Democrats' move to increase the liability cap for oil spills to $10 billion is blocked by Republican Sen.
James M. Inhofe. "Big Oil would love to have these caps there so they can shut out all the independents," he said, echoing the argument of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who halted an identical move last week.
Source:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-20100519,0,1169385.story
The jury found Stevens guilty of "knowingly and willfully" scheming to conceal on Senate disclosure forms more than $250,000 in home renovations and other gifts from an Alaska-based oil industry contractor.
Get the low-down here:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/27/stevens.jurors/index.html
Alaska Sen.
Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that threatened to end the 40-year career of Alaska's political patriarch in disgrace.
Link source:
http://cbs13.com/politics/Jury.Finds.Governor.2.849689.html
On Wednesday the U.S.
Department of the Interior announced a plan to open 190 million acres of federal lands to companies seeking to develop geothermal energy production plants.
The lands that will be opened are in Alaska and 11 western states. It is believed that the geothermal energy in time could provide electricity to 5.5 million homes.
Secretary of the Interior Dick Kempthorne said the following about the plan: Geothermal energy w
The full story is here:
http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/22/united-states-opening-190-million-acres-to-geothermal-energy-development/
I received a very interesting e-mail from a progressive blogger in Alaska last night.
In that e-mail was a gold mine: The official analysis from the McCain campaign on the investigation that has hounded Sarah Palin in Alaska. That same blogger followed up with this explanation, which should give
Link source:
http://hotfeeder.com/politics/the_mccain_campaigns_analysis_on_monegan_inquiry_169897
