Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Revealed: Big Oil Lobbyists and Executives Dominate New Fracking Climate Study
Stacked with former and current oil industry lobbyists, the UT-Austin Steering Committee roster to study methane releases from fracking is proof positive of a conflict of interest in "frackademia."
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Gas Industry Successfully Overturns Colorado Fracking Ban
The Fort Collins city council, buckling under the threat of a lawsuit by the oil and gas industry, decided last week to overturn a ban on hydraulic fracturing that had been in place for only a few months.
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Earthjustice Sues California to Halt Fracking in the State
Environmental groups have sued the state of California in an effort to stop hydraulic fracturing, which was used for more than 600 wells in the state last year.