washingtonpost.com - AlaskaAlaskaBush Unveils Energy Proposals- May 6, 2005 Industry analysts reacted skeptically to new energy proposals President Bush announced yesterday, saying they would do little to bring down soaring prices of gasoline and other forms of energy.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21653-2005Apr28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... 'Thousand Roads': Paved With Good Intentions- May 6, 2005 The National Museum of the American Indian has produced a slick, high-end short film to play in its state-of-the-art auditorium. And from the looks of the 43-minute movie's pedigree and production values, it has spared no expense. "A Thousand Roads," which loosely connects a series of vignettes of Native life, not only looks great but hews faithfully to the museum's overarching ethos of celebrating the contemporary Native experience throughout the Western Hemisphere.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45380-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... U.S. Loan Proposed to Rescue Alaska Power Plant- May 6, 2005 Years ago, the federal government spent $117 million on an experimental "clean coal" power plant in Alaska designed to generate electricity with a minimum of air pollution -- but the project never got up and running.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12419-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Senate Votes to Open Refuge to Drilling- May 6, 2005 With the price of crude oil reaching an all-time high, the U.S. Senate narrowly voted today to open a wildlife refuge in Alaska to oil drilling, an approval long sought by President Bush as part of his energy policy.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40670-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Town Debates Drilling in Refuge- May 6, 2005 Many Inupiat Eskimos, long supporters of drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge they call home, now question whether opening the refuge will endanger their way of life.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10253-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Famous Denali Wolf Pack Faces Demise- May 6, 2005 The longest-studied, most-photographed group of wolves in the world is now at risk from trappers operating just outside the border of the Alaska national park.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23709-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... Delay in Bolton Vote Concerns White House- May 6, 2005 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has set a vote over John R. Bolton's nomination as ambassador to the United Nations for May 12 -- a delay that Bush administration officials acknowledged yesterday is increasing their anxieties about Bolton's prospects.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10449-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Anti-Indecency Forces Face Opposition- May 6, 2005 The push to crack down harder on radio and television indecency, which rose to national attention with Janet Jackson's brief exposure during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, is beginning to stir pockets of opposition.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1962-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... Bush Urges Action 'Now' On Energy- May 6, 2005 President Bush called on Congress to pass his national energy policy by August to begin weaning the nation from imported oil and transitioning to alternative sources of power and fuel.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5001-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... A Little Irish Luck Goes a Long Way- May 6, 2005 MEXICO CITY -- Every afternoon, Gustavo Hernandez puts a sign on his old station wagon, parks at a busy intersection and waits for customers in need of "a bit of Irish luck."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41883-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |