Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who’s running for president, weighed in on climate change during a campaign appearance in Ohio. From the AP: Santorum told voters in eastern Ohio on Monday that science is on the side of those who want to aggressively produce more oil and natural gas in America. He said the notion [...]
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has a friend in Consol Energy. The Pittsburgh-based natural gas and coal extractor contributed $150,000 to a Romney-affiliated Super PAC in July. Consol executives also gave $22,000 to the Republican front-runner’s campaign during the most recent Federal Elections Commission filing period, which covered October, November and December 2011. Not a [...]
Former New York Governor George Pataki is mulling a presidential run, and could make an announcement within the next week, according to anonymous sources who dropped hints to multiple New York news outlets this morning. If the three-term governor throws his hat in the ring, expect Pataki to spend a lot of time discussing hydraulic [...]
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