Film debunks greenie message.

Salazar’s tenure was marked by numerous controversial actions at the agency.

Splitting up the spending into two bills gave fiscal conservatives cover to vote for what they called necessary spending.

Updated 6:45 p.m.: If approved by the House today, the money will go to a regional ocean partnership.

Tax breaks for alternative energy tucked in “fiscal cliff” law will cost $18 billion 
in lost government revenue. Most egregious: The wind tax credit.

“If it is handled well, we can surpass Saudi Arabia in oil production by 2020,” said Jack N. Gerard, the API CEO, and a man many believed former Massachusetts governor W. Mitt Romney was considering to be his Energy Secretary.

Republicans are planning to make 2013 the last year for federal funding by enacting legislation that would streamline environmental laws and identify ways to raise tax revenues locally through timber sales, grazing permits and more.

The pushback against the EPA was spearheaded by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who has probably earned the coveted designation of “arch” conservative from the media.

The temporary delay by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) angered lawmakers from both parties representing New York and New Jersey where the storm struck in October.

Updated: “Hurricane Sandy did tremendous damage, and we must help the area recover. But, that doesn’t mean we should simply throw money at federal agencies for emergency spending if a viable alternative exists,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley.