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.
Sally Jewell
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Interior Department Halts Arctic Offshore Drilling Leases
The Friday news follows a Sept. 28 announcement by Shell that it would cease exploration in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas after spending $7 billion on Arctic exploration.
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Obama Administration Issues New Fracking Rules to Mixed Response
The Obama administration on Friday made its most significant move yet toward regulating hydraulic fracturing, forcing companies to disclose which chemicals they're injecting into the ground and enabling government inspection of drill sites.
