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

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"… nation’s five biggest coal companies saw sales rise in 2010, even as the Obama administration blocks expansion of coal mines and focuses on greener energy.Most of the 1 …"

EPA releases utilities' plans to make coal ash storage safer

By John Solomon

Utilities craft plans for safer storage of a toxic coal power byproduct

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"… ing its feet on a decision, and could even delay new rules until 2013. The Obama administration initially supported the tougher approach but after meeting with 30 industr …"

Fact Check: Permitting some fudging on oil stats

By Margaret L. Ryan

Obama official defends slow drilling record with selective use of data

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"… tor of offshore drilling tried to suggest to the Senate this week that the Obama administration has been issuing permits almost as quickly as before the BP-Macondo well e …"

"… through 2008, shows that it granted permits at three times the rate of the Obama administration, lending some credence to the contention of Louisiana Democrat Sen. Mary L …"

"… favorably with the average of eight permits a month in 2009 – before the Obama administration halted all permits in the wake of the Macondo disaster.The industry respon …"

"… th for the last of 2008 and continued at between 7 and 8 monthly until the Obama administration put a controversial moratorium on the deepwater permits after the Deepwate …"

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Skipping safeguards, officials rushed benefit to a politically-connected energy company

By Ronnie Greene and Matthew Mosk

Did White House hurry to spur jobs - or favor firm backed by fundraiser?

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"… out for Solyndra. People are watching very closely from all angles.” …"

"… ive energy technology. He joined DOE after the Solyndra financing.When the Obama administration announced financing for Solyndra in 2009, the company was only four years …"

"… he company was the first recipient of an energy loan guarantee through the Obama administration’s $787 billion package of economic stimulus programs. It was the Energy …"

Judge says Fannie Mae whistleblower's lawsuit can go forward

By Michael Hudson

As Congress begins to tackle the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-chartered mortgage giants that have been kept alive wi

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"… vel consultant, claims Fannie Mae executives bungled their key role in the Obama administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) foreclosure-prevention cam …"

As Fannie, Freddie flounder, six top execs receive handsome rewards

By John Solomon and Julie Vorman

Obama administration approves $34 million in compensation without market analysis of executive pay

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"… spelling of Charles Haldeman's surname.  …"

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U.S. free trade agreements locked in limbo

By Laurel Adams

The number of bilateral and regional free trade agreements has been increasing worldwide, but the U.S. has been sitting on three

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"… e concerned that policies in Panama make it a tax haven for companies. The Obama administration has said it would work with relevant groups to reach a consensus on the Co …"

Campaign cash: The independent fundraising gold rush since 'Citizens United' ruling

By Peter H. Stone

For many powerful GOP operatives and allied fundraisers, the luncheon last April felt like one part reunion and one part strategy summit for

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"… candidates. “But it took the combination of the RNC being inept and the Obama administration’s political agenda to bring it all together.”Corporations flying under …"

"… mong financial service, energy, and health insurance companies against the Obama administration and Congress for expanding government regulation and taxation of some busi …"

GOP deficit-cutters eye health IT stimulus funds as Obama’s point man leaves

By Kimberly Leonard

Billions of unspent stimulus dollars slated for electronic health records are now a target for lawmakers searching the federal budget for cu

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"… ill have to make their case for preserving the money without help from the Obama administration’s point man, Dr. David Blumenthal, who departs this spring.The funds are …"

Proposed bill aims to expand health IT funds to mental health providers

By Kimberly Leonard and Josh Israel

Stimulus bill left many providers out, but costs of including them may doom the measure....

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"… e Congressional Budget Office, however, has yet to score the bill, and the Obama administration has not thus far issued a statement of administration policy in regard to …"

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