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Op-ed: US Climate Policy Should Avoid Partisan Trenches
2021-09-17 11:00:00| OGI
U.S. Representatives David McKinley (R-WV) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) make the case for an alternative clean energy bill that the lawmakers claim will break the climate gridlock in Washington.
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It's a full-blown partisan farm food fight
2018-06-04 10:23:38| Beef
Clock ticks faster as 2018 Farm Bill 'food fight' politics stretches toward recess.
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Canada: Catherine McKenna: 'Climate Change Is Not A Partisan File'
2016-04-02 00:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says her role is as a "kind of convener" among disparate factions of the progressive push for climate policies. McKenna appeared Friday at a panel discussion on environmental policy at the Progress Summit hosted by the Broadbent Institute, a left-leaning think tank. She was joined on the stage by Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips and Vancouver city councillor Andrea Reimer, a lineup that illustrated there's no unanimity of thought on...
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Biggest hurdle climate change action? Partisan divide
2015-12-04 18:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: As US officials attend the United Nations climate change conference in Paris this week, polls show that a majority of Americans say climate change is a serious problem, but a deep partisan divide remains, potentially complicating US action on the issue. Sixty-three percent of respondents indicated climate change is a serious problem facing the country, down from 69 percent in June, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. But only 47 percent say the federal government should do more...
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To export or not to export: partisan divide over ban on foreign sales of US oil
2015-10-31 08:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Oil is fuelling another battle in Washington. As domestic crude oil production gushes to multi-year highs, the president and his Republican opponents are battling over whether to end the 40-year-old ban on exporting US crude. Republicans say the ban, which was enacted during the Arab oil embargo of the 1970s, and kept in place for years because US production was low, is a relic of another time. Many analysts agree to some extent. We kept the ban in place because of peak oil worries, that...