More than two-thirds of a sample of likely voters surveyed from November 14th-15th, 2023 by Public Policy Polling for NPI backed the idea of regulating unfair oil company business practices with pricing transparency legislation, which is what Senator Joe Nguyen’s recently introduced Oil Industry Accountability Act (Senate Bill 6052) proposes to do.
Tag: Energy & Power
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Canada’s TransMountain pipeline is turning into the WPPSS of the Great White North
The woolly mammoth went extinct in North America thousands of years ago, but a great white elephant is going to ground in British Columbia.
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As climate catastrophes envelop the world, it’s business as usual for fossil fuel zealots
The Earth is telling us as loudly as it can that it’s got a fever. But a frighteningly large percentage of humanity isn’t listening and doesn’t care, a stance encouraged by fossil fuel zealots profiting from the planet’s destruction.
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Kamala Harris talks climate damage amidst a summer of record heat and extreme weather
“It is clear the clock is not just ticking, it is banging,” Harris told a crowd at the McKinstry, a Seattle based firm which has been a national leader in energy-efficient building construction.
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Sorry, local Republicans, but higher gas prices aren’t the winning issue you think they are
Republicans seem to be calculating that once Washingtonians are frustrated enough with high gas prices, public support for policies like the Climate Commitment Act will evaporate. However, our research suggests they are wrong.
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Biden-Harris administration reportedly plans to approve Willow oil drilling project in Alaska
Environmental groups have campaigned against what the Sierra Club has described as “a climate disaster waiting to happen.” A change.org petition opposing Willow had drawn 3.1 million signatures and an estimated 1.1 million unique letters have descended on the White House.
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Senator Maria Cantwell weighs in against ConocoPhillips’ Willow Arctic drilling project
The potential devastation to Arctic ecosystems, from climate damage, “is irreversible and irresponsible to future generations,” said Cantwell. “Oil companies already have record profits and access to drilling rights on millions of acres of public lands which they should be using to meet our current fossil fuel needs.”
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Senator Maria Cantwell: A workhorse for the people and the Pacific Northwest in Congress
Cantwell, sixty-four, is not one of the usual suspects seen on networks’ Sunday morning talk shows or shouting over talk radio. She gets stuff done by mastering details, quiet work with colleagues and by serving on a trio of A‑list Senate committees where legislation is put together.
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House Republicans vow to “unleash American energy” as big oil pipeline spill hits Kansas
The pipeline, owned by TC Energy, carries up to 600,000 barrels a day of heavy oil from the tar stands of northern Alberta to Cumberland, Oklahoma. This isn’t the first time it has ruptured.
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Vice President Kamala Harris promotes clean school bus grant program in Seattle visit
Five school districts in Washington State will join 384 others in receiving funding from the Environmental Protection Agency to buy new electric school buses, the Biden-Harris administration announced during a special event held at Lumen Field.
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New rules to bar oil/gas drilling in the vicinity of Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Situated in the remote Four Corners area in New Mexico and reached by a rough road, Chaco Culture contains remains of stone buildings and Great Houses that were once among the largest structures in North America.
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Big climate win! ConocoPhillips’ “Willow” Arctic oil drilling scheme stopped by judge
The ruling nixes the development permits approved by the Trump regime, which were not withdrawn by the Biden-Harris administration, stopping the drilling scheme from moving forward for at least the time being.
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Bipartisan infrastructure bill advances in U.S. Senate, but still faces hurdles to passage
The compromise legislation, which has the support of the White House, is being hailed by the Biden-Harris administration as a groundbreaking set of investments in everything from bridges and broadband to mass transit and water pipes.
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Supreme Court tosses Montana, Wyoming lawsuit that demanded dirty coal exports
The Court’s decision means that lawyers for two Republican-controlled, pro-coal state governments will not get the opportunity to further plead their case to the six member right wing majority of justices.