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Mary Landrieu Is Payingand Getting Paid Bigfor Her Stance on Global Warming
2014-03-23 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Journal: Environmentalists need Mary Landrieu, but they don't love herand they're proving it with their checkbooks. Louisiana's Democratic senator and Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy are locked in a Bayou battle that will go a long way in determining whether Democrats can hold their imperiled Senate majority, a force that has proved an implacable bulwark against a steady stream of House Republican attacks on environmental regulations. But that hasn't convinced the environmental lobby's heavy hitters to cut...
Republicans hit Landrieu over climate change talk-a-thon
2014-03-11 09:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Nearly 30 senators staged an overnight debate on the Senate floor Monday night through Tuesday morning, trying to bring attention to what they say is a dire need to combat climate change with legislative action. But Sen. Mary Landrieu, the new chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, was noticeably absent from the demonstration. The vulnerable Democrat faces re-election this fall in Louisiana, a state with large swaths of conservative voters. The National Republican Senatorial...
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Drillers seen gaining from Sens. Landrieu, Murkowski atop Energy Committee
2014-02-11 22:33:14| Chemicals - Topix.net
They're senior senators from two of the nation's top oil-producing states, longtime friends who are about to begin a partnership that has environmentalists uneasy and industry lobbyists counting on a shift in energy policy.
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Sens. Landrieu, Hoeven to Float Keystone XL Resolution
2013-07-31 16:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) will introduce a resolution Wednesday that says building the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline is in the national interest and that President Obama should approve it, according to a news report. Its just another measure designed to put pressure on the administration to approve the project," Hoeven told North Dakota's The Dickinson Press. A nonbinding resolution, if it came to a vote, would put lawmakers on record regarding their stance on the...
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Landrieu: Polite background checks finished
2013-06-11 11:41:13| Footwear - Topix.net
Kenneth Polite Jr. has passed his federal background checks as the sole recommendation for next U.S. attorney in New Orleans, and U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said she is hopeful the president would formally nominate him by the end of the month.
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