House Votes to End Big Oil's Tax Breaks
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022808M.shtml
Steven Mufson reports for The Washington Post, "The House of Representatives brushed aside threats of a White House veto yesterday and voted 236 to 182 in favor of an $18 billion tax package that would rescind a tax break for the five biggest oil companies and use the revenue to boost incentives for wind and solar energy and energy efficiency."
Supreme Court May Be Divided Over Exxon Valdez Damages
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022808N.shtml
David G. Savage reports for the Los Angeles Times: "Nearly 19 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill fouled Alaska's Prince William Sound, the Supreme Court debated Wednesday whether the world's largest oil company must pay a record $2.5 billion in punitive damages. The eight justices who heard the case appeared closely split, although several of them said they were looking for a way to reduce the size of the award. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. sat out the case because he is an Exxon stockholder."
A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
Thursday, February 28, 2008
02/28/2008 TO Enviro-news
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