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March 21, 2011 -
Amount the nuclear power industry spent on lobbying from 2000 to 2010: $600 millionAmount the industry spent during that same period on campaign contributions: nearly $63 millionAmount the Nuclear Energy Institute -- an industry trade group whose members include the company that owns the imperiled Japanese nuclear plant -- spent lobbying the federal government during the past three years: $6.12 millionNumber of federal lobbyists on the NEI's roster: more than 20
March 16, 2011 -
With the nuclear crisis in Japan growing more alarming by the hour, Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers
February 21, 2011 -
The House of Representatives approved an amendment to a federal spending bill over
February 3, 2011 -
Date on which President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act implementing comprehensive health care reform: 3/23/2010 Date when a group of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit seeking to have the law declared unconstitutional in part because of its mandate that all Americans buy insurance: 3/23/2010
February 3, 2011 -
An independent report identifies 28 coal ash dump sites from Massachusetts to Nevada where hexavalent chromium has been detected in the groundwater at levels exceeding federal or state standards. Hexavalent chromium is one toxic waste product created by coal-fired power plants known to contain potentially dangerous levels of heavy metals, combustion byproducts and radioactive elements.
January 28, 2011 -
For years the Koch brothers from Kansas (reportedly worth $21.5 billion each) have been hosting a secret gathering of conservative businessmen, operatives and politicians to with little fanfare.