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June 30, 2000 THE GREEN PARTY Nader Criticizes Clinton-Gore Energy Policies By JAMES DAO THE 2000 CAMPAIGN Related Articles The 2000 Campaign: White House The New York Times on the Web Politics Forum Join a Discussion on Election 2000 Related Sites These sites are not part of The New York Times on the Web, and The Times has no control over their content or availability. georgewbush.com ...

June 28, 2000 Bush Would Use Power of Persuasion to Raise Oil Supply By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE The Associated Press Gov. George W. Bush said in Michigan Tuesday that he would work with our friends in OPEC to convince them to open up the spigot. THE 2000 CAMPAIGN Related Articles The Vice President: Gore Unveils $125 Billion Energy Plan (June 28, 2000) The 2000 Campaign: White House The New York ...

August 23, 2000 California's Move to Limit Power Rates Hits Resistance By JAMES STERNGOLD OS ANGELES, Aug. 22 -- Mounting political concern over what many are describing as deregulation run amok in the electricity market in San Diego prompted a major but inconclusive battle in the State Assembly today over a bill that would place a broad cap on power costs in the city. The state utility ...

August 9, 2000 Fuel Bills Empty Poor Pockets, Unfilled by Boom By NEELA BANERJEE Steve Pope for The New York Times Darrell and Donna Messersmith say they are feeling a severe pinch from high gasoline prices because they must make daily drives to a hospital 22 miles from their home in Brooklyn, Iowa. ROOKLYN, Iowa -- Every weekday, Darrell Messersmith helps his wife, Donna, into their 1989 ...

August 22, 2000 In Reverse, California Acts to Cap Some Electric Bills By JAMES STERNGOLD OS ANGELES, Aug. 21 -- With electricity rates doubling or tripling for some consumers in San Diego, the California Public Utility Commission took a step back from the recent deregulation of the market today and narrowly voted to cap electric bills for some residential and business customers in that city.

The House of Representatives on August 2, 2001 passed energy legislation that would allow petroleum exploration in the 19 million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The package then moved to the Democratically controlled Senate, where its future is unclear.