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How Europe got hooked on Russian gas despite Reagan's warnings

How Europe got hooked on Russian gas despite Reagan's warnings

A Soviet-era pipeline, opposed by the president but supported by the oil and gas industry, set up the dependency that today helps fund the Russian assault on Ukraine.
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David Jenkins: Reagan recognized the threat to the ozone layer; conservatives today should respond the same way to climate change

Climate change is a much more visible and advanced threat than it was in 1988, and we could use Reagan's brand of conservative leadership in tackling that problem.

Paul Krugman: Trump and his party of pollution
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Paul Krugman: Trump and his party of pollution

Environmental destruction may be their biggest legacy.
Pendley's Reagan years: Leasing zeal spurs coal 'fire sale'
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Pendley's Reagan years: Leasing zeal spurs coal 'fire sale'

As the Reagan administration planned its first Powder River Basin coal sale, William Perry Pendley pushed for the "highest possible level of leasing." Writing for the Interior Department's energy and minerals office, he declared, "'Excess' leasing neither degrades the environment nor creates community impacts."
Embattled BLM chief goes on the offensive
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Embattled BLM chief goes on the offensive

William Perry Pendley is well-acquainted with his perception among environmentalists, conservationists and even federal government bureaucrats: onetime Reagan administration official, skilled legal foe and self-proclaimed sagebrush rebel.

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