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Only Transparency Can Permanently Fix the Mess at the MMS

Karin Lissakers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interior Department, Transparency, Minerals Management Service, Cardin, Oil, Ken Salazar, Gulf Oil Spill, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Karin Lissakers

The way to clean up the mess in the Interior Department and in our waters is to shine enough light to make dealings between industry and government transparent to all of us.

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The Cleanup Can't Stop at the Shore

Karin Lissakers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lugar, Bp, Oil Spill, Mining, Oil Companies, Financial Reform, Cardin, Transparency, Oil, Salazar, Politics News
Karin Lissakers

The BP spill revealed the need for transparency in big oil's relationship with government. The Lugar-Cardin bill would require companies to report what they pay to access natural resources.

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What's Cleaner: Used Toilet Water or the Chesapeake Bay?

Judd Legum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elijah Cummings, Cardin, Epa, Howard Ernst, Water Quality, Chesapeake Bay, Green News
Judd Legum

Below is a brief excerpt from a conversation with Prof. Howard Ernst I recorded. He reveals how he answered a question you wish didn't need asking -- What's cleaner: used toilet water or the Chesapeake Bay?

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