Oil and Gas

North And South America Could Become Major Oil Players

The Washington Post | JUAN FORERO | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Energy, Oil and Gas, Oil Market, South America, Oil Production, Oil Drilling, Oil and Gas Industry, Gas Production, Oil, North America, Business News

LOMA LA LATA, Argentina — In a desertlike stretch of scrub grass and red buttes, oil companies are punching holes in the ground in search of what mi...

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Energy: Who Cares?

Jeffrey Ball | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Oil and Gas, Energy, Gas Prices, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Green Energy, Solar Power, Clean Energy Future, Energy Revolution, Business News

This holiday weekend, many Americans will feel what seems a powerful pain at the pump. But an American energy revolution that shifted meaningfully away from fossil fuels would require something more than episodic financial pain. It would require ongoing economic smarts.

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Let's End Polluter Welfare

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Gas, Bernie Sanders, Oil, Senator Sanders, Energy, Senator Bernie Sanders, Oil and Gas, Fossil Fuels, Grassroots, Politics News

Instead of passing strong legislation to help reverse global warming, Congress continues the giveaways to the 200-year-old fossil fuel industry even as that industry's carbon pollution wreaks devastation on our planet. Enough is enough.

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Kansas Barber Veto Raises Eyebrows

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Oil and Gas, Video, Kansas Politics, Kansas Legislature, Sam Brownback, Banking, Regulation, Veto, Sam Brownback Kansas, Hair Cutting, Hair, Barbers, Politics News

Vetoes of three bills in Kansas -- including an obscure one relating to licensing barbers -- are raising eyebrows in the state legislature. Kansas...

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To Protect Americans' Health, Oppose Expanded Fracking Until Stronger Safeguards Are in Place

Frances Beinecke | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Oil and Gas, Leukemia, Fracking, Department of Interior, Asthma, Natural Gas Drilling, Natural Gas, Cancer, Air Pollution, Green News

While no energy development can be completely safe, drilling and fracking can be made safer than current operations. But this is only possible if the state and federal governments adopt and enforce much stronger laws and standards.

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Pro-Fracking Filmmaker Make His Point In Big Way

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Oil and Gas, Josh Fox, Fracking, Phelim McAleer, Oil and Gas Industry, Gasland, Epa, Hydrofracking, Al Gore, Hydraulic Fracturing, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Irish filmmaker Phelim McAleer, who famously attacked Al Gore over global warming issues, stepped up his support for fracking on Thursda...

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Gas Price Blame Game: Seven And A Half Things To Know

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Oil and Gas, Gas Prices, President Obama, Aig, Seven and a Half Things to Know, 7.5 Things, Gasoline Prices, Mark Gongloff Things to Know, Apple, Seven and a Half Things, Greece, Seven and a Half Things You Need to Know, Oil, Jeremy Lin, 7 1/2 Things, Europe, Things You Need to Know Today, LeBron James, Business News

You haul sixteen tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. You know seven and a half things, though, and you're set for the day...

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Falklands Flare Up -- Could a New Oil Find Re-Ignite an Old Conflict?

John C.K. Daly | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Oil and Gas, Politics News, Oil and Gas Companies, Britain, Falkland Islands, Falklands War, UK Politics, Geopolitics, Oil, Argentina, Navy, Nuclear Submarine, World News, World News

News that the Falklands' oil industry could potentially be worth $180 billion in royalties and taxes has reignited the smoldering diplomatic dispute between London and Buenos Aires.

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Oil And Gas Exploration... At DIA?

Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Oil and Gas, Niobrara-Formation, Oil at Denver Airport, DIA Oil Exploration, Video, Oil Exploration, Denver International Airport, Denver News

Most travelers at Denver International Airport have their thoughts on the sky, with a couple wayward glances at overpriced beers in the terminal, and ...

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Obama Tries To Take Credit For Achievement He Has Little To Do With

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Oil and Gas, Energy Debates, Video, Newt Gingrich 2012, Energy Statistics, Oil and Gas Production, 2012 Election, Obama Energy, Mitt Romney 2012, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Energy Production, Newt Gingrich, Energy Policy, Politics News

WASHINGTON — You wouldn't know it from the Republicans, but these are boom times for American energy. And you wouldn't know it from President B...

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Maine Freezes While Washington Snoozes

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Green, Eneryg Small Business, Energy, Oil, Maine, Organization-of-Petroleum-Exporting-Countries, Solyndra, Obama Administration, Congress, Justice Department, Business, The New York Times, Oil and Gas, Commod Ity Futures Trading Commission, Business News

The price of heating oil has gone up by 40 cents this year to $3.71 per gallon while Washington snoozes away, letting the oil boys walk all over us while our fellow citizens freeze up in Maine and other northern states.

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Americans Favor One Energy Option Above Others

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Oil and Gas, Obama Energy Policy, Polling-Analysis, Alternative-Energy-Funding, Energy News, Video, Oil Drilling, Alternative Energy, Nuclear Power, Pew Research Center, Natural Gas Drilling, Department of Energy, Ethanol Subsidies, Solyndra, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A majority of the public still supports government funding for alternative energy research, although the degree of enthusiasm has decrea...

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'Drill, Baby, Drill' Returns

AP | By DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 12.27.2011

WASHINGTON -- It's still "drill, baby, drill." After the nation's largest offshore oil spill and a series of pipeline breaks, Republican presidential ...

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Sen. Murkowski - Alaska Has Power to Spare

Mike Smith | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas, Doe, Alaska Senate Race, Sen-Lisa-Murkowski, Wind Power, Senator-Strom-Thurmond, Renewable Energy, Alaska, Politics News

"So, now, the biggest question: Is it possible to ensure a steady stream of funding for renewable energy?" asked Sen. Murkowski. "My answer is 'yes.'"

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas, Forced Pooling, Colorado Oil and Gas Convervation Commission, Denver News, What Is Forced Pooling, Oil and Gas Pooling, Chesapeake Energy, Denver News

We've learned the basics of fracking and the hazards of deepwater exploration, but there's a new oil and gas term on the block: 'forced pooling.' O...

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Hickenlooper: Fracking Fluid Regulations Imminent

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Fracking Fluid, Oil and Gas, Video, Fracking Regulation, Hydraulic Fracturing, John Hickenlooper, Colorado Oil and Gas, Denver News

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper told oil and gas companies on Tuesday to expect heavier regulations on fracking fluid in the state by the end of t...

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Look Out, Employers: Labor Shortages Could Give Workers The Upper Hand

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas, Farming, Labor, Unemployment, Tech Industry, Mining, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Shale Drilling, Construction, Technology, Accounting, Labor Inflation, Business News

The mining and software industries have at least one thing in common. A labor scarcity, or a shortage of skilled workers, could affect the profit marg...

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Last Minute Oil Lobby Contributions To House Members Yield Results

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In the month leading up to an early May vote over whether to expand oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and open the coastal waters of V...

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Sponsors Of Oil-Drilling Expansion Bill Received $8.8 Million In Industry Contributions

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The chief sponsors of a bill to expand oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and open the coastal waters of Virginia for exploration have r...

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The Bin Laden Bounce: How Will Obama Use This Moment of Unexpected Unity?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas Subsidies, Energy, Oil and Gas, Osama Bin Laden Death, Barack Obama, Oil Subsidies, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

Coming at a time in which the country is all but paralyzed politically, there is tremendous spillover power in this accomplishment. Can this real and tangible victory produce conditions that can lead to more successes?

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BLM Will Give Oil Shale Development In The West A Fresh Look

Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Domestic Energy, Oil Shale, Bureau of Land Management, Interior Department, Oil and Gas, Denver News

The federal Bureau of Land Management announced on Wednesday that it is prepared to begin a process to take a fresh look at commercial oil shale devel...

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Tim DeChristopher Is Convicted: We're Blowing This Moment, Too

Subhankar Banerjee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas, Civil Disobedience, Green News, Climate Change, Protest, Environment, Tim Dechristopher, Clean Energy, Green News

We are acting like Tim DeChristopher is doomed, and the best we can do is say "Adios, Tim." We can and must do better than that.

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Oil, Gas Companies Now Eying El Paso County As Well

Colorado Springs Gazette | DEBBIE KELLEY and R. SCOTT RAPPOLD | Posted 05.25.2011

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East of Colorado Springs, past a landfill, a motocross track, a shooting range and scattered farms, is Rob DeMasters' retirement nest egg. A few ye...

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1.3 Million Gallons Of Diesel Fuel Into The Ground? State Looking Into Accusations

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas, Ed Markey, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Fracking, Dave Neslin, Gas Drilling, Natural Gas, Diana DeGette, Henry Waxman, Diesel Fuel, Denver News

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is investigating claims made in a congressional report regarding the injection of diesel fuel...

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Activist Faces Up To Ten Years For False Bids At Oil And Gas Auction

AP | CHI-CHI ZHANG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas, DeChristopher Convicted, Canyonlands National Park, Utah Oil Leases, Tim Dechristopher, Utah Gas Leases, Utah, Activist Convicted in Oil/Gas Case, Arches National Park, Denver News

SALT LAKE CITY — An environmental activist was convicted Thursday of making $1.8 million in false oil and gas drilling bids at a federal auction...

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