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Posts Tagged ‘Deparment of Energy’

• Guest Blogger: Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) on Energy Security

  Posted October 1st, 2009 at 9:24am in Energy and Environment, Protect America with 15 comments

  One year ago today, a bipartisan Congress voted to lift the ban on oil and gas drilling off America’s coasts and cleared the way for our Nation to responsibly develop more of our own energy resources, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and create new jobs. Next, the Bush Administration put forward a robust plan that [...] More

• New Vehicle Standards Mean High Priced and Unsafe Cars Americans Don’t Want

  Posted September 15th, 2009 at 5:11pm in Energy and Environment with 4 comments

  Take good care of your current car. Given what the proposed Environmental Protection Agency/Department of Transportation regulations are going to do to new vehicles, you may want to hang on to it for as long as possible. Pursuant to federal law as well as a 2007 Supreme Court case, these two agencies have proposed a sharp [...] More

• The Cloakroom: June 8 – June 14

  Posted June 5th, 2009 at 4:35pm in Ongoing Priorities with 0 comments

  Senate Floor · FDA Tobacco Regulation – S982 · Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan – HR2346 · Creation of a non-profit to increase tourism in the United States – S1023 Major Senate Committee Action · Foreign Relations Committee – Arms Control Nomination hearing  · Energy and Natural Resources Committee – Comprehensive Energy Policy markup House Floor · Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq [...] More

• Morning Bell: Will Chu Let America Power Up?

  Posted January 13th, 2009 at 8:51am in Energy and Environment with 28 comments

  The rest of the world may talk a good game when it comes to ending their use of carbon based energy, but the reality is a completely different story. While the European Union lectures us on global warming, Germany is busy building 27 coal-fired plants by 2020 and Italy plans to increase its reliance on [...] More