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Endangered Species: Environmental Champions Like Obama

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Anwr, Tropical Forests, Palin, Environment, Endangered Species, Mccain, Obama, Biological Diversity, Coral Reefs, Green News
Jeff Schweitzer

In a reaction of collective panic as the election draws near, Bush is proposing the most significant changes to regulations governing endangered species since 1986.

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Environmental Groups Push Back against Palin's Drive to Drill in Alaska Refuge

Colorado Independent | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home

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Colorado Independent

"The ANWR oil is actually located in pockets spread across the whole coastal plain; 800 wells would have to be drilled and connected by a series of roads and pipelines. All kinds of infrastructure would have to be built."

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Palin: Pallin' With Hypocrisy

Shannyn Moore | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anwr, Alaska, John McCain, Exxon, G.Gordon Liddy, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

According to Palin's qualifications of "pallin' around," John McCain and G. Gordon Liddy are practically blood brothers.

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When Not Drooling Wins and the Environment Loses

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Politics, Election, Wormhole, Anwr, Dependency, Drill Baby Drill, Offshore Drilling, Alaskan Wildlife Refuge, Exxon, Vice Presidential Debate, Superpower, Russia, Oil, String Theory, Fossil Fuel, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

String Theory holds that the universe actually is comprised of multiple dimensions, as many as 26. Palin and her supporters occupy something beyond our familiar three, plus time.

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Republicans For Environmental Protection Don't Mind Sarah Palin's Policies (VIDEO)

Grist | Posted 09.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Anwr, Sarah Palin Environment, Rnc, Jim DePeso, Environment, Republicans for Environmental Protection, Energy Policy, Green News

Grist's Dave Roberts -- who also blogs here at the Huffington Post from time to time -- sat down with Jim DiPeso of the Republicans for Environmental ...

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Sarah Palin On The Environment

Dave Burdick | Posted 08.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Sarah Palin Vp, Anwr, Sarah Palin Environment, Climate Change, McCain Vice President, Oil, Sarah Palin Vice President, Sarah Palin, Green News

Grist reports that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin strongly opposes the Alaskan gas tax, threw money at Alaskans to quiet their concerns over rising energ...

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Sierra Club RAW: Bachmann Drilling Overdrive (And Other Assorted Idiocy)

Josh Dorner | Posted 08.18.2008 | Green

Read More: House of Representatives, Anwr, Minnesota, Jesus, Senate Republicans, Caribou, Energy Policy, Michele Bachmann Caribou, House Republicans, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Michele Bachmann, Offshore Drilling, 2006 Election, Laura Ingraham, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Sali, Drilling, Energy Tax Incentives, President Bush, Sierra Club, State of the Union, Mn-6, Green News
Josh Dorner

Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota personifies just how haywire House conservatives have gone lately, particularly on energy issues.

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When In a Hole, Stop Drilling

Richard Stuebi | Posted 08.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Prices, Ethanol, Gulf of Mexico, Opec, Peak Oil, Anwr, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Richard Stuebi

I never cease to be amazed by the vehemence of opinions expressed on energy by people who are spectacularly underinformed. Let's first begin with a top ten list of clear-cut facts.

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Whalers Fear Effects Of Off-Shore Drilling

Eric Kroh | Posted 08.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Exploration, Alaska, John McCain, Conocophillips, Alaska Wilderness League, Anwr, Drilling, Oil, Thomas Napageak, Whaling, Barack Obama, Nuiqsut, Offshore Drilling, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Home News
Eric Kroh

McCain and Obama debate offshore drilling but Alaskan whalers whose families have hunted in Arctic waters for centuries witness the environmental impact firsthand, from inevitable spills to routine sonic bombs.

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Drilling Is Up, Prices Are Up

New York Times | Felicity Barringer | Posted 08.04.2008 | Green

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With the advent of $4-a-gallon gasoline has come a bruising debate in Congress over whether to intensify efforts to drill on federal lands, including ...

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The Not-So-Great Energy Debate

Jared Bernstein | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, Drilling, ANWR Drilling, Big Oil, Anwr, Leasable Lands, Land Grab, Offshore Drilling, Energy Sources Debate, Politics News
Jared Bernstein

Big oil et al are not really the "drill" team; it's just a land grab, orchestrated while they still have friends in very high places. And it won't do a damn thing to the price of gas at the pump.

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Harry Reid Knows How to End the Energy Crisis

ZP Heller | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Anwr, John McCain, Elizabeth Dole, Meet the Bloggers, Oil, Gas, Cenk Uygur, Harry Reid, Jonathan Kim, Nico Pitney, Matt Stoller, Kevin Grandia, Offshore Drilling, Oil Politics, Oil Prices, Politics News
ZP Heller

2008-07-28-cenkreid.jpgReid emphasized the need to cut off government subsidies for oil companies in this week's Meet the Bloggers.

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Checks and Balances

Amy Ephron | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Co2, Dandelions, Bees, Poison Ivy, Colony Collapse Disorder, Alternative Energy, George W. Bush, Congress, Off-Shore Oil Drilling, Global Warming, Amnwr, ANWR Drilling, GOP and ANWR, Anwr, Green News
Amy Ephron

As global warming increases and the amount of CO2 in the air increases as a result, it turns out, poison ivy and dandelions will thrive.

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The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Back From Alaska

Jeffrey Jena | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: George W. Bush, Oil Drilling Executive Order, Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, Aner, U.S., Offshore Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling, Anwr, High Gas Prices, Politics, Oil Drilling, Offshore Drilling Ban, Drilling Ban, Oil, Alaska Drilling, $4 Gas, Anwar, 236.Com, Politics News
Jeffrey Jena

I thought I'd go up join in with a few of my eco-insensitive brothers and have a look at where the new oil wells are going to be and grab a nice polar bear and bald eagle sandwich.

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T. Boone Pickens More Bullish On Offshore Drilling Than McCain (VIDEO)

CNN | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green

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Wolf Blitzer interviewed T. Boone Pickens about his sudden push for alternative energy today on The Situation Room. The oilman-turned-renewables-pitch...

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America's Greatest Source Of Renewable Energy: Whine Power?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Gas Prices, Energy Crisis, Conservation, Al Gore, Anwr, Offshore Oil Drilling, Energy, Green News
Kerry Trueman

We're so screwed that there's no way we can drill ourselves out of this mess. What will it take for people to accept the fact that the era of livin' large is over?

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

Jackson Williams | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Anwr, Alaska, Alaska Oil, July 4th, Oil, Gilded Age, The Price of Oil, Chuck Berry, Great Depression, Politics News
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.

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Offshore Oil: What Would Sun Tzu Do?

Richard Arthur | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green

Read More: John McCain, California, Crude Oil Prices, Alternative Energy, Anwr, George W. Bush, Energy Policy, Oil Companies, Offshore Drilling, Water Pollution, Oil, Oil Prices, Environment, Exxon, Green News
Richard Arthur

Let's keep our oil safe in the ground or under our oceans for that time in the future when the price of oil is, well, nationalized and, hence, priceless.

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Obama: Going North to Alaska!

Amanda Coyne | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Ted Stevens, Anwr, John McCain, Alaska, Rasmussen Poll, David Dittman, Patrick DeTemple, Kat Pustay, Obama, Chris Farrell, Dittman Research, Red States, Obama Visit Alaska, Obama Western Startegy, Obama Red State Strategy, Obama Going to Alaska, Obama Alaska, Obama Electoral Map, Home News
Amanda Coyne

Last night in Anchorage, Obama staff told a small crowd that Obama would be coming to campaign in Alaska. A new poll has the margin closing here dramatically, to 5 points with 17 percent undecided.

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Obama Campaign Press Call 6.19 AUDIO: Sen. Kerry on McCain, Arctic Drilling

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 06.19.2008 | Home

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OffTheBus Listening Post

WHO: Sen. John Kerry and Mayor Chris Coleman of St. Paul, Minnesota WHAT: Press conference call to to discuss the effect of John McCain's failed ene...

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Bush and McCain: Drilling us into a Deeper Hole

Sen. Robert Menendez | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Energy, Bush Oil, Congress, Oil Drilling, Anwr, Bob Menendez, George W. Bush, John Mccain Oil Drilling, Senate Democrats, Robert Menendez, Energy Policy, John McCain, Outer Continental Shelf, Offshore Drilling, Politics News
Sen. Robert Menendez

What McCain and Bush are not saying is how their friends at the oil companies are sitting on -- get this -- 68 million acres of unused land leased to them by the American taxpayer.

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

David Roberts | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, Newt Gingrich, Oil Market, Gas Prices, Oil Drilling, Saudi Arabia, Green, Alaska Oil, Kuwait, Republicans, Anwr, Politics News
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).

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