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Natural Resource Committee Chair Calls for More Energy Development
The Associated PressThe chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee is urging a new panel charged with recommending deficit cuts to consider spurring energy production to generate new revenues and create jobs. U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, of Washington, sees the Arctic...Tags: Washington, DC, Natural Resources, Natural Resource Industry, Energy Resources, Nature
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US House Plans Hearing on Alaska Refuge Drilling
Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be in the spotlight in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday morning.
The House Natural Resources Committee plans a hearing on the refuge and its potential for jobs, energy and deficit reduction.
Chairman Doc...Tags: Washington, DC, Natural Resources, Natural Resource Industry, Energy Resources, Zoology
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Dent bid to help Air Products falls short
WASHINGTON — Lehigh Valley Congressman Charlie Dent's effort to amend helium legislation opposed by Air Products and Chemicals fell short Friday as most House lawmakers voted against him. The Trexlertown-based company holds contracts with the...Tags: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Trexlertown, Lobbying, Charlie Dent, Politics
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Feds file legal brief in Marin County oyster farm case
Developments continue apace in the saga of the Drakes Bay Oyster Co. and its legal battle with the federal government. The Department of the Interior last week filed its brief ahead of the May 14 case before the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals,...
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Koster to concede to DelBene in 1st Congressional District race Friday
Q13 FOX News OnlineSnohomish County Councilman John Koster said Thursday he plans to call Democrat Suzan DelBene on Friday to concede the race for the congressional seat in the redrawn 1st District that runs from Redmond north to the Canadian border. As of 10:26 p.m....Tags: Republican Party, Jaime Herrera, U.S. Senate, Elections, Cathy McMorris
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Primary results: Inslee and McKenna to face off in November for governor
Q13 Fox News political analystFormer Democratic Congressman Jay Inslee and state Attorney General Rob McKenna won the top two spots in Washington's gubernatorial primary election Tuesday and will face off in November in what is expected to be one of the closest races for governor in...Tags: Bob McDonnell, Republican Party, Arts and Culture, Government, Voting
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FACT CHECK: Obama, GOP spin recent energy stats
WASHINGTON (AP) — You wouldn't know it from the Republicans, but these are boom times for American energy. And you wouldn't know it from President Barack Obama, but he has very little to do with that. From the presidential campaign trail to...Tags: Republican Party, Natural Gas, White House, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Elections
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U.S. bans new Grand Canyon uranium-mining claims
Nation NowInterior 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.... -
House Republicans push new oil drilling to fund road projects
Nation NowOil 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... -
Salazar calls for National Park at Hanford
Q13 FOX News OnlineU.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called for a portion of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation to be converted into a National Park. Salazar toured Hanford’s B Reactor Sunday, according to a story in the Tri-City Herald. “We have not yet done...Tags: National Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Christine Gregoire, Maria Cantwell, Travel
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Hundreds of plants, animals up for new protections
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Obama administration is taking steps to extend new federal protections to a list of imperiled animals and plants that reads like a manifest for Noah's Ark — from the melodic golden-winged warbler and slow-moving...Tags: Republican Party, File Sharing, Conservation, World Bank Group, Justice System
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Gulf oil spill claim payouts reach $5.5 billion
Nation NowA 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...
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