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Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on June 4, 2012 a speech
By eliminating the public intervenor’s office, "I was the first one to fire Kathleen Falk."
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By Dave Umhoefer • July 5, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 19, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
"No one in Rhode Island -- not just children, no one in Rhode Island -- should eat more than one serving of freshwater fish caught in our state each month."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 2, 2012
American Energy Alliance
American Energy Alliance
stated on March 27, 2012 a video ad
"Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska."
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By Molly Moorhead • April 2, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 8, 2012 a press release
The RESTORE Act started as an "effort to dedicate as much BP fine money as possible towards Gulf Coast restoration" but now "could steer money to places like the Great Lakes and West Coast."
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By Amy Sherman • March 22, 2012
Oregon Environmental Council-Oregon Business Association
Oregon Environmental Council-Oregon Business Association
stated on January 18, 2012 a letter
In the 2011 legislative session, DEQ's budget was cut 18.5 percent — a disproportionate cut compared to other natural resource agencies.
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By Janie Har • February 7, 2012
Robert Hagan
Robert Hagan
stated on January 10, 2012 a news release
"We never had an earthquake in Youngstown until John Kasich was elected Governor,"
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By Aaron Marshall • January 24, 2012
Curtis Foltz
Curtis Foltz
stated on November 8, 2011 an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"The study of the Savannah River Estuary . . . clearly demonstrates the project can be constructed and [environmental] impacts will be mitigated."
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By Willoughby Mariano • December 14, 2011
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on November 10, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
In Rhode Island, "only 5 percent of ozone pollution is from local or in-state sources. . . Ninety-five percent comes from outside of our borders, particularly the Midwest."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 27, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 4, 2011 an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech
Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding."
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By Becky Bowers • November 17, 2011
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on November 8, 2011 an interview on The Daily Show
Solar and wind energy are "both cheaper than nuclear right now."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2011
Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on September 21, 2011 campaign literature
Says she helped lead the launch of curbside recycling.
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By Janie Har • October 1, 2011
Jennette Gayer
Jennette Gayer
stated on September 15, 2011 a meeting
"We have had over 40 days this summer where it was unsafe to breathe the air."
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By Eric Stirgus • September 30, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2011 a fundraising event in San Jose, Calif.
Says Texas wildfires are linked to climate change.
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By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2011
Raymond Lesniak
Raymond Lesniak
stated on September 9, 2011 an opinion article
Says "New Jersey’s $1 billion horse racing industry … employs 13,000 individuals and ensures the preservation of 176,000 acres of horse farmland."
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By Erin O'Neill • September 22, 2011
New Jersey Sierra Club
New Jersey Sierra Club
stated on September 6, 2011 a press release
Says New Jersey is "losing 50 football fields of open space to development every day and the more we develop upstream the more flooding we have downstream."
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By Bill Wichert • September 19, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 27, 2011 a campaign event
"The United States is the No. 1 country in the world for energy resources. … We are the king daddy dogs when it comes to energy."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2011
Kris Jordan
Kris Jordan
stated on June 15, 2011 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"Fracturing or horizontally fracturing the shale to open up larger pockets of natural gas ... has been used for over 60 years and, as of 2009, over 80,000 wells have been fracked in Ohio."
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By Joe Guillen • July 19, 2011
Doug Whitsett
Doug Whitsett
stated on June 3, 2011 a legislative hearing
The Medford Water Commission was fined $279,000 for dumping plain drinking water into a stream.
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By Janie Har • June 18, 2011
New Jersey Sierra Club
New Jersey Sierra Club
stated on May 17, 2011 a press release
"Every year the state loses 8,000-10,000 acres of land in bear country."
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By Bill Wichert • June 10, 2011
Chris Dorworth
Chris Dorworth
stated on April 21, 2011 comments on the House floor.
Says Florida is one of a few or perhaps the only state "that has a statewide review of local land use and zoning decisions."
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 29, 2011
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