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07.07.2008 5:18 pm

MoveOn.org hits McCain locally Wednesday

MoveOn.org, which has repeatedly attacked Sen. John McCainregarding his oil and environmental policy, will host a rally this week at the Shell Station at the corner of Delmar and Skinker in the Loop.

The protest is set for 5 p.m.…

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07.01.2008 6:25 pm

Web Watch: ‘Coal makes us sick’

The YouTube audience is currently eating up comments by Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid that burning fossil fuels creates health hazards.

Reid’s comments however were phrased more bluntly than that: “Coal makes us sick,” he said.

That pill isn’t settling…

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06.25.2008 5:55 pm

McCain calls for something that sounds like the scrapped FutureGen

A lot of folks in central Illinois were not happy when the Department of Energy pulled the plug on funding for a massive, cutting edge, carbon capture and sequestration coal plant that had been planned for Mattoon, Ill.

The plant…

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06.24.2008 6:50 pm

Onder: Will just say No to more energy taxes

State Rep. Bob Onder, R-Lake St. Louis and a candidate for Congress, announced today that he will “vigorously oppose all efforts to raise energy taxes relating to climate change that would result in a net increase in federal revenue.”
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06.18.2008 9:28 pm

McCain in Springfield, Take 1

Here’s a rough cut of Sen. John McCain’s speech from Springfield. The Town Hall lasted about two hours, so this is a quick take of McCain’s energy proposals that he has been pushing around the nation.

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06.18.2008 6:51 pm

Obama camp fires back

Atop Sen. John McCain’s energy wish list: new offshore exploration for oil. McCain reiterated today in Springfield his belief that states should be free to write their own laws on the matter.

He believes that many would jump at the…

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06.18.2008 12:57 pm

McCaskill lambastes McCain’s energy plans

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sen. Claire McCaskill — fresh off her midday sip of beer Tuesday — turned her attention today towards roasting John McCain’s energy policy.

In a conference call this morning, McCaskill, filling her role as Barack Obama’s go-to surrogate, attacked McCain’s stance on oil,…

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06.10.2008 3:31 pm

Dems prep for charity softball game with swing at McCain

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Martin Casas, head of the St. Louis Young Democrats, is setting the tone early for his group’s upcoming charity softball game against their Republican counterparts.

“While they have a candidate who needs a walker to make it around the bases,”…

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05.22.2008 11:37 am

ABC News gets wind of the other Carnahan

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

While his siblings were out running for office, Tom Carnahan was busy harvesting the wind — literally.

Carnahan, younger brother to Congressman Russ Carnahan and Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, is the founder of Wind Capital Group, which builds wind…

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05.15.2008 7:28 pm

Measure mandating “clean energy” could be on November ballot

The Missouri Coalition for the Environment was lauding this afternoon the likely presence of a ballot measure in November, dubbed the Clean Energy Initiative, that calls for a renewable electricity standard (RES).

Supporters — Missourians for Cleaner, Cheaper Energy – submitted petitions last…

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