Articles by Randy Rieland
Randy Rieland is a writer who lives in Washington, D.C., but tries to spend as many weekends as possible at his cottage in the Shenandoah Mountains of Virginia. He also actually remembers the first Earth Day. You can email him at randy.rieland[at]gmail[dot]com.
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Obama: Rebuild America by slashing oil tax breaks
The president says we can create jobs by fixing the country's infrastructure but he wants to slash Big Oil tax breaks to help pay for it. Uh-oh.
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Latest Gulf oil well explosion was no disaster, but what does it say about offshore drilling?
Thursday's fire in the Gulf had little in common with the BP disaster, but critics of offshore drilling say it highlights how risky the practice is.
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Feds lease prime solar land, but nary a panel is in sight
Congress set aside millions of acres for solar farms. Not one panel has been erected. Also, Greenpeace v Facebook and Tea Party v climate change
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New rules push oil inspectors to clean up their act
Damning BP reports, Murkowski concedes, MMS cleans up, California lawmakers nix a ban on plastic bags, and more.