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    Nov 22, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Doug Brinkley, Rep. Don Young squabble over Arctic refuge

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    Famed biographer Doug Brinkley and Alaskan Rep. Don Young clashed bitterly last Friday as Brinkley, a professor at Rice University and the author most recently of “The Quiet World: Saving Alaska’s Wilderness Kingdom 1979-1960,” testified...
    2. Jan 9, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  2. U.S. bans new Grand Canyon uranium-mining claims

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    Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Monday a final decision to impose a 20-year ban on new mining claims on 1 million acres surrounding the Grand Canyon....
    3. Feb 15, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. House Republicans push new oil drilling to fund road projects

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    Oil drilling: A measure that would allow new oil drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to energy exploration is headed for a vote in the Republican-controlled House. It is expected to be...
    4. Oct 28, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Gulf oil spill claim payouts reach $5.5 billion

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    A year and a half after the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the administrator of BP’s $20-billion restitution fund told Congress Thursday that he has has paid out about $5.5 billion to more than 213,000 victims of the nation’s worst offshore...
    5. Nov 9, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. New oil leases in the Arctic: How dumb is that?

    Opinion L.A.
    An Obama administration proposal would open new areas in the Arctic to oil and gas exploration. And these are the guys who are supposed to be friends of the environment?...
    6. Nov 10, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Battle brewing over expanding wilderness protections in the West

    Nation Now
    The Obama administration on Thursday recommended stronger protections for federal land in nine Western states, but many of the proposasl are likely to face resistance in the Republican-controlled House....
    7. Nov 8, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Obama proposal would open Arctic and Gulf of Mexico to oil drilling

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    The proposal, which outlines offshore oil and gas leasing from 2012 to 2017, omits areas on the West and East coasts that the Bush administration planned to open to drilling. But it also calls for three lease sales off the coast of Alaska in...
    8. Nov 18, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. New drilling could bring highway money, GOP leaders say

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    Congressional Republican leaders are drafting legislation that would steer money from new offshore energy production into highway construction....
    9. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  9. B Reactor bill passes Senate committee

    Tri-City Herald
    Hanford's B Reactor is another step closer to being part of a new national park. Members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources stepped off the Senate floor Thursday afternoon for a vote by voice approving a bill creating the...

    Tags: National Parks, Politics, Maria Cantwell, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Energy Resources

    10. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  10. N.D. delegation opposed to proposed fracking rule

    The Bismarck Tribune, N.D.
    The U.S. Department of the Interior is proposing a rule to require oil companies drilling on federal lands to publish chemicals used in fracking fluids, which North Dakota's congressional delegation says would interfere with state laws. "As North...

    Tags: Land Resources, Heidi Heitkamp, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Department of the Interior, Energy Resources

    11. May 9, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  11. Michigan governor signs bill blocking wolf hunt repeal attempt

    Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill Wednesday shifting the power to designate a game species to the state Natural Resources Commission and potentially solidifying a future wolf hunt in Michigan.
    Staff Writer -- bhubbard@petoskeynews.com
    Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill Wednesday shifting the power to designate a game species to the state Natural Resources Commission and potentially solidifying a future wolf hunt in Michigan. The bill has the secondary effect of blocking a...

    Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Endangered Species, Energy Resources, Rick Snyder

    12. May 6, 2013 |Story| Virginia Gazette

  12. Wittman hosting Military Service Academy Day this Saturday

    <strong>YORK</strong>&mdash; Congressman Rob Wittman, VA-1, announced that he will host a Military Service Academy Day this Saturday, May 11, at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, along with Rep. Bobby Scott, VA-3.
    YORK— Congressman Rob Wittman, VA-1, announced that he will host a Military Service Academy Day this Saturday, May 11, at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, along with Rep. Bobby Scott, VA-3. The briefing will be held at the MWR Conference Center...

    Tags: U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Bobby Scott, Timothy M. Kaine, Scott Rigell, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown

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