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Group Blows Fuse With Electric Bill Claim

Posted on July 18, 2012

A conservative group goes too far in TV ads that claim a new EPA regulation on coal power plants will make Ohio’s electric bills “skyrocket.” Utility officials say it’s too soon to determine how big the impact will be. Nationally, projections from the Energy Information Administration show only a slight …
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PAC’s Email Spreads Energy Conspiracy Theory

Posted on June 27, 2012

In a fundraising email, a conservative PAC claims President Barack Obama is raising natural gas prices to pay for failed green energy companies. But the letter offers only false claims and twisted facts to support this conspiracy theory. The email says Solar Trust of America, a now-bankrupt company, received “the second …
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McConnell Misreads Oil Report

Posted on April 3, 2012

Mitch McConnell incorrectly claimed that oil production is “up 96 percent on state-owned land and private land,” which isn’t close to being true. Production rose 11 percent on those lands in fiscal year 2011, the period to which McConnell alluded. Even over the last five fiscal years, the rise has …
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