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Bush keeps busy changing rules
Tribune Washington BureauAs the hour grows late, President George W. Bush, like many chief executives before him, seems to hear the call of the wild. Honoring a tradition that dates at least to President Ronald Reagan, Bush is pushing through a bundle of controversial last-...Tags: Gardens and Parks, George Mason, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, The White House, Conservation
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Bush, like predecessors, leaves his mark on environmental rules
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — As the hour grows late, President Bush, like many Chief Executives before him, seems to hear the call of the wild. Honoring a tradition that dates back at least to Ronald Reagan's White House years, President Bush is pushing through...Tags: Gardens and Parks, George Mason, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, The White House, Conservation
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You Can't Put It Off Any Longer...
With winter in the offing, motorists can be expected to turn their attention to the subject of auto maintenance. Engine coolant and the level of antifreeze protection may be the first subject that pops into the mind at this time of year, but the need...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Applied Physics, Synthetics and Plastics, Applied Science, Oil Changes
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Oil companies pour on charm before posting fat profits
African children smile for the camera, a youngster sips pink medicine from a spoon and a doctor explains his part in a venture to fight malaria, the No. 1 killer on the continent. It's an effort, he says, that will help save hundreds of thousands of...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Inventories, Natural Disasters, Business Enterprises, Energy
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SEMA - Green motor oil, or it moo-ter oil?
Consumer ReportsHere???s one energy-independence concept that you might not of thought of: lubricating your car???s engine with animal fat. Green Earth Technologies announced this morning at SEMA that their new G-Oil, which is made from saturated animal fats, has met and... -
Setting the record straight on debate points
WASHINGTON - Facts went adrift on taxes, deregulation and more yesterday when Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden clashed in the vice-presidential debate. Some examples: PALIN: Said of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama: "94...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Conservation, Petroleum Industry, Freddie Mac, Wildlife
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Ike pushing gas prices higher
Chicago Tribune reportersHurricane Ike unleashed its fury at gas pumps Sunday, with prices surging even as crude oil dropped to a new five-month low of less than $100 a barrel. The hurricane shuttered refineries around the Gulf of Mexico, limiting the availability of gasoline....Tags: Disasters, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Economy, Commodity Markets, Natural Disasters
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The coming black plague?
Sun reporterThe farmer drove a diesel-powered hay baler in a circuit around his field, followed by his son on a clattering machine that grabbed the bales with metal fingers. Edward F. Stanfield, 77, and his son, Edward B. Stanfield, 49, have followed this oil-...Tags: Population, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Prices, Famines, Heart Disease
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McCarthy is open to lifting offshore oil drilling ban
glenn.thrush@newsday.comWASHINGTON - Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) is breaking with House leadership - and other Long Island Democrats - in saying she would consider lifting a ban on offshore oil drilling as proposed by President George W. Bush yesterday. The local waters...Tags: Credit and Debt, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Government, Prices, Barack Obama
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We can't just drill our way out of this
The solution du jour for brutal gas prices is offshore drilling. President George W. Bush shifted course last week and called for a break with 26 years of bipartisan policy restricting drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf. He wants Congress to give...Tags: Disasters, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Government, Water Pollution, National Government
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Dems to Bush: Drop dead on oil drilling
The Swampby Frank James House Democrats responded to President Bush's proposal to end the moratorium on drilling for oil offshore as well as in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by telling the president to drop dead, although they used a......Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Nationalization, Energy, Public Relations, Regional Authority
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House Votes To Tax Oil Giants
The Associated PressThe House approved $18 billion in new taxes on the largest oil companies Wednesday as Democrats cited record oil prices and rising gasoline costs in a time of economic troubles. The money collected over 10 years would provide tax breaks for wind, solar...Tags: Credit and Debt, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Prices, Nancy Pelosi, Renewable Energy
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