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Food, Fuel, Famine
The Swampby Stephen J. Hedges U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, who travels to a world food security conference in Rome next week, laid out the Bush administration's strategy today for meeting the current worldwide crisis of rising food costs and shortages......Tags: White House, Medical Specialization, Agriculture, Food Industry, United States
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McCain says no to 'sheiks and princes'
The Swampby Jill Zuckman Sen. John McCain criticized his rival's plan to tax energy companies today as he called for lifting the moratorium on off-shore oil drilling to try to alleviate the nation's dependence on "sheiks and princes" to fuel the......Tags: Credit and Debt, Jimmy Carter, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, John McCain, Natural Resources
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Karl Rove pans candidates on economics
The Swampby Katie Fretland In an op-ed piece in today's Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove describes the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees as "economically illiterate and irresponsibly populist." Rove, the former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff...Tags: Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, John McCain, Natural Resources
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Obama trades ideas with labor leaders
The Swampby Michael Finnegan PITTSBURGH--Barack Obama traded ideas on energy, healthcare and schools with business, labor and academic leaders on Thursday at a campaign forum in Pittsburgh. The group included the chief executive officers of General Motors and...Tags: Career and Workplace, Automotive Equipment, John McCain, National Government, Unions
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Why You Should Care About Solazyme: It's Algae
KickingTiresSolazyme is not the only bio-engineering company trying to put a dent in the world's energy troubles with biofuel. However, it may be the closest to actually becoming a game-changer when it comes to what we fuel our vehicles with.......Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Services and Shopping, Science and Technology, Technology, Vehicles
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Oilman Pushes Wind, Natural Gas to Combat Foreign Oil
KickingTiresMultibillionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens promises that you???ll see his face on TV this fall as much as John McCain and Barack Obama. No, he???s not running for president, he???s pushing for more investment in wind energy to cut down......Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, John McCain, National Government, Natural Resources, Government
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Pickens' pitch: Time for energy switch
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsIf you watch TV, you???ve probably seen an old Texas oilman named T. Boone Pickens on your screen the last few weeks. Get used to it. Pickens has launched a huge energy campaign called The Pickens Plan, urging the United......Tags: John McCain, Natural Resources, George W. Bush, Maritime Accidents, Energy Resources
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FPL program: Green, as in cash
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsI remember getting the notice from Florida Power & Light a few years ago, asking if I wanted to sign up for its Green Energy program. For an additional monthly fee, FPL told me, I could fund renewable energy projects,......Tags: Waste Management and Pollution Control, Energy, FPL Group, Alternative Energy, Energy Saving
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Come One, Come All to the Energy Party!
MotherproofPresident Bush recently lifted an executive ban on offshore oil drilling. He???s going to the energy party, and he???s hoping Congress will show up too (but not in the same outfit)....Tags: Heads of State, Hybrid Vehicles, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, National Government, George W. Bush
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Senate 'gang's' new energy plan
The Swampby Frank James In the Senate, it nowadays apparently takes a self-appointed, biparitsan "gang" of senators to get past the partisan gridlock. For instance, there was the Gang of 14 group of senators who helped the Senate get beyond an......Tags: John McCain, Laws, National Government, Natural Resources, Government
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Pelosi: Open to hearing drilling argument
The Swampby Katie Fretland House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that she would be open to including expanded offshore oil drilling in an energy bill, if proponents of drilling in federal waters can prove it is a good alternative to solve......Tags: Science and Technology, Standards, Laws, Richard Nixon, Government
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Corn Ethanol Faces an Uncertain Future
KickingTiresEthanol recently survived its most direct challenge yet when the EPA rejected Texas Gov. Rick Perry's request to halve this year's ethanol mandate, but that doesn't mean the biofuel's detractors are going away. A quarter of this year's U.S. corn......Tags: Ethanol, Government, Petroleum Industry, Food Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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