GOP Lawmakers Challenge White House on ‘Scientific Misconduct’

FoxNew.com 10/20/2011

Several Republican lawmakers are challenging the Obama administration’s science czar over what they claim are repeat incidents of “scientific misconduct” among agencies, questioning whether officials who deal with everything from endangered species to nuclear waste are using “sound science.”

The letter sent Wednesday to John Holdren, director of the Office of Science and […]

Inspector General investigating Department of Interior report falsely claiming experts endorsed offshore drilling ban

Mark Hemingway Washington Examiner 7/24/2010

In response to a request from Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee, the Department of Interior’s acting Inspector General, Mary Kendall, announced she is opening an investigation into whether a Department of Interior report recommending an offshore drilling ban was manipulated to appear as if the ban was endorsed […]

Obama tries run-around on order to halt drill moratorium

Carol Greenberg Conservative Outlooks 7/12/2010

We know that Obama is not one to give up easily. Or at all. Most of you probably know he imposed a deep-water drill moratorium after the BP Gulf disaster. A federal judge as well as the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned that order.

But in true-Obama style, […]

Court refuses stay in deepwater drilling case

Jeremy Pelofsky and Tom Doggett Yahoo! News 7/8/2010

NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected the Obama administration’s request to stay a lower court decision to lift a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the wake of the BP Plc oil spill.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth […]

Obama says: Cuba Si!, Gulf Coast No!

John Hunt American Thinker 7/4/2010

Wall Street Journal columnist Russell Gold reports on Friday, July 2, on the pending deepwater drilling off of Cuba by Spain’s Repsol YPF SA, on locations that could be as close as 60 miles from Florida. For reference, the Macondo #1 blowout is about 57 miles off Louisiana.

Way down […]

OPEC to Obama: Why are you halting offshore drilling?

Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 6/28/2010

One organization that should be jumping with joy at the American moratorium on offshore drilling is OPEC. After all, with a major source of American oil shut down, demand will increase for crude from the trade cartel’s member nations, meaning higher prices and profits. However, OPEC today declared that Barack Obama […]

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