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Kentucky creates climate post as EPA rules loom
Posted by Politico: Erica Martinson on October 17th, 2013
Politico: In Washington, Kentuckians are fighting on all fronts against President Barack Obama's climate change agenda, but back home, the state government is taking a different tack.
"You might be surprised that Kentucky has a person like me that's got a title like I have,' John Lyons, the assistant secretary, said at a recent climate change policy event in Washington. "But the one thing I want to pass along is we're not burying our heads in the sand, and we are coming to the table.'
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Poll: President Obama voters don’t want Keystone
Posted by Politico: Erica Martinson on March 20th, 2013
Politico: Environmentalists armed with new poll numbers have a warning for President Barack Obama: Approving the Keystone XL pipeline would put him at odds with core members of his base. The poll reveals an electorate deeply split on the Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline, which is wildly popular among Republicans and almost equally unpopular among Democrats. A small majority of people overall either support the project or don’t know what to think, according to results provided to POLITICO. But the Center for...
Appalachian activists get the coal shoulder in Washington D.C
Posted by Politico: Erica Martinson on June 11th, 2012
Politico: Appalachian activists looking for help fighting the coal industry got a hard lesson this week: Don’t expect much from Washington.
Federal agency employees who met with a slew of visiting activists explained that bitter partisanship, hostility from Congress and a morass of litigation have often tied their hands, some of the protesters said afterward.
“They want to do what needs to be done — they just feel like they’re being hamstrung and attacked by Congress,” said anti-mountaintop removal activist...