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A Bush in Hand Is Worth … Oh, About $521,714
Texas Gov. George W. Bush (R) raked in 79 percent of the money donated to presidential candidates by oil, auto, and electric power interests in the first nine months of this year, according to a report released yesterday. Bush received $521,714 of $658,389 given to presidential hopefuls by employees of companies that belong to three […]
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The Pain in Maine Falls Mainly on the Fish
Under pressure from enviros, the feds yesterday proposed an endangered species listing for wild Atlantic salmon in eight Maine rivers. Thousands of salmon once swam up the rives from the Atlantic Ocean to spawn, but this year fisheries biologists counted only 29 adult salmon in the rivers. Under the proposal, the feds would have more […]
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U'Wa Get Pumped Up
About 200 U’wa Indians in northeast Colombia seized an area on Tuesday that they claim is an ancestral homeland to prevent Occidental Petroleum Corp. from oil drilling there. Occidental won approval in late September to begin drilling for crude after a seven-year legal wrangle over indigenous land rights. On Wednesday, however, Roberto Perez, head of […]
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A Connecticut Attorney in King Coal's Court
Following the lead of federal and New York officials, Connecticut’s attorney general said yesterday that he intends to sue 16 coal-burning power plants in five Midwestern and Southern states over pollution that is blamed for causing smog and acid rain in the Northeast. The legal actions are intended to force power companies to abide by […]
