PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2016
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico might have moved the public against offshore drilling, but a still-struggling economy combined with rising prices appears to have undone that sentiment. A CNN/Opinion Research poll released this week showed support for expanded offshore drilling has returned to pre-spill levels, with 69 percent in support. That was a 20-point jump in support from the same poll taken last year, as the oil spill was in progress.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Unlike the Gulf, where tens of thousands of oil wells and runoff have tainted the waters for decades, a spill in the Arctic risks tainting a pristine and sensitive landscape, one that has not been as well studied and where drilling in federal waters is limited. That makes it harder to determine what toll a spill would have on the endangered polar bears, migrating whales and other wildlife that make use of the oil-rich seas.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Bill Richardson
Former Governor of New Mexico
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/bill_richardson/index.html
Former Governor of New Mexico
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/bill_richardson/index.html
Martinez has picked Harrison "Jack" Schmitt to head the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, which oversees environmental issues.
Schmitt, a former U.S. Senator and Apollo 17 astronaut who walked on the Moon, has said he does not believe man-made global warming exists. In a July 2009 radio interview, he said some leaders--including President Obama's science adviser John Holdren--have turned the environmental movement into "what was previously considered the communist movement," reports the Environmental News Service. He must be confirmed by the Democratic-controlled state Senate.
Schmitt, a former U.S. Senator and Apollo 17 astronaut who walked on the Moon, has said he does not believe man-made global warming exists. In a July 2009 radio interview, he said some leaders--including President Obama's science adviser John Holdren--have turned the environmental movement into "what was previously considered the communist movement," reports the Environmental News Service. He must be confirmed by the Democratic-controlled state Senate.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who chairs the Environment and Public Works Committee, said Upton's bill puts "the interests of politicians and big polluters ahead of the advice of medical experts and scientists who tell us EPA must act to make the air safer and cleaner for our children to breathe." She said in a statement that she would continue to fight "these reckless attacks on the Clean Air Act that jeopardize public health."
Monday, April 18, 2011
The League of Conservation Voters launched a series of radio advertisements Monday targeting four House lawmakers for voting in favor of a bill to permanently block Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) climate regulations.
The ads, which will run in the lawmakers’ home districts, say the members are protecting “corporate polluters” and stopping the EPA from being able to regulate harmful air pollutants. The bill to block EPA climate rules passed the House earlier this month, but it was rejected by the Senate when it was offered as an amendment to small-business legislation.
The ads, which will run in the lawmakers’ home districts, say the members are protecting “corporate polluters” and stopping the EPA from being able to regulate harmful air pollutants. The bill to block EPA climate rules passed the House earlier this month, but it was rejected by the Senate when it was offered as an amendment to small-business legislation.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
“The House Majority PAC is committed to building a long-term organization that can take on the Republican-outside groups in the battle for the House Majority,” said Alixandria Lapp, the executive director. “Our objective is to help the Democrats win back the House. We will hold Republican incumbents and candidates accountable for their policies that take our country in the wrong direction.”
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
He said that Carol Browner, who recently left as White House coordinator for energy and climate change policy, did not have the authority or staff she needed to compel action by the executive branch. And the president’s attention to the issue was episodic because of constant crises and other priorities, he added.
-NYT
-NYT
Monday, April 11, 2011
Obama’s decision to claim the mantle of deficit reduction comes after a White House debate on the political wisdom of doing so. White House aides have wanted to send the message to voters that Obama takes deficit reduction seriously and at the same time wants to protect programs supporting education and health care.
House Republicans upped the pressure on the president last week when they introduced a plan to slash government spending by $6 trillion more than the president’s plan over the next decade — largely by shrinking Medicare and Medicaid. The House may vote this week on a resolution supporting the budget perhaps Wednesday, the day of the president’s speech.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Budget Stances Harden as Deadline Nears for Shutdown
President Obama on Tuesday flatly dismissed a short-term Republican plan to keep the federal government operating past Friday as Speaker John A. Boehner sought deeper spending cuts, putting Congress and the White House on a course toward a government shutdown.
President Obama on Tuesday flatly dismissed a short-term Republican plan to keep the federal government operating past Friday as Speaker John A. Boehner sought deeper spending cuts, putting Congress and the White House on a course toward a government shutdown.
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