Oil Industry

An Oil Industry Witch Hunt in Canada Threatens Us All

Frances Beinecke | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Northern Gateway Pipeline, Tar Sands, Stephen Harper, Alberta Tar Sands, Oil Industry, Black Out Speak Out, Keystone XL Pipeline, Free Speech, Alberta, Carbon Pollution, Climate Change, Canada, Global Warming, Green News

What is next in the United States, if the oil industry succeeds in silencing Canadian voices asking for basic public health and safety protections?

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Manhattan Rental Prices In Kansas Boomtown

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Oil Industry, Oil Boom Kansas, Oil Boom, Williston, Housing Shortage, Rental Prices, Rig Workers, Oil Boomtowns, Kansas Oil Boom, Year of the Landlord, Video, Business News

"We’re not in Kansas anymore." That could be how some residents of the state's Harper County are feeling as an influx of workers following an oil...

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Think Again: As a Matter of Fact

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Politifact Lie of the Year, Koch Industries, Factcheck.org, Politifact, Oil Industry, Big Oil, Fact Checking, Media News

When fact-checking organizations tend to find many more conservative lies than liberal ones, rather than respond that conservatives tell far more lies, the fact-checkers go looking for liberal fabrications and find them whether they exist or not.

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Ghanaian Oil: Only for the 1 Percent?

Kwei Quartey | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Ghana, Occupy, Oil Industry, World News

As Ghana feels its way along the path of oil production, a mood of fear and suspicion pervades a broad cross section of the Ghanaian citizenry that the deck is stacked against them.

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States Where Incomes Are Rising The Fastest

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: North Dakota, Oil Industry, Wages, Oil, Personal Income Growth, Personal Income, North Dakota Oil Boom, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

They don’t call them oil booms for nothing. An oil rush in North Dakota has helped the income of the state's residents grow at a rate significant...

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Hillary for President? On the Other Side of the Gauntlet

William Bradley | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Iran, Meg Whitman, Oil Industry, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Renewable Energy, Israel, Afghanistan, Iraq, 2012 Presidential Elections, Mad Men, Tea Party, Andrew Cuomo, Jerry Brown, Hillary Clinton, Video, Politics News

It might just be President Hillary Clinton, after all. But what would that mean? Could she move the country forward after a tumultuous period of transition under Barack Obama?

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Firm To Pay Big For Using 'The Hammer' To Influence Oil Prices

Reuters | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: High-Frequency Trading, Video, Oil Industry, High Oil Prices, Optiver, Reuters, Business News, Oil Prices, Optiver Holding, Optiver High Frequency Trading, Oil Price Manipulation, Business News

* Dutch firm accused of manipulating oil prices * CFTC case one of largest involving oil price manipulation * No admissi...

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Big Oil's Excuses Running on Fumes

Javier Sierra | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Unlimited Greed, US Oil Exports, Oil Industry, Oil Subsidies, Public Transportation, Energy Independence, Oil Company's Tax Breaks, Oil Speculators, Hispanics and Gas Prices, Gas Prices, Renewable Sources of Energy, Big Oil, Green News

One could think that an industry that has been around for more than a century should be ready to wean itself from the public trough. But Big Oil's power in Congress is formidable.

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Iran Agrees To Talk, So Oil Prices Fall

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Layoffs, Video, US Allies, Jobless Rate, Oil Industry, U.S. Economic Recovery, Iran Nuclear, Reuters, Oil Prices, Hiring, European Union, Iran, Ben Bernanke, Newedge Brokerage, Petromatrix, Business News

* Iran nuclear talks to be held in Istanbul * U.S., allies want end to high-level enrichment * Disappointing U.S. jobs d...

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Payola for the Most Profitable Corporations in History

Bill McKibben | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Oil Prices, Obama Oil, Oil Industry, Big Oil, Oil Tax Breaks, Oil Subsidies, Big Oil Subsidies, Obama Oil Subsidies, Obama Oil Prices, Green News

There's a problem: the very word "subsidies" makes American eyes glaze over. If due attention is to be paid, we have to figure out a language in which to talk about them that will make it clear just how loony our policy is.

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Blood Diamond Now Blood Oil in Kenya

Kevin Mbewa Anyango | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Oil, Blood Diamond, Oil Industry, Oil Discovery, Kenya, Turkana, Africa, World News

The discovery of oil must be good news for people of Turkana who have always felt left out by government of the day. But will people of Turkana really benefit from the excursion? The signs do not look good.

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"All of the Above" Can't Deliver All the Benefits the Clean Energy Economy Can

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Gas Prices, Oil Industry, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Fuel Efficiency, Clean Cars, Oil Prices, Natural Gas Drilling, Clean Energy, Natural Gas, Solar Power, Clean Economy, Green News

Instead of offering targeted policies, many leaders are suggesting an "all of the above" approach to energy development. The idea is that we should throw everything we have at the problem and see what sticks. It's a misguided strategy that would do more harm than good.

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This Country Is Luxury's Latest Favorite

AP | YINKA IBUKUN | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Porsche, Savile Row, Video, Oil Industry, Opec, Arise Magazine Fashion Week, Centre for Public Policy Alternatives, Nigeria, Champagne, Forbes Magazine, London, Paris, Dubai, Globacom Ltd., Business News

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Glittering sapphire necklaces, designer suits against perfumed skin, the taste of freshly popped Champagne and the roar of a speedin...

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$5 Per Gallon Gas is Coming; Where's Obama's Windfall Profits Tax on the Oil Industry?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Taxes, Exxon Mobil, Gas Prices, Small Business, Oil Industry, Lobbyists, President Obama, Oil, Obama Administration, Asbl, Obama, Lloyd Chapma, American Small Business League, Small Business News

President Obama needs to keep his 2008 campaign promise and pass a windfall profits tax on oil and gas industry. It will help keep the price of gas down, boost the economy and raise revenue to balance the budget.

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Clean Air and Public Safety Triumph Over Keystone XL and Dirty Energy in the Senate

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Susan Collins, Tar Sands, Gas Prices, Senate, John Hoeven, Oil Industry, Air Pollution, Clean Air Act, David Vitter, Keystone XL Pipeline, Big Oil, Green News

In a major victory for public health and the environment, the Senate defeated three dirty amendments on Thursday.

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Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Won't Ease Gas Prices; Senate Must Reject It

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Tar Sands Oil, Gas Prices, Transcanada, Oil Industry, Biofuels, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Keystone XL Pipeline, Clean Cars, Boreal Forest, Climate Change, John Hoeven, Transportation Bill, Canada, Congress Keystone Xl, High Gas Prices, Keystone Xl Gas, Green News

Pipeline supporters and their allies in Congress are trying to capitalize on rising gas prices by claiming the pipeline would lower prices at the pump. That is patently false.

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Filling Up Your Tank Getting A Whole Lot Harder

AP | PABLO GORONDI | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Iran Sanctions, Oil, Oil Prices, Business News, Iran, Crude Oil Prices, Oil Industry, Rising Oil Prices, High Oil Prices, Business News

Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above $105 a barrel on Monday after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in an escalation of...

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Santorum Searches For Support In Oil Country

AP | JAMES MacPHERSON and BRIAN BAKST | Posted 04.16.2012

TIOGA, N.D. -- Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has been spending plenty of time in oil country lately, prospecting for GOP votes – and money....

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The Class of Talkers Playing Down the Cost of Fossil Fuel Dependence

Gabe Elsner | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Fossil Fuel Industry, Clean Energy Economy, Clean Fuel, Clean Energy, Oil Industry, Fossil Fuels, Fossil Fuel Dependence, Oil Dependence, Video, Green News

The fossil fuel lobby aggressively uses propaganda to block public health protections, manipulate the energy debate, defend their massive government handouts and attack clean energy sources that threaten to displace them.

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North Dakota Walmart Evicts Workers Living In Parking Lot

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Walmart, Housing Market, North Dakota, Video, Boomtown, Oil Workers, Oil Industry, Fracking, Oil Boom, The Bismarck Tribune, Williston, 60 Minutes, Man Camps, Boomtown Girls, McDonald's, Dui, Business News

Apparently one Walmart isn't cool with people squatting in its parking lot. Dozens of workers who have flocked to Williston, North Dakota to benef...

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Oil Industry: Electric Cars Are No Threat

Reuters | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Video, Oil Industry, Automotive Industry, Oil Industry Future, Reuters, Oil Industry Electric Cars, Cars, Electric Vehicles, Electric-Cars, Oil Industry Outlook, Oil Industry Profits, Green News

By Tom Bergin LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The biggest oil companies in the world have calculated that few, if any, of today's drivers ...

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Spill Cleanup? Just a Cost of Doing Business?

Jackie Savitz | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Taxes, Tax Code, Congress, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Bp, Tax-Cuts, Subsidies, Tax Breaks, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Legislation, Politics, Politics News, Oil Industry, Big Oil, Hastings, Treasury, Oil, Our Oceans, BP Oil Spill, Oceans, Bill, Green News

Congress and the Administration should be doing much more in response to the Gulf Spill. But at the very least passing the Oil Spill Tax Fairness Act would be a good first step.

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Rio+20: The Future We Want Means Taking Action NOW

Kelly Rigg | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Climate Change, rioplus20, Sustainable Agriculture, Government Subsidies, Farm Subsidies, Oil Industry, Oil Subsidies, Green News

So here's my message to governments: What's taking you so long? By all means negotiate new targets and goals for 2020 or 2030, for example to improve energy efficiency and massively increase the share of renewable energy worldwide.

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Canada Is Making the Wrong Decision on Tar Sands Oil

Kelly Rigg | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Oil, Climate Change, Alberta Tar Sands, Oil Industry, Durban Climate Conference, Canada, Green News

The Canadian government and its vested oil interests should have realized that in a year that produced the Arab Spring and the Occupy movements, business as usual is no longer good enough.

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Obama Must Rein in EPA

Ronnie Shows | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: United Steelworkers, Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil Industry, Job Creation, Barack Obama, Epa, Oil and Gas Companies, Oil and Gas Jobs, Epa Jobs, Mining Jobs, Oil Jobs, Business News

The EPA means well, but killing American jobs during a slow growth recovery will not reduce our consumption of oil, or help get President Obama reelected. It will kill jobs here and help elect Mitt Romney. I oppose both.

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