The politics of energy: Coal

By The Center for Public Integrity

When George W. Bush was inaugurated on the Capitol steps in January 2001, the coal industry, which had contr

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"… try, including stints as a board member of the Utah Mining Association and general manager of Energy West Mining Company, one of the nation’s largest underground c …"

The politics of energy: Coal

By Bill Dawson

WASHINGTON, December 3, 2003 — Two months after his inauguration, President George W. Bush surprised some supporters by changing his positio

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"… HINGTON, December 3, 2003 — Two months after his inauguration, President George W. Bush surprised some supporters by changing his position on carbon dioxide emiss …"

The politics of energy: Nuclear power

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, December 11, 2003 — On May 28, 2003, two chairs sat empty at a Las Vegas hearing called by Nevada's U.S. senators to assess conc

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"… , that was because the Senate, the House of Representatives, and President George W. Bush had already decided nine months before that the Yucca project would procee …"

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Bush's new Chief of Staff once fought for polluters

By Brenda R. Mayrack

WASHINGTON, February 2, 2001 — As their top lobbyist, Andrew H. Card Jr. led a $25 million lobbying campaign on behalf of the "Big Three" U.

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"… against higher environmental standards.Now, as chief of staff to President George W. Bush, Card may be in a position to steer U.S. policy favorably for his former e …"

"… automakers’ money, with $1,454,334 in hard and soft money contributions. George W. Bush received $122,100 from automakers, the most of any candidate and almost si …"

Bush's carbon dioxide flip-flop came through staffer who had lobbied for car-exhaust

By Nathaniel Heller and M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2001 — President Bush's decision to abandon his campaign pledge to limit carbon dioxide emissions was routed through a

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"… the Clinton administration declared the reserve hands-off to development, George W. Bush has made it clear that he favors his father’s policy. The majority of Ar …"

Right on the money: The George W. Bush profile

By Charles Lewis

On January 30, 1990, Platt's Oilgram News, a respected trade journal of the petroleum industry, reported that a subsidiary of a small, Dalla

Excerpts from this story referencing "Galen L. Stone":

"… eorge Bush’s oil drilling ventures in the late 1940s. Stone’s brother, Galen L. Stone, was the U.S. envoy to Cyprus during the first Reagan-Bush Administration. …"

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Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part three

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — The goal of Texas Governor George W. Bush's advisers in the early days of the campaign was to make him the man t

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"… dministration has opposed opening up the refuge. …"

"… Karen Parfitt Hughes is communications director. Few people can anticipate George W. Bush’s reactions better than Hughes, a one-time television news reporter and …"

"… ral fit for the job of communications director for Richards 1994 opponent, George W. Bush.Pols and K StreetThough the Texas trio is in clear control of the campaign …"

"… the Iowa straw poll last August.According to The New Republic, Wead helped George W. Bush’s brother, Neil, after the government investigation of the Denver-based …"

Stealth PACs revealed

By The Center for Public Integrity

February 9, 2000 — The 2000 election cycle promised to be a high-stakes and free-spending election by anyone's measure. The balance of power

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"… mobilizing volunteers through his expansive congregation network to elect George W. Bush in 2000.Citizens for Better Medicare: The Citizens for Better Medicar …"

"… t a press conference early into the presidential campaign, the group urged George W. Bush to initiate a sea-based anti-missile system and voiced its dissatisfaction …"

Loophole allows donors to give without leaving a trace

By Marianne Holt and Kathryn Wallace

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2000 — The same day that Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore unveiled his campaign finance reform proposal, an o

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"… urges equal television time for candidates targeted by issue ad campaigns.George W. Bush’s policy on issue ad campaigning is that he will “preserve the right o …"

Congress sifts competing measures on campaign finance reform

By Marianne Holt

WASHINGTON, June 27, 2000 — On June 8, the Senate passed an amendment by Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., that would force currently invisible

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"… about this specific issue of campaign finance. The staff of Texas Governor George W. Bush told the Center for Public Integrity that Bush is for full disclosure, tho …"

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