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EWG to Congress: GET REAL about developing alternative energy options
Congress and the Bush Administration have done nothing to solve the USA's addiction to fossil fuels. Even worse, they are subsidizing Big Oil at a time of record profits.
Let's Talk About Fuel
Whether or not you agree with the Bush Administration on energy policy, one thing is clear: when a President brings up the need to become energy independent in a State of the Union address, public...
Bush Backpedals On Vow to Break Oil Addiction
It depends on what your definition of "import" is. Turns out the president was simply, well, exploiting American anxiety when he vowed during his State of the Union speech to break our addiction to...
Gov't Eliminates Drilling Reviews
The Bush administration continues to combat the country's energy problems with industry giveaways, now allowing oil and gas drilling permits on public lands to be issued without environmental reviews...
Oil and Gas Sites Costing Colo. Communities
Construction on 9,500 new oil and gas wells in western Colorado is creating erosion and runoff that's clogging towns' irrigation systems and raising cleanup costs.
French Resistance: Underground Group Takes on Paris SUVs
The LA Times has a funny piece about a band of subversive Parisian jokers terrorizing the SUV-driving population with deflated tires and mud-smeared windows.
Energy Bill Debate Highlights Phantom Restrictions on Domestic Oil and Gas Exploration
During debate over the energy bill in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Tuesday, Representatives Hall, Green, Murphy, Rogers, Pickering, and Committee Chair Barton, among others, voiced...
U.S. Court Rules Citizens Can't Challenge Mining Claims
In a landmark decision, citizens of Crested Butte, Colo., were told they have no right to challenge the Interior Department's giveaway of public land in their backyards.
Global Polluter Newmont Has Locked Up Most Acreage of Taxpayers' Lands for Its Mining
The international mining giant, Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp., is under fire for dangerously polluting Indonesian communities in violation of US environmental standards. Now, an Environmental...