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Jun 24, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Rob Gebelhoff
Lawmakers took historic action on clean energy last week, and hardly anyone seems to have noticed. Congress to help reinvigorate the anemic U.S. nuclear industry, with the support of President Biden and 88 senators. Not a single Republican voted against it. The bill, known as the Advance Act, is precisely the kind of move the government should be taking to fight climate change.
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May 2, 2024 | 
messenger-inquirer.com | Rob Gebelhoff
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May 1, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Rob Gebelhoff
An employee puts away marijuana products at Cloud 9 Cannabis in Arlington, Wash., on Feb. 1. (Lindsey Wasson/AP)CommentSaveFor years, the federal government has taken the back seat on marijuana policy — and the result has been a disaster. Yet the Biden administration this week made clear it has no interest in taking the wheel. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday a proposal to change marijuana’s drug classification from Schedule I to a Schedule III.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Rob Gebelhoff
But let’s pause before writing off the measure as a total failure. Although the law was seriously flawed and in need of reform, right-wing dunking on it has been so riven with misinformation and noxious logic that it demands correction. Measure 110 barred police from arresting people for possessing minor amounts of drugs; instead, they were to issue $100 citations. Those fines could be waived if a suspect called a state-funded hotline and enrolled in an assessment for treatment.
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Feb 4, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Rob Gebelhoff
Witnesses say that Smith, convicted of the murder of Elizabeth Sennett in 1988, “shook and writhed on a gurney” for two minutes, after which he gasped for breath for several minutes as he suffocated to death.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
phillytrib.com | Rob Gebelhoff
President Joe Biden’s goal to eliminate the scourge of lead pipes in the United States is within his grasp, and if he succeeds, it could be one of his greatest legacies. He secured in the infrastructure law more than $15 billion to address the problem, and the Environmental Protection Agency under his administration unveiled a proposal in November to compel cities to get the work done. The problem is that the EPA’s mandate is littered with loopholes.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
messenger-inquirer.com | Rob Gebelhoff
President Biden’s goal to eliminate the scourge of lead pipes in the United States is within his grasp, and if he succeeds, it could be one of his greatest legacies. He secured in the infrastructure law more than $15 billion to address the problem, and the Environmental Protection Agency under his administration unveiled a proposal in November to compel cities to get the work done. The problem is that the EPA’s mandate is littered with loopholes.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
wvnews.com | Rob Gebelhoff
By Robert Gebelhoff President Biden's goal to eliminate the scourge of lead pipes in the United States is within his grasp, and if he succeeds, it could be one of his greatest legacies. He secured in the infrastructure law more than $15 billion to address the problem, and the Environmental Protection Agency under his administration unveiled a proposal in November to compel cities to get the work done.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
thesouthern.com | Rob Gebelhoff
President Biden’s goal to eliminate the scourge of lead pipes in the United States is within his grasp, and if he succeeds, it could be one of his greatest legacies. He secured in the infrastructure law more than $15 billion to address the problem, and the Environmental Protection Agency under his administration unveiled a proposal in November to compel cities to get the work done. The problem is that the EPA’s mandate is littered with loopholes.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Rob Gebelhoff
CommentSavePresident Biden’s goal to eliminate the scourge of lead pipes in the United States is within his grasp, and if he succeeds, it could be one of his greatest legacies. He secured in the infrastructure law more than $15 billion to address the problem, and the Environmental Protection Agency under his administration in November to compel cities to get the work done. The problem is that the EPA’s mandate is littered with loopholes.
