(Washington, D.C.) Striking a decidedly feel-good tone on transportation legislation Wednesday, Democrats’ chief negotiator painted herself optimistic about the chances of a House – Senate agreement before July 4th. “I’m feeling good,” Senate Environment and Public Works Chair Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), told reporters on Capitol Hill. Boxer praised talks with Republicans–and even the Republicans themselves–for…
(New York, NY — Stephen Reader, It’sAFreeCountry.Org) The Obama administration will auction off more than 38 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to oil companies next month, touting the sale as a boon for the president’s energy résumé — which, while boasting increased domestic production, remains haunted by high gas prices, offshore drilling bans and…
(New York, NY — Anna Sale, It’s a Free Country.Org) “Don’t you think this is a wonderful thing to walk across this bridge!” Historian David McCullough has had a lot of honors in his career – two Pulitzers, a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and just this week a gold medal for biography from the American…
(Orlando, FLA — WMFE) The company that wants to begin a privately funded passenger rail service from Orlando to Miami says it expects to get millions of drivers out of their cars and riding the rails once it starts rolling. Florida East Coast Industries executives are meeting with local authorities as they decide on the…
More from the White House encouraging domestic oil drilling. Earlier this week the White House sent out a report showing 70% of U.S. oilfields are inactive. Now, a press release touting a lease sale to expand oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Does President Obama see a vulnerability on domestic oil production? “Today the…
As part of their fourth-quarter revenue, airlines collected $792 million in baggage fees and $567 million in reservation change fees from October to December 2011. That’s down slightly from the third quarter, though it’s still a big number. Overall, airline profits in the fourth quarter of 2011 are down from the fourth quarter of 2010,…
The chair of the congressional conference committee trying to get agreement on a transportation bill is cheerleading its chances, but she admits negotiators haven’t yet touched the hard stuff. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) took some time Tuesday to tell reporters how optimistic she is that House and Senate negotiators can find common ground on highway…
Some 26 million acres of offshore areas currently under lease for oil and gas development are inactive, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Department of the Interior. A DOI press release touts the finding, and pushes oil companies to, um…drill, baby, drill. The report comes as President Barack Obama pushes his so-called “all-of-the-above”…
Congress member Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, & Hazardous Materials, predicts President Barack Obama will sign a transportation bill — with a provision to build the Keystone Pipeline included — in September or October. “Americans support the Keystone Pipeline, 80:20″ Shuster told a gathering organized by the New York…
The private space companies Space Exploration Technologies and Bigelow Aerospace are planning to offer rides to international customers to private space stations. The California based SpaceX is developing a reusable space craft and rocket, while Bigelow, which has offices and manufacturing plants in Nevada and Maryland, is working on an expandable space station which it…
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