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Oil Giants Loath to Follow Obama’s Green Lead
Even as Washington goes into a frenzy over energy, many of the oil companies are staying on the sidelines, balking at investing in new technologies favored by the president, or even straying from commitments they had already made.
- By JAD MOUAWAD - New York Times
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Back to Reality
Can Barack Obama undo the damage caused by George W. Bush’s war on science?
- By Olivia Judson - New York Times
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So much for our "Addiction to Oil"
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government is on the verge of one of the biggest giveaways of oil and gas in American history, worth an estimated $7 billion over five years.
- By Edmund L. Andrews - New York Times
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Appalachia pays price for rule change
The practice of dumping mining debris into streambeds is explicitly protected, thanks to a small wording change to federal environmental regulations. U.S. officials simply reclassified the debris from objectionable "waste" to legally acceptable "fill."
The "fill rule," as the May 2002 rule change is now known, is a case study of how the Bush administration has attempted to reshape environmental policy in the face of fierce opposition.
- By Joby Warrick - Washington Post
More Shiesters
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EMI Settles Pay-For-Play Probe
EMI today (June 15) became the fourth and final major label to settle with the state of New York over alleged radio pay-for-play violations
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Payola Shocker
J-Lo, Good Charlote and other "hits" were "bought" by Sony
- By Roger Friedman - FoxNews.com
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Why does radio suck?
Because most stations play only the songs the record companies pay them to. And things are going to get worse
- By Eric Boehlert - Salon.com
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Fighting pay-for-play
Sources in the music industry call for a federal clampdown on the new payola
- By Eric Boehlert - Salon.com
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