American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard issued the following statement today regarding the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s approval of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade proposal in a 33-25 vote largely along party lines: “While the bill has laudable environmental and economic goals, its inequitable system of allocations remains intact and if enacted would have a disproportionate [...]
Cap-and-Trade Proposal Carries Adverse Impact
May 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Blogger Offers ‘Definitive Guide’ to Environmental Lawsuit on Eve of Chevron Shareholders Meeting
May 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
If you’re like most Americans, you’ve probably heard little about an environmental lawsuit that has potential to produce the largest settlement in the history of the world. In the space below, I offer for free information that might best be described as “The Definitive Guide to the Chevron Ecuador Lawsuit (hereinafter referred to as “The [...]
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Cheney Stands Tough on Terror, Obama Whines
May 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments
Dick Cheney unleashed a barrage of common sense this morning in a speech to counter President Barack Obama’s defensive, namby-pamby approach for dealing with terrorism and terrorists. Two videos — Part One (above) and Part Two (immediately below) capture the former vice president waging a staunch defense of actions taken by President George W. Bush’s [...]
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GQ Slams Rumsfeld for Relying Upon Scripture
May 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments
Published under the GQ headline, “AND HE WILL BE JUDGED,” Robert Draper’s lengthy feature article about Donald Rumsfeld is chock full of criticism about the former secretary of defense and his boss in the Oval Office. What I found more worthwhile about the article, however, were details about Scripture verses that began appearing on Pentagon [...]
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