Samuel Bodman

                   

Speeding Does Not Cause Accidents

plancksconstant.org     20-Aug-2008          

Camel Crossing SignPhoto Credit: TreppenwitzLast month John Warner, Republican Senator from Virginia, asked Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman to look into what speed limit would provide optimum gasoline efficiency given current...                    

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David Fiderer: Republican Deceptions on Energy: The Little, The Big, The Hysterical

huffingtonpost.com     17-Aug-2008          

When Lou Dobbs lied, Bill Schneider played along. When Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, Mike Huckabee, Mitch McConnell, Bobby Jindal, Trent Lott, George Will, and Bill O'Reilly, all...                    

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Gas prices fuel talk of lower highway speed limits

journalgazette.net     13-Aug-2008   3 related          

WASHINGTON – As you zip down the highway at 70 mph, remember that your lead foot will cost you at the pump in these days of $4-a-gallon gas. Some lawmakers in Congress have certainly considered the consequences of your driving...                    

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Dingell Wants to Give $25 Billion in Plant Aid to GM, Ford

evworld.com     09-Aug-2008   7 related          

SYNOPSIS: Government loans would be used to convert factories to build alternative-fuel vehicles. DETROIT -- General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC should have access by January to $25 billion in government loans...                    

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Republicans for Environmental Protection: Ready for Return of the Double Nickel?

alternative-energy-news.info     09-Aug-2008   1 related          

This is a post by Jim DiPeso, policy director of Republicans for Environmental Protection “Go on and write me up for 125 Post my face, wanted dead or alive Take my license and all that jive I can’t drive … 55!” -From “I Can’t...                    

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EPA rejects Texas request to cut U.S. ethanol use

reuters.com     07-Aug-2008   86 related          

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday rejected a request to cut the amount of ethanol required in gasoline, saying there was no evidence that use of the corn-based fuel hurt the economy by driving up food costs.                    

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Lawmaker urges alternative-fuel loans in a hurry

nydailynews.com     06-Aug-2008          

The nation's auto industry is bleeding billions, and a Michigan lawmaker is pushing for a $25 billion bandage. Rep. John Dingell is asking the U.S. to speed rules that would free up government loans to convert factories to...                    

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State Won't Clear Nuke Strategy Paper [5]

armscontrolwonk.com     05-Aug-2008          

Apparently, Princess Sparklepony did not and will not sign the follow-on white paper to Maintaining Deterrence in the 21st Century, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the RRW. At least that is what Elaine Grossman...                    

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WB report: Biofuel bombshell

mathaba.net     05-Aug-2008          

World Bank finally releases 'secret' report on biofuels and the food crisis. by Tom Philpott (Gristmill) Remember a few weeks ago, when The Guardian leaked word of a "secret" World Bank report that essentially blames U.S. and...                    

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Aug. 4, 1977: All U.S. Energy Placed Under Single Roof

wired.com     04-Aug-2008          

1977: President Carter signs the Department of Energy Organization Act, creating the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to 1973, the United States had no coherent energy policy. Instead, a number of smaller agencies, often...                    

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