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Energy Policy

I was reading this morning  about wind farms… and how they are lethal for bats. I am just wondering though - out of all the options we have, which is the lesser evil: coal and oil or air, water, and solar power?  As I was reading about the cons of wind farms, I did get a little [...]

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Initially, let’s review Representative Rehberg’s stance on the Republican Potemkin Congress this week. According to his taxpayer-funded web site on August 6th, Rehberg feels that the Potemkin Congress is incredibly important. His press release makes the case:
“America needs a Congress that will act now to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and work to lower [...]

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This is what your member of Congress thinks qualifies as doing the people’s work: making amateurish YouTube videos, in which he pronounces basic words he’s recently been visiting Kazakhstan.

I guess I understand what Rehberg is doing. Despite his legislative history as the least productive member of Congress in a Republican Congress that met for the [...]

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House Minority Leader John Boehner’s words:
"Republicans will not rest until we have an honest, up-or-down vote on the American Energy Act"

Boehner’s deeds:
But House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), who hasn’t been seen in Washington these last few days. Thanks to my friend and colleague over at the Washinton Post, Ben Pershing, we now know why [...]

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The news is everywhere, McCain wants to substantially increase the United States’ reliance on nuclear power - it’s a pretty bad idea.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain will push to almost double the number of nuclear reactors in the U.S. as part of a broad plan to address the nation’s energy woes… he would increase research [...]

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