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Murkowski calls for EPA climate preemption

By | 11.04.10 | 3:47 pm

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), amid the post-election hubbub of her tight re-election bid, renewed her call to block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

In a statement from her office, Murkowski outlined ways to reduce greenhouse gases without a cap-and-trade system or EPA regulation, including “investment More…

Loaded With Concessions, Climate Bill Wins Backing of Oil Companies

By | 04.23.10 | 10:38 am

Kate Sheppard has some big news on the Senate climate bill, expected to drop Monday, following a conference call with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), one of three senators working on the bill.

The good news for environmentalists: Three of the country’s big five oil companies have agreed to support More…

Murkowski to Palin: Hands Off My Senate Seat

By | 12.02.08 | 3:54 pm

Now that Sen. Ted Stevens is out of the Senate, nixing a chance for a special election in Alaska, Gov. Sarah Palin might be eyeing another potential seat — Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska), Politico reports.

Murkowski, appointed to the Senate in 2002 by her father when he took office More…

Alaska’s Growing Pains

By | 10.13.08 | 1:13 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – As one of the most successful newcomers in Alaska’s political arena, Gov. Sarah Palin should have known better than to get into an ethics scandal right now.

The mood of the public in Alaska has been changing, gradually, but noticeably in the last few years. Palin was More…