Printed from the News & Observer – www.NewsObserver.com Published Sat, Jun 11, 2011 A look at where legislation stands Find a bill The N.C. General Assembly’s web site allows visitors to search for bills by number or by key words: www.ncleg.net/. Keep up with the latest breaking news from the legislature at our Under the […]
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JUNE 10, 2011 A Gulf Drilling Revival Notice how the energy breakthroughs are in oil and natural gas. Exxon Mobil Corp.’s huge new oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico is good news for domestic energy production, but it’s even better news as a sign that last year’s panic over the BP spill won’t continue
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June 09, 2011 – carolinajournal.com Carolina Journal Exclusive Feds Push for National Vehicle Mileage-Based Tax By Karen McMahan RALEIGH — Critics of a vehicle mileage-based tax note that boosting the cost of driving might push more commuters into public transit — a goal of the administration and advocates of a “smart growth” urban planning agenda.
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JUNE 7, 2011 As production slows, the North Slope pipeline could shut down. Perhaps you’ve heard politicians call for “independence” from foreign oil, however unrealistic the goal. What you probably haven’t heard about is the determined environmental campaign, abetted by the Obama Administration, to shut down the 38-year-old Trans-Alaska Pipeline. In its 1980s heyday, the
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JUNE 2, 2011 Secretary of Subsidy Obama’s Commerce nominee knows all about corporate welfare. President Obama nominated John Bryson to head the Commerce Department on Tuesday, praising the Californian as “a business leader who understands what it takes to innovate, create jobs and to persevere through tough times.” That’s one way of describing someone with
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Amazingly, an era of energy abundance is upon us, unless politicians and environmentalists get their way. Steven F. Hayward April 18, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 30 When Andrew Liveris took over as CEO of Dow Chemical at the end of 2004, the company was in the midst of a
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APRIL 16, 2011 John Watson, Chevron’s CEO, says Americans must stop taking affordable energy for granted. That means more ‘oil, gas and coal.’ By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL San Ramon, Calif. It’s the day after President Obama delivered his most recent vision of America’s energy future, and I’m sitting in the sunny corporate offices of Chevron,
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Mark Steyn April 9, 2011 4:00 A.M. The Democrats’ solution to the problem is to deny there is one. Hey, it’s the weekend, and everyone’s singing the same maddeningly catchy refrain! Rebecca Black’s “Friday”? Nah, that was last week’s moronic singalong. This week’s is even perkier! “Paul Ryan proposes to end
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Published on Washington Examiner (http://washingtonexaminer.com) Home > Obama promised higher energy costs. He wasn’t kidding President Obama held a town hall meeting Wednesday at a wind turbine manufacturing plant in Fairless Hills, Pa., to promote his Big Green energy agenda. Not everyone in the audience was receptive to his message.When one man failed to clap
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