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Mark Hass
Mark Hass
stated on February 8, 2011 a legislative hearing
Says Oregon recyclers can't recycle plastic bags
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By Ian K. Kullgren • March 5, 2011
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on February 3, 2011 a Twitter post.
Says the Texas Forest Service planted 6,000 trees in the Dallas/Fort Worth area before the Super Bowl for unknown reasons at an unknown cost.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 6, 2011
Dennis Jones
Dennis Jones
stated on January 26, 2011 a state Senate committee hearing.
Says required state septic inspections would cost septic tank owners $100 to $150 every five years.
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By Aaron Sharockman • January 27, 2011
Mike Polensek
Mike Polensek
stated on November 18, 2010 a public meeting
"We're worse than a Third World country in terms of water quality and the way we treat our sewage."
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By Tom Feran • January 4, 2011
Elaine Boyer
Elaine Boyer
stated on October 27, 2010 a newspaper op-ed
Low-flow toilets "can cost homeowners up to $1,000 each."
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By Willoughby Mariano • December 1, 2010
Jim Bohl
Jim Bohl
stated on November 3, 2010 a news release
Sewer backups into basements caused the "vast majority of the damage to homes and buildings" in Milwaukee’s July floods, but federal flood insurance doesn’t cover them.
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By Dave Umhoefer • November 16, 2010
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on September 20, 2010 a TV ad
Rick Boucher "helped write" the cap-and-trade bill
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By Wes Hester • October 28, 2010
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on September 2, 2010 a television commercial
Proposed tax changes are a "handout" to BP.
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By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2010
Stephen Kretzmann
Stephen Kretzmann
stated on August 17, 2010 a website
Georgia's U.S. senators voted for legislation that would "gut clean air protections and increase oil dependence."
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By Eric Stirgus • September 7, 2010
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on August 2, 2010 in a mailer
Kathryn Starkey "aided and abetted the continued taxation on residents’ properties over 70 percent of the time by seconding motions and voting to keep the millage rate the same."
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By Jodie Tillman • August 13, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on July 6, 2010 a campaign speech
"In renewable and advanced energy manufacturing projects, Ohio now ranks first among the 50 states."
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By Reginald Fields • July 30, 2010
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 27, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic convention
"We caught (the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale."
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July 25, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on July 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015."
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July 15, 2010
Steve Scalise
Steve Scalise
stated on June 15, 2010 an interview on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News
It was President Obama's "inaction that caused over three weeks to go by before he even approved the governor's plan to protect our marsh."
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By Alex Holt • June 29, 2010
Florida Conservation Alliance
Florida Conservation Alliance
stated on June 19, 2010 a television commercial
"Sen. George LeMieux voted to let oil companies off the hook and overturn pollution rules."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2010
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on June 11, 2010 a TV commercial
"Every day, oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico. ... Even with disaster on our coast..., Richard Burr voted to let big oil off the hook."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2010
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson
stated on June 7, 2010
"In fact, oil spills from tankers are far more common than the very rare leaks from rigs or pipelines."
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By Willoughby Mariano • June 24, 2010
Edward Markey
Edward Markey
stated on June 15, 2010 a statement at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee
"Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on leases that will cost American taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 15, 2010 a press release
Since 2000, "the Texas clean air program achieved a 22 percent reduction in ozone and a 46 percent decrease in NOx emissions."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 16, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on April 29, 2010 an interview on CNN.
"The governor switched his position once again on offshore oil drilling."
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 30, 2010
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