In a huge win for backers of biofuels, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today denied a closely watched request to grant Texas a 50% waiver from a federal renewable fuel standard mandate.

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Yet Obama's Wall Street Journal op-ed today, which announced the executive order, utterly glossed over the Environmental Protection Agency's C02 rules, the FCC's unauthorized net neutrality push and the torrent of rules yet to come from the health care and financial reform bills.

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President Obama and President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon met today and discussed a wide range of multilateral and regional issues, including security, environmental protection and the economy.

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While there were no details on the process of fracking today, the announcement did say "any development will have to meet high standards of safety and environmental protection".

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