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U.S. REP. CASTOR'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BUSH LIFTING PRESIDENTIAL MORATORIUM ON OIL DRILLING
Jul 14, 2008
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President Bush and VP Cheney continue to side with Big Oil over the interests of the American people. Bush’s claim that drilling off of coastal Florida will lower gas prices is a hoax and a sham. Even Florida’s biggest pro business lobby states that drilling off our coast will not do anything to low...
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Castor, other Democrats blast Bush's oil drilling plan
Jul 14, 2008
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor says if oil companies are interested in drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, they should consider millions of acres already available to them that's not being tapped.
Castor, a Tampa Democrat, called President Bush's executive order to lift the ban on oil drilling off the coast...
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Floridians Should Not Be Panicked Into Sacrificing Their Coast
Jul 11, 2008
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Big oil interests are using big lies to promote oil drilling off Florida's coast. Trying to capitalize on the public's dismay over high gas prices, the drill-everywhere crowd is misleading citizens about the likely consequences.
Drilling, they say, represents no threat. Keep the rigs out of sigh...
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Declaring Independence From Big Oil
Jul 4, 2008
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Hardworking Tampa Bay area families are being squeezed by the rising costs of health care, housing, property insurance and, of course, gas prices. Many reformers have been standing up to the White House and urging them for years to change direction and focus on long-term solutions to our energy chal...
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Core Of Energy Bill Promotes Conservation And Independence
Dec 10, 2007
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The energy bill just passed by the U.S. House is far from perfect, but it would give the nation a hearty push toward energy conservation, a push Congress has avoided for too long.
The most important features would, by 2020, raise vehicle fuel-economy standards to 35 miles per gallon and req...
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Castor tours Clean Energy Research Center
Dec 10, 2007
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WMNF Evening News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a landmark energy bill that could increase vehicle fuel efficiency standards and require that 15 percent of electricity be generated from renewable sources by 2020. But the Senate is exp...
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Energy Conservation Recommendations
Aug 22, 2007
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Today U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor held the second of two meetings to develop recommendations for energy conservation. Click here to see photos of the event
Turning Green for the Red, White, and Blue
The following information is designed to provide practical information to improve the energy effic...
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Survey: Floridians back higher fuel standards for cars and trucks
Jul 24, 2007
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A survey of Florida voters in eight congressional districts finds widespread support for Rep. Kathy Castor's bid to boost fuel economy standards for cars and trucks. The poll, conducted for the Pew Campaign for Fuel Efficiency which backs higher standards, found 89 percent of those surveyed support ...
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Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
Jun 21, 2007
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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 -- (Extensions of Remarks - June 21, 2007)
SPEECH OF
HON. KATHY CASTOR
OF FLORIDA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2007
The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of th...
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Bulbs light up forum on energy
Apr 11, 2007
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Compact fluorescent light bulbs took center stage at a forum on energy conservation Tuesday hosted by U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa. Castor brought together city and county leaders to brainstorm ways to conserve energy, protect the environment and reduce dependence on foreign oil. "There's no reas...
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