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President calls for more US oil & gas drilling
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 1st, 2011
Living on Earth: Nearly a year to the day after announcing a broad expansion in offshore oil drilling, President Obama is again pushing for more domestic production. As Living on Earth's Mitra Taj reports, this time, instead of inviting oil and gas companies to drill in new locations, the president wants them to get the oil and gas from unused leases they have access to now.
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CURWOOD: With uncertainty in the Middle East and general nervousness in energy markets, the prices of oil and retail gasoline...
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Carbon Emissions Plunge
Posted by Forbes: WILLIAM PENTLAND on April 1st, 2011
Forbes: After reclaiming leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and strengthening its influence in the Senate, the Republican Party has relentlessly challenged the Environmental Protection Agency`s efforts to regulate greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act. Although Republicans are less inclined to molest trees than their Democratic counterparts, they insist that they are not "anti-environment" but "pro-economy."
Unfortunately, for people like myself who believe that there is...