Governors Worry About Offshore Drilling
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A presidential commission has modified its proposal for a trust fund that would use up to &#36;4 billion in annual offshore oil and gas royalties to safeguard oceans and coastal areas. The change was to answer governors' fears the idea might spur more drilling off their coasts.
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Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne made his first visit to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Thursday and was greeted by local leaders concerned not about drilling in the refuge, but by plans for offshore oil development.
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Western experts worried about the   security of oil supplies from Africa's Gulf of Guinea have   considered several doomsday scenarios, including suicide   attacks by determined Islamist militants on offshore oil   platforms.
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The offshore driller continues to battle a difficult foe.
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Natural gas drilling is pumping billions of dollars into Wyoming's economy and providing a critical energy resource for the nation. But some say the price - loss of wildlife and habitat - is too steep.
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SANTA FE, N.M.  - A Texas energy company may get  rights to drill in a pristine swathe of a New Mexico national  forest after a White House task force intervened on its behalf,  a move that has become a hot issue in the battleground state  before next week's presidential election.
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In the wake of indictments and allegations of misconduct, the GOP's grip on the Governor's Mansion looks shaky
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A government inquiry found pervasive problems in the monitoring of royalties for oil drilling.
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Florida U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson says he would start a filibuster in the Senate to block a measure on offshore drilling if it passes the House, which is expected to vote on the bill this week.
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The head of the agency that oversees the troubled Big Dig highway project filed suit Monday seeking to prevent the governor from ousting him from his $223,000-a-year job.
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Despite talk of an energy crisis and the need for independence from foreign oil, Congress seems to be in no mood to open more of the country&#039;s coastal waters to energy development.
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Gov. Jim Doyle proposes taxing big oil companies more than $270 million over the next two years to help pay for the state's transportation needs.
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Republicans will play defense in this fall's state legislative races to avoid a "tsunami" that could alter the political landscape in statehouses around the country, the head of the GOP's legislative campaign committee said Wednesday.
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Governments around the region are warning that rising oil prices have started to hurt their economies.
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JUNEAU, Alaska  - Satellite fields surrounding the  giant Prudhoe Bay oil field will no longer be allowed to take  advantage of a state tax break that was intended to encourage  development of marginal deposits, Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski  said on Wednesday.
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The House is scheduled to vote today on a Senate plan for offshore oil and gas drilling that would open up new acreage in the Gulf of Mexico but that falls far short of an offshore drilling bill the House adopted earlier this year.
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An alleged terror plot with Caribbean roots has raised U.S. concerns about the vulnerability of the region's ports that are used to transit oil, natural gas and millions of American cruise ship passengers each year.