19 House Democrats Vote With GOP To Approve XL Pipeline For Crude Oil
The disaster of the oil spill from a pipeline in Mayflower, Arkansas began just two months ago. 19 members of the U.S. House of Representatives seem to have forgotten that the environmental catastrophe...
View Article36 Democrats Help Republicans Keep Oil Leaking Out Of The USA
This morning, I wrote about the vote by 18 (or 19) Democrats to help the Republicans give a special exemption from environmental protections just to the builders of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline....
View ArticleThe 16 Democrats Who Voted To Help Big Oil Drill More Less Safely
Three years ago, the nation was transfixed by the daily spread of the titanic oil slick created by the deadly explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling platform. It seemed...
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Congress Protects Plan To Allow Foreign Governments To Drill Oil For Free In...
Deepwater Horizon Just hearing that phrase ought to cause you to shudder. If it doesn’t, I encourage you to go back and read some of our older articles covering the months-long massive rupture of...
View ArticleRoll Call: Anti-Environment Democrats Who Voted For The XL Pipeline –...
Two weeks ago, the Democratic Party lost ground in the House of Representatives, and lost control of the U.S. Senate. These losses were largely due to the inability of the Democratic Party to inspire...
View Article14 Democrats In Congress Vote To Rush Fracking Pipelines Through With Less...
H.R. 161, approved yesterday by the U.S House of Representatives, provides a special fast track for new fossil fuels pipelines planned to bring huge amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas, to market from...
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Five House Democrats Help Republicans Chain America To Outdated Energy...
In the 20th century, America discovered how to harness the power of fossil fuels. It was a powerful source of energy – for its time. That was generations ago, however, and America’s energy needs have...
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Roll Call: The House Democrats Who Voted For The XL Keystone Pipeline
The XL Keystone pipeline, if built, will provide few jobs, but will create much risk. The pipeline is designed to send thick crude oil, derived from Alberta tar sands, all the way across the middle of...
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The 47 Gutless Democrats Who Caved In To Republican Xenophobia, Obstructing...
H.R. 4038 is a bill that accomplishes absolutely nothing to improve the security of the United States. The bill purports to create security measures to prevent refugees from Iraq and Syria from easily...
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List Of Politicians Who Took $$ From Corporation Shipping US Jobs Down To Mexico
Step One: United Technologies Corporation made lots political contributions to elected officials. Step Two: United Technologies Corporation took a number of big government subsidies in exchange for...
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