Alaska Oil

4 Things Sarah Palin Believes About the Environment

Maura Judkis | Posted 09.29.2008 | Green


Maura Judkis

Palin believes that we should drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which McCain has previously opposed. She also supports offshore drilling.

Interior Department Opens Up 2.6 Million Acres In Alaska For Drilling

New York Times | Felicity Barringer | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green


The Interior Department on Wednesday made 2.6 million acres of potentially oil-rich territory in northern Alaska available for energy exploration. At ...

Another Alaska Republican Covered In Scandal

Amanda Coyne | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home


Amanda Coyne

GOP lawmakers John Cowdery and Donny Olson were secretly recorded in a restaurant with former VECO oil executive Bill Allen. "[Allen] wants you "to vote the way we voted... [We] can probably go $25,000."

The Price of Oil, July 4th, and Chuck Berry

Jackson Williams | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics


Jackson Williams

Messing with the caribou does nothing to alter our energy plight, now or in the future, and shame on politicians who suggest otherwise to frustrated constituents.

"Oil Rigs Are Pretty": Senator McConnell

PolitckerKY | Trey Pollard | Posted 07.12.2008 | Green


A proponent of expanded drilling in both the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, incumbent U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Louisvi...

Gingrich Mounts Campaign to 'Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less'

David Roberts | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics


David Roberts

The U.S. cannot affect oil or gasoline prices in any significant way by drilling more oil. Full stop. Gingrich is knowingly lying to people (and taking their money).