch Industries web of influence

Excerpts from this story referencing "Center for Responsive Politics":

"… ell — in lobbying expenses among oil and gas companies, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.These totals do not include the work of the trade associations that Koch u …"

"… r federal office — $11 million in the last two decades, according to the Center for Responsive Politics — and generous gifts from three family foundations to universities and c …"

EPA lacked strategy to create jobs with $7.2 billion stimulus funding

By Laurel Adams

IG criticizes EPA's stimulus projects for not taking job creation into account

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environmental Protection Agency":

"… ional managers acknowledged that their programs had goals for job creation. …"

Fact Watch: Playing politics with gasoline prices; both parties make questionable claims

By FactCheck.Org

Democrats and Republicans both demagogue the gasoline price issue
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Greenhouse cash

By Chris Hamby

Oil, gas and coal money favored Republican campaigns 4-to-1

Excerpts from this story referencing "Center for Responsive Politics":

"… times as much to the campaigns of Republicans as Democrats, according to a Center for Responsive Politics analysis of federal elections records for 2009 and 2010.During that time, …"

"… fossil fuel companies and environmental groups ramped up, according to the Center for Responsive Politics analysis, in the months leading up to the 2010 midterm elections, in which …"

Climate facts — and fancy

By Chris Hamby

Truth and fiction, from God’s role to the culpability of cows

Excerpts from this story referencing "North Carolina":

"… e CO2 [carbon dioxide] does not contribute to climate change.”  And North Carolina Republican Virginia Foxx referenced books by climate-change skeptics and l …"

Energy dollars fueled campaigns of Democrats who defected on EPA vote

By Chris Hamby

Energy cash fueled campaigns of Democrats defecting on EPA vote

Excerpts from this story referencing "Center for Responsive Politics":

"… ommittee, according to an analysis of the elections data by iWatch and the Center for Responsive Politics.The biggest beneficiary of these contributions was Oklahoma Democrat Dan B …"

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Republicans move forward against coal ash regulation

By Chris Hamby

Amid health risks, worries about a threat to jobs and the economy

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environmental Protection Agency":

"… .”Legislation before an Energy and Commerce subcommittee would block the Environmental Protection Agency from designating the waste produced by coal combustion as “hazardous.” …"

'Clean' natural gas adding to climate change

By Chris Hamby and Jim Morris

As climate change gases decline, data reveals natural gas increase

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environmental Protection Agency":

"… in the atmosphere 20 times as effectively.The data released Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency in its latest "greenhouse gas inventory" add a new element to a debat …"

IMPACT: In Philadelphia, plea for safer alternative at refinery

By Jim Morris

IMPACT: No harm from clouds of toxic acid, refiner says — to skepticism

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environmental Protection Agency":

"… of safer substitutes.Worst-case scenarios filed by oil companies with the Environmental Protection Agency show that at least 16 million Americans are at risk of injury or death fro …"

Coal is back, even as the Obama administration pushes green energy

By Jeremy Borden and Jim Morris

Improving economy requires electricity, so Big Coal is back

Excerpts from this story referencing "Environmental Protection Agency":

"… icism of coal and efforts by the administration to block its expansion.The Environmental Protection Agency, Raulston said, has not allowed new mines to be built or old ones to be ex …"

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