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This page contains links only from 2004 or earlier.
Proposed Energy Bills
Nuclear Energy
- GAO Criticizes Feds Over Nuclear Dump
Associated Press (in Truthout), 29 April 2004
- Environmentalists and State of Nevada in Court to Challenge Yucca Mountain Radiation Standards
press release, Natural Resources Defense Council, 14 January 2004
- Nevada Lawmaker Blasts Bush on Yucca Mtn. Nuclear Project
Christina Almeida, Associated Press, 22 November 2003
- Energy Dept. Seeks Power to Redefine Nuclear Waste as Less Toxic
Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, 1 October 2003
- South Carolina to block U.S. plutonium transfers
Jacob Jordan, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2002
- Quake Near Planned Nuke Waste Site
Ken Ritter, Associated Press (in the Washington Post), 14 June 2002
- Lawsuit forces DOE to cancel plutonium shipments
press release, EarthJustice, 17 May 2002
- Clinton tells Nevadans to keep fighting against repository
Jane Ann Morrison, Las Vega Review-Journal, 30 April 2002
- Bush warned nuclear arms plants vulnerable, but provides no funds
Matthew L. Wald, New York Times (in The Smirking Chimp), 22 April 2002
- How safe is safe?
Pete Spotts, Christian Science Monitor, 18 April 2002
- Not Under Our Mountain, Nevada Says of Nuclear Dump
Evelyn Nieves, New York Times, 2 April 2002
- Abraham met with many dump supporters, few opponents
Steve Tetreault and Britt Faulstick, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 27 March 2002
- The political fallout from a nuclear-waste decision
Abraham McLaughlin, Christian Science Monitor, 5 March 2002
- Energy Dept. Is Challenged Over Waste Disposal Methods
Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, 4 March 2002
- Refusing to Take Nuclear Waste
Gov. Kenny Guinn of Nevada, New York Times, 16 February 2002
- Bush Chooses Nevada Site for Nuclear Burial
Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, 15 February 2002
- U.S. Technologically Unready to Store Nuclear Waste at Yucca Mountain
Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, 31 January 2002
- DOE Set to Approve Nuclear Storage Facility at Yucca Mountain In Spite of Legal Objections
Fox News, 9 January 2002
- S.C. Resists Plutonium Shipments
Eric Pianin, Washington Post, 17 April 2002
- Nuclear Waste Move Spews Political Fallout in 2 States
David Firestone, New York Times, 17 April 2002
- South Carolina Battles U.S. on Plutonium
David Firestone, New York Times, 12 April 2002
Alternatives
- Scientists Say a Quest for Clean Energy Must Begin Now
Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times, 1 November 2002
- Senate Defeats GOP Effort to Kill Alternative Power Clause
Helen Dewar, Washington Post, 22 March 2002
- Senate Votes to Require Increase in Use of Wind and Solar Power
David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 22 March 2002
- Senate prepares energy-saver incentives
Curt Anderson, Associated Press (in the Detroit Free Press), 9 February 2002
- Senator Kerry Attacks Bush Oil Policy
Alison Mitchell, New York Times, 23 January 2002
- Create coal jobs?
editorial, Charleston Gazette, 22 January 2002
- Sen. Kerry to Offer Alternative to Bush Energy Proposal
Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 22 January 2002
Energy Supplies and Prices
- Fuel hikes follow mergers unchecked by FTC
Jim Efstathiou Jr., Salt Lake Tribune, 18 May 2004
- Senate Report Explains Oil Price Spike
H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press, 5 March 2003
- Agency To Probe Energy Firms
Kenneth Bredemeier, Washington Post, 14 August 2002
- FERC launches formal investigation of Enron, Avista, El Paso
Reuters (in MSNBC), 13 August 2002
- To Detroit's Dismay, McCain Proposes Rise in Fuel Standards
Danny Hakim, New York Times, 8 February 2002
- Bushido — The Way of Oil
Roger Trilling, Village Voice, 16–22 January 2002
- Bush Expected To Boost Oil Reserve
Associated Press (in the Washington Post, 30 October 2001
- How we're adding energy from below
David Morris, Washington Post, 27 August 2001
- Subsidies for Clean Coal Miss Mark, Critics Say
Douglas Jehl, New York Times, 4 August 2001
- Administration seeks to retain aid to ethanol even though studies show it's ineffective
Keith Bradsher with David Barboza, New York Times, 21 June 2001
- News Analysis: Bush Finds Market Is Not Always Free
David E. Sanger, New York Times, 20 June 2001
- Energy Crisis Solutions Years Away, Bush Says
Mike Allen and Eric Pianin, Washington Post, 12 May 2001
- As Power Prices Surge, Montana, Too, Asks Why
Jim Robbins, New York Times, 12 May 2001
- Energy Industry Raises Production at a Record Pace
Joseph Kahn and Jeff Gerth, New York Times, 12 May 2001
- Many Utilities Call Conserving Good Business
Timothy Egan, New York Times, 11 May 2001
- Price of Gasoline May Pose Problem for White House
Richard L. Berke, New York Times, 10 May 2001
- The unrefined truth about fuel "shortages"
Paul Krugman, New York Times, 9 May 2001
- Bush Says He Wants New Energy Supplies, Wise Use
Lawrence L. Knutson, Associated Press (in the Washington Post), 12 May 2001
- Cheney urges 'fresh look' at nuclear power
CNN, 8 May 2001
- A phantom energy crisis
Dan Ackman (editor for Forbes), Salon, 8 May 2001
- Cheney Is Backing Plan to Expand Cleaner Sources of Energy
Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 9 May 2001
- Bush Team Grapples With Energy Woes
Ron Fournier, Associated Press (in the Washington Post), 8 May 2001
- White House says it can't keep gas prices down
Ron Fournier, Associated Press (in the Detroit Free Press), 7 May 2001
- U.S. Scientists See Big Power Savings From Conservation
Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 6 May 2001
- Bush Faces Quandaries of Economy and Energy
David E. Sanger, New York Times, 21 March 2001
- Let Them Shovel
Paul Krugman, New York Times, 15 April 2001
- Democrats Propose Blend of Making and Saving Energy
Lizette Alvarez, New York Times, 23 March 2001
Energy vs. Land Preservation
- Offshore Drilling, including the Great Lakes (separate page)
- Drilling Planned in Untapped Alaska Oil Reserve
Yerth Rosen, Reuters, 11 December 2003
- Battle over oil drilling turns to second Alaska site
Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times (in The Smirking Chimp), 21 April 2002
- Search for Oil Targets Rockies
Dan Morgan and Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 18 April 2002
- Instant science behind Bush energy policy
Bill Press,CNN, 11 April 2002
- Oil industry has eye on national forest
Michael McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 March 2002
- Bush to dump nuclear waste in earthquake zone
Andrew Gumbel, Independent UK, 15 March 2002
- Nevada ups battle against nuclear-dump site
Cathy Scott, Christian Science Monitor, 18 February 2002
- Bush to OK Nuke Waste Storage Plan
H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press, 14 February 2002
- Bush Administration Allows Oil Drilling Near Utah Parks
Timothy Egan, New York Times, 8 February 2002
- Worries Over Oil Exploration in Utah
Associated Press, 7 February 2002
- Interior Agency Backs Gas Drilling at New National Monument
Jim Robbins, New York Times, 22 January 2002
- Lawsuit Challenges Federal Energy Leases
Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, 7 December 2001
- Montana Indians take on oil chief in the battle of Weatherman Draw
Andrew Buncombe, Independent UK, 26 May 2001
- In Energy Plan, Property Rights May Be an Issue
Timothy Egan, New York Times, 15 May 2001
- More public drilling? Let's collect bills first
editorialUSA Today, 5 April 2001
- Is Bush Using a Phony 'Energy Crisis' for Cover on the Environment?
Frank Pellegrini, Time, 22 March 2001
Regulations and Legislations
- Electricity Deregulation
Center for Responsive Politics
- Sen. Kerry to Offer Alternative to Bush Energy Proposal
Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 22 January 2002
- G.O.P. Considers Tighter Gas Mileage Rules
Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 23 June 2001
- Energy companies want to use "crisis" as pretext for easing EPA standards
Peter Behr, Washington Post, 3 May 2001
- New energy efficiency standards for appliances partially approved
John Heilprin, Associated Press (in the Baltimore Sun), 12 April 2001
- Big Maker of Air-Conditioners Supports Clinton Administration's Energy Rules
Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, 11 April 2001
- After declaring energy crisis, Bush wants to repeal energy-saving rules
Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, 31 March 2001
- Critics Say U.S. Energy Agency Is Weak in Oversight of Utilities
Jeff Gerth and Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 23 March 2001
Cheney Energy Plan
Secret Task Force Meetings
- Also see
Enron (separate page)
- What the Documents Reveal
National Resources Defense Council March 2002
- Task Force Documents Reveal Discussions About Iraqi Oil Fiels
Linda McQuaig, Toronto Star (in Truthout), 20 September 2004
- Director of Cheney's energy task force now energy industry lobbyist
Susan Milligan and Maud S. Beelman, Boston Globe, 25 April 2004
- GAO's Final Energy Task Force Report Reveals that the Vice President Made A False Statement to Congress
John Dean, FindLaw, 29 August 2003
- Judge rebukes White House over secrecy
John Heilprin, Associated Press (in the Washington Post), 12 July 2002
- Cheney energy papers may have Yucca policy answers
Las Vegas Sun, 3 July 2002
- Chevron Helped Dictate U.S. Energy Policy
press release, Natural Resources Defense Council, 22 May 2002
- Data Shows Industry Had Extensive Access to Cheney's Energy Task Force
Natural Resources Defense Council (in Truthout), 21 May 2002
- Ex-Cheney
Aide Subpoenaed to Testify About Energy Task Force
Washington Post, 1 May 2002
- Lobbyist Sent Cheney Energy Letter
Associated Press (in the The Guardian), 26 April 2002
- Lobbyist's Wish List to Bush Released Under Court Order
Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 27 April 2002
- Energy Department Releases Index of Cheney Energy Task Force Documents Illegally Withheld
press release, National Resources Defense Council (in CommonDreams), 26 April 2002
- Enviros to Bush's Energy Dept.: Nice try -- now show us the good stuff
Anthony York, Salon (full article available to subscribers only), 29 March 2002
- Where There's a Pipe, There's Smoke
James Ledbetter, Slate, 28 March 2002
- Documents Show Energy Official Met Only With Industry Leaders
Don Van Natta Jr. and Neela Banerjee, New York Times, 27 March 2002
- President's energy plan lambasted
Marc Sandalow and John Wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 March 2002
- Energy Chief Met Envoys From Industry
Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 26 March 2002
- Judge Orders More Agencies to Release Papers on Task Force
Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 6 March 2002
- Top G.O.P. Donors in Energy Industry Met Cheney Panel
Don Van Natta Jr. and Neela Banerjee, New York Times, 1 March 2002
- Judge Orders Release of Energy Panel's Files
Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 28 February 2002
- Agency Files Suit for Cheney Papers on Energy Policy
Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 23 February 2002
- GAO chief, Cheney barreling toward showdown
Susan Page, USA Today, 18 February 2002
- Watergate lawyer Dean hits out at Cheney
Oliver Burkeman, Guardian (UK), 11 February 2002
- Cheney Should Stop Stalling
John W. Dean, New York Times, 11 February 2002
- Cheney is 'misrepresenting' GAO request for information
Byron York, National Review, 1 February 2002
- Cheney, Enron, and the Constitution
Akhil Reed Amar, Time, 2 February 2002
- Cheney's Enron Tip Sheet
editorial, San Francisco Chronicle (reprinted by WBUR), 1 February 2002
- Cheney Can Win Against the GAO Only If We Have Another Bush v. Gore -like Ruling
John W. Dean, FindLaw, 1 February 2002
- Pressing the President: David Michael Walker
Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, 31 January 2002
- Agency Will Sue for Records of Cheney Energy Meetings
Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 31 January 2002
- The veep's lectures, legalisms, and lies
Chris Suellentrop, Slate, 30 January 2002
- Republicans Divide Over GAO Lawsuit to Obtain Cheney Papers
Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Robert Pear, New York Times, 30 January 2002
- Agency Will Sue White House to Obtain Cheney Panel Records
Don Van Natta Jr. with Terence Neilan, New York Times, 30 January 2002
- Memo details Cheney--Enron links
David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 January 2002
- Bush Says Privacy Is Needed on Data From Enron Talks
Stephen Labaton and Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 29 January 2002
- Cheney Is Set to Battle Congress to Keep His Enron Papers Secret
Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 28 January 2002
- New Lawsuit Against Cheney Task Force Seeks to Disclose Secret Enron Meetings
press release, Sierra Club, 25 January 2002
- White House to GAO: See you in court
Kate Snow, Kelly Wallace and Dana Bash, CNN, 27 January 2002
- White House Could be Sued Over Cheney Advisers
Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 26 January 2002
- What Is Cheney Hiding?
Mario Giardiello, PoliticalUSA, 22 January 2002
- Congress Rebuffed on Energy Documents
Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 18 January 2002
- Federal Agency Likely to Sue White House over Energy Task Force Information
Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 8 September 2001
- Why aren't the media demanding the names of the energy task force members?
E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post, 31 August 2001
- Cheney Refuses to Release Energy Task Force Records
Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 4 August 2001
- Cheney refuses GAO demand for information on Energy Task Force
Major Garrett, CNN, 19 July 2001
- GAO presses White House on task force names
Jonathan Weisman, USA Today, 26 June 2001
- Cheney Withholds List of Those Who Spoke to Energy Panel
Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 26 June 2001
- Cheney Task Force on Energy Worked in Mysterious Ways
Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, 16 May 2001
- Dems ask for probe of Cheney's secretive energy task force
Doug Abrahms, Gannett News Service (in USA Today), 24 April 2001
Plan Details
- Enron Won Some and Lost Some in White House Energy Report
Joseph Kahn, New York Times 1 February 2002
- Energy Research Support by Government Is Praised
Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, 18 July 2001
- Cheney spins the Bush energy plan as environmentalism
Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 17 July 2001
- Critics call Bush energy plan dirty, dangerous
Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 17 July 2001
- Cheney's Choose Your Own Energy Plan
Frank Pellegrini, Time, 22 May 2001
- Bush's energy plan intended to pay back enemies as well as friends
Greg Palast, The Guardian, 22 May 2001
- Is Bush's Policy Too Oil-Slick?
Eric Roston, Time, 20 May 2001
- Bush energy plan would reduce funding for heating subsidies
Jake Tapper, Salon, 18 May 2001
- In Energy Plan, Bush Urges New Drilling, Conservation and Nuclear Power Review
David E. Sanger, New York Times, 17 May 2001
- Hearing Bush Energy Plan, Union Leaders Offer Praise
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 15 May 2001
Political Battle
- Rock Stars Oppose Bush's Energy Plan and Ask Fans to Join Them
Neela Banerjee with Ben Spiess, New York Times, 6 September 2001
- Will the Senate Unplug Bush's Energy Plan?
Frank Pellegrini, Time, 2 August 2001
- Concessions to Moderates May Remove Most Anti-Environmental Details of Energy Plan
Lizette Alvarez, New York Times, 28 July 2001
- Bush gives in again, will endorse increased spending on renewable energy
Major Garrett, CNN, 27 June 2001
- Bush Is Revising Energy Policy in Response to Reality-Based Criticism
Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 10 June 2001
- Senate shift will alter current of energy legislation
Jonathan Weisman, USA Today, 4 June 2001
- Poll shows public split over Bush energy plan
CNN, 22 May 2001
- The Rocky Rollout of Cheney's Energy Plan
James Carney and John F. Dickerson, Time, 19 May 2001
- How much of Bush's energy policy will be implemented?
Frank Pellegrini, Time, 17 May 2001
- Bush Hopes to Win Backing of Unions for Energy Plan
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 14 May 2001
- Sensing a Bush Liability, Democrats Push Their Own Energy Plan
Philip Shenon, New York Times, 16 May 2001
- Democrats offer their own energy plan
Philip Shenon and David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 May 2001
- Bush tries to "charm" labor unions into supporting energy policy
Frank Bruni and Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, 10 May 2001
Bush Regime Ties with Energy Industry
- Follow the money
Ian Willmore, Observer (UK), 18 August 2002
- Energy undersecretary who oversees nuclear waste projects has conflict of interest
Steve Tetreault, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 4 June 2002
- Bush's Master Oil Plan
Michael T. Klare, Pacific News Service (in AlterNet), 23 April 2002
- High Administration Officials Have Links to Energy Industry
Don Van Natta Jr. and Neela Banerjee, New York Times, 20 April 2002
- White House advisers collaborate with energy companies to fight price caps
Major Garrett, CNN, 10 June 2001
- Advisers held stock in energy company while working on Bush energy policy
Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 3 June 2001
- Bush campaign donor Enron makes no attempt to hide influence
Lowell Bergman and Jeff Gerth, New York Times, 25 May 2001
- The power behind the US presidency
Oliver Morgan, The Guardian, 28 January 2001
U.S. Energy Industry
- Also see
Enron (separate page)
- How Bush and his coal industry cronies are covering up one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history
Phillip Babich, Salon, 13 November 2003
- Oil company adviser named US representative to Afghanistan
Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site, 3 January 2002
- Dick Cheney's Pipe Dream
Geoffrey Gray, Village Voice, 19 October 2001
- Big Oil, Little Public
editorial, Denver Post (in Common Dreams), 19 August 2001
- For Big Energy, a Different Kind of Crisis Looms
Frank Pellegrini, Time, 8 August 2001
- Coal industry tries to avoid paying black-lung benefits
Associated Press (in the New York Times — requires registration to view), 6 June 2001
- Power firm vetted Bush energy regulators
Julian Borger, Guardian (UK), 26 May 2001
- Wasteful handouts skew energy plan's benefits
editorial, USA Today, 30 May 2001
- PG&E, in bankruptcy, wants OK to double top executives' pay
David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2001
- Memo suggests Texas firm manipulated gas market
Bernadette Tansey, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2001
World Market
California Crisis
- Panel Finds Manipulation by Energy Companies
Richard A. Oppel Jr.New York Times, 27 March 2003
- State officials point to new evidence power firms sought to rip off California
Mark Martin, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 February 2003
- Power firms spoke of exploiting crisis
Christian Berthelsen, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 November 2002
- California Energy Crisis A Sham
CBS News, 18 September 2002
- Bush's California Energy Stance Faulted
Don Van Natta Jr., New York Times, 8 May 2002
- Signs Enron Bet on Price Increase Before California Power Shortage
Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 11 April 2002
- Bush administration to California: Drop dead!
Peter Schrag, Sacramento Bee, 20 February 2002
- Calif. Senate committee votes to pursue criminal charges against Enron
Jennifer Coleman, Associated Press (in the San Francisco Chronicle, 13 February 2002
- Boxer, Feinstein seize on 'smoking gun' memo
David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 January 2002
- Did Enron inflate California energy costs?
Jake Tapper, Salon, 30 January 2002
- State to investigate destruction of papers; accountants, Enron officials to be subpoenaed
Mark Martin, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 January 2002
- GAO Report Finds Flaws in FERC Study Exonerating California Power Companies
Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 30 June 2001
- Witnesses Say Generator Cut Power Supply to Raise Price
Matt Richtel, New York Times, 23 June 2001
- Congress tells FERC to do its job in California
Joseph Kahn, New York Times, 14 June 2001
- Cheney stands ground in meeting over price caps
Ted Barrett, CNN, 13 June 2001
- Bill to ease California energy crisis killed in House
CNN, 6 June 2001
- Open letter to Bush from Gray Davis
New York Times, 31 May 2001
- For Crucial California Trip, Bush Considers State's Energy Crisis
David E. Sanger, New York Times, 29 May 2001
- Probe
finds 'artificial' shortages in California
Chuck Squatriglia,
San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2001
- PG&E Took Hard Line, Dooming State Talks — Secret plan shows utility demanded even less regulation
David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 April 2001
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