This morning's Politico carries a special section on climate change legislation that mentions the top beneficiaries of the energy industry's 2008 campaign cycle donations. The oil and gas sector -- with perhaps the most to lose from the legislation --...
The American Energy Alliance, a fossil fuel group, announced yesterday it would sponsor radio ads in San Antonio aimed at swaying Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, to vote against the House climate-change bill. The House Energy and Commerce Committee...
Several long-time observers of the Legislature say they expect the Regulated Industries committee to vanish when Joe Straus becomes speaker. The telecom portion of the committee's work could go to the State Affairs committee, and the electricity portion could go...
Energy writer Elizabeth Souder reports that could be the case: The House Regulated Industries committee could become a casualty of the speaker race. According to a well-placed source, there's talk of disbanding the committee, which handles telecommunications and electricity issues....
Here's a look at fact checks of some claims by Barack Obama and John McCain: Claims in a Barack Obama ad that John McCain voted to cut education funding and proposed abolishing the Education Department were deemed barely true by...
The Republican vice presidential nominee has said that her state produces 20 percent of U.S. energy. FactCheck.org says that's not even close -- it produces about 14 percent of domestic oil, 3.5 percent of all domestic energy, and 2.4 percent...
Read more about Sarah Palin's arguments on the facts of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge here....
Even as gasoline prices fall, John McCain and Barack Obama are hammering on energy issues. Here's how the two candidates compare: OFFSHORE DRILLING John McCain: Supports; previously backed a ban Barack Obama: Willing to back limited drilling if needed to...
The Associated Press John McCain and his Republican Party are gleefully mocking Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's suggestion that properly inflated tires could help save oil. The thing is, there's some truth to it....
One little detail jumped out at me in the Team Obama response to Sen. McCain's call for offshore drilling: a certain phrase seemed to have a different font from the rest of the text. Maybe the telling "backed by President...
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