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2006-11-01
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In 1996 and again in 2000, CALPIRG Education Fund completed studies of the levels of money the oil industry spends on lobbying expenses and campaign contributions in California state politics. With consumer and environmental activists continuing to be frustrated in their attempts to enact meaningful petroleum diversity policies for California despite record high gas prices and stubborn pollution problems, we decided to examine once more the effects that money spent by the oil industry has on public policy. |
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2006-06-01
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The nuclear industry is working to build the first new nuclear power plants in decades at the expense of consumers and public safety. While the power to license and regulate nuclear power plants is in the hands of the federal government, state governments have many opportunities to influence whether, when and how nuclear power plants operate in their borders. |
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2005-12-21
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If the Bush administration had acted in 2001 to increase in fuel economy to 40 mpg by 2012, Americans would be using less oil, saving billions of dollars at the pump, and cutting global warming pollution. |
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2005-09-29
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Congress needs to parlay the oil industry’s record profits into proactive proposals that will reduce America’s dependence on oil and protect consumers in the long-run. |
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2005-08-03
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As the oil industry continues to collect record profits from high oil and gasoline prices, President George Bush is poised to sign into law an energy bill that allows the oil companies to pay even less in taxes and less in royalties for publicly-owned resources. |
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2005-08-01
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Solving the nation’s oil crisis will require aggressive action to reduce demand for petroleum. In the absence of federal leadership, states have a wealth of short-, medium- and long-term strategies available to achieve this goal.
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