Congressman Bob Dold (R-IL) spoke out on the House floor today (February 15) against opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, which has been proposed as part of an ill-conceived bill to earmark speculative oil drilling revenues to transportation projects. Oil drilling is not appropriate in America’s largest wildlife refuge, which President Dwight [...]
Getting Past Groundhog Day on Energy
February 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s Groundhog Day. Recalling the fantasy comedy of the same name, Senator Lisa Murkowski, the Alaskan who is the ranking Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, mused yesterday about the prospects for the federal government breaking out of a pattern of rehashing the same energy issues it’s been stuck on for decades. Where [...]
