As disasters strike, private sector preparedness program remains stalled

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

More than 50 days into the BP oil spill crisis, many are calling for Congressional action. Environmental groups are demanding more safety re

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"… nal action. Environmental groups are demanding more safety restrictions on oil drilling, Democrats are proposing to remove liability caps for oil spills, and the …"

Barbara Boxer — Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

By Kristen Lombardi

Since becoming the first female chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in 2007, California Democrat Barbara Boxer has fo

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"… inst corporate polluters.Boxer has twice led Senate floor battles to block oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in 2003 and in 2005. She was the S …"

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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"… ard, though unsuccessfully, to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. Though the Clinton administration declared the reserve hands-off to devel …"

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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

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"… s. His father-in-law, Godfrey Rockefeller, had invested in George Bush’s oil drilling ventures in the late 1940s. Stone’s brother, Galen L. Stone, was the U.S …"

Mixing oil and politics is formula for Newt’s “solutions”

By Marianne Lavelle

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich isn’t running for president this year, but due to a gusher of support for his campaign to promote opening

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"… r of support for his campaign to promote opening up more offshore areas to oil drilling, he’s chairing the election season’s hottest conservative advocacy gro …"

"… nched one month before McCain’s call to lift the ban on federal offshore oil drilling, has already helped to shape the debate on what could prove to be a pivota …"

"… ging Congress to open up more federal lands and offshore areas to eventual oil drilling.The message took off with remarkably little advertising, about $100,000 wo …"

"… a budget showdown to shut down the government at the end of September over oil drilling.Funded by GOP donorsAmerican Solutions calls itself a “new, innovative, …"

Seeking credit for renewable energy

By Marianne Lavelle

Everyone is in favor of renewable energy — even members of Congress who have voted against it repeatedly. Such are the strange politics behi

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"… ies of votes on whether to open up more federal land and offshore areas to oil drilling. However, conservative Republicans have been vocal in their opposition to …"

"… crats up for reelection a much-needed chance to say they voted in favor of oil drilling. Trouble is, the latest version of tax credits for renewable energy is tie …"

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Eight views on climate change: A guide to the Republican candidates

By Evan Bush

From calls to curtail greenhouse gases to assertions climate change is an invention to justify regulation, GOP hopefuls span spectrum

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"… ho bills himself as a pro-energy candidate, aims to remove restrictions on oil drilling, the use of coal and nuclear power, and he wants to make tax credits avail …"

Foreign oil dependence has grown

By The Center for Public Integrity

Foreign oil has grown to nearly 60% of America's total oil use, while domestic oil production has sunk to 1947 levels

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"… upply. Federal subsidies approved by Congress in 1995 encouraged a boom in oil drilling in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. And the Bush administration’s …"

FACT CHECK: More U.S. drilling didn't drop gas prices

By The Associated Press

AP looked at 36 years of gas prices, and found no reliable connection to level of domestic drilling

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"… uch oil comes out of U.S. wells and the price at the pump.If more domestic oil drilling worked as politicians say, you'd now be paying about $2 a gallon for gasol …"

"… is not supported by cold, hard figures. And that's especially true about oil drilling in the U.S. More oil production in the United States does not mean consist …"

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Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues

By The Associated Press

Where Obama and Romney stand on the issues, from economy and education to taxes and terrorism

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"… rices." Blames high gas prices on Obama's decisions to limit oil drilling in environmentally sensitive areas and on overzealous regulation. …"

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