NYT Prints enviro-groups talking points as story - Group Memo Uncovered and Falsehoods exposed

A great and un-reported story idea needs to be broke-

Andrew Langer at the Institute for Liberty exposed the NYT article “As Oil Industry Fights a Tax, It Reaps Billions From Subsidies” as part of an environmentalist effort to levy extra taxes on the energy industry.  A response is posted here - http://www.instituteforliberty.org/index.php?src=blog&category=Blog&submenu=media. 

The smoking gun?  A copy of a memo from Clean Energy Works details the talking points used in the NYT article! http://www.scribd.com/doc/34382420/Clean-Energy-Works-Memo

(Langer and other experts can be made available for your story)

The Times was duped into misrepresenting US tax code and energy policy to push the enviro-agenda.  Where is the MSM?

The NYT and CEW are calling for an end to the dual capacity rules which are tax laws that grant American companies who generate income in foreign countries tax credits to offset the U.S. income tax on that same foreign income. By eliminating this tax payment treatment, the government will be double-taxing our domestic oil and natural gas producers, further impairing their ability to compete in the global energy marketplace.  Dual capacity will only be eliminated for the energy industry!

This proposal is part of Obamas 2011 Budget and in Congress!

If Congress approves these energy tax proposals that, among other new burdens, tax U.S. energy companies’ international income twice, it will be handing big subsidies to foreign competitors such as BP.

BP, China, Russia and other competitors will be given a distinct advantage over US companies.  Domestic companies will be taxed while competitors are given subsides. 

This is the BP Bailout.

After following the rules with safety, ethics, etc… the Obama administration and the CEW plan to punish US energy companies with double taxation while letting BP reap the subsidies.

And the New York Times fell right into their talking points.

Please contact (nhinsider@myway.com)  for any further information or interview requests.

Thanks for your help!

NYT - News Alert: Brown Announces Resignation as British Prime Minister

Breaking News Alert

The New York Times

Tue, May 11, 2010 -- 2:25 PM ET

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Brown Announces Resignation as British Prime Minister

Saying it was clear that he could not muster a majority in Parliament after the recent, inconclusive general election, Gordon Brown announced his resignation as prime minister of Britain and leader of the Labour Party. He then traveled with his wife and children to Buckingham Palace to formally resign and to recommend that David Cameron, the Conservative leader, be invited to form a government.

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NYT - News Alert: Regulators Approve First Offshore Wind Farm in U.S.

Regulators Approve First Offshore Wind Farm in U.S.

After nine years of regulatory review, the federal government gave the green light Wednesday to the nation's first offshore wind farm, a sprawling project off the coast of Cape Cod.

The approval of the 130-turbine farm gives a significant boost to the nascent offshore wind industry in the United States, which has lagged behind far Europe and China in harnessing the strong and steady power of ocean breezes to provide electricity to homes and businesses.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/us/29wind.html?emc=na

NYT - Obama Limits When U.S. Can Use Nuclear Weapons

WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Monday that he was revamping American nuclear strategy to substantially narrow the conditions under which the United States would use nuclear weapons, even in self defense.

The strategy eliminates much of the ambiguity that has deliberately existed in American nuclear policy since the opening days of the Cold War. For the first time, the United States is explicitly committing not to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states that are in compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, even if they attacked the United States with biological or chemical weapons, or launched a crippling cyberattack.

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NYT - G.O.P. Forces Another House Vote on Package of Changes to Health Bill

With the Senate working through an all-night session on a package of changes to the Democrats' sweeping health care legislation, Republicans identified parliamentary problems with at least two provisions that apparently will require the measure to be sent back to the House for yet another vote, once the Senate adopts it.

A Senate Democratic aide said one of the provisions in question involved changes to the Pell grant program, which is part of an education section in the reconciliation measure.

Shortly after the discovery of the parliamentary issues, at about 2:45 a.m., the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, indicated that he would bring the late-night session to a close, and that the Senate would resume work on the bill at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday.

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