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Transition Topic II: Energy Independence

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Solar, Geothermal, Energy Dependence, Environment, Oil, Drilling, Renewable Energy, Wind, Obama Energy Policy, Obama Transition, Barack Obama, Green News

All the elements embedded in Obama's energy program make good sense, and deserve our enthusiastic support. But wind, solar and geothermal energy are not the ultimate endpoint.

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Bush Admin Wants To Open Tens Of Thousands Of Acres Near National Parks For Drilling

New York Times | FELICITY BARRINGER | Posted 11.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Drilling, Bureau of Land Management, Bush Administration, Oil Drilling, National Parks, Green News

The Bureau of Land Management has expanded its oil and gas lease program in eastern Utah to include tens of thousands of acres on or near the boundari...

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The OCS - Our Nation's Piggy Bank

Tom Donohue | Posted 10.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Energy, Drilling, Ocs, Economy, Oil Barrels, Oil, Business News

Tomorrow night Bob Schieffer is sure to ask: "How does the economic crisis affect your plans for the future?" It will be the third debate we've heard the question, and it isn't getting any easier to answer.

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Drilling Would Help No One But Mismanaged Oil Industry

Steve Colby | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Energy, Gas, Oil Industry, Barack Obama, McCain Palin, Sarah Palin, Drilling, Oil, John McCain, Offshore Drilling, Home News

Oil companies pump millions of barrels of oil from US Federal lands... While American Taxpayers receive pennies in return. Why? Listening to oil indu...

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Dear Governor Palin...

Terra Lawson-Remer | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice Presidential Debate, Climate Change, Palin, Sarah Palin, Drilling, Oil Prices, UNFCCC, Energy Policy, Biden, Politics News

Dear Governor Palin, During your debate with Senator Biden you said you welcomed the opportunity to speak directly with the American people, "uncenso...

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Palin-McCain: Can't Get Energy Facts Right

A. Siegel | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Drilling, Oil, Energy, John McCain, Palin Energy, Mccain Energy Policy, Politics News

Getting facts wrong when it comes to energy issues is becoming standard for the Palin-McCain ticket.

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Friday Talking Points [49] -- Before And After The First Debate

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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[UPDATED -- See part 2 in the Talking Points section.] This week's column will be presented in a sort of semi-liveblogging fashion. What you're getti...

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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Three Cents A Gallon

Anthony Congiano | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Democrats, Congress, Drilling, Oil, Green, Solar, Wind Power, Exxon-Mobil, Off-Shore, Home News

Dems cave on drilling off shore (sort of).........

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Putting the Past Behind Us: A New Energy Future for America

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Green Energy, Energy, Alternative Energy, Fuel Cells, Alternative Fuels, Energy Bill, Drilling, Clean Energy, Politics News

As we fight to lower energy prices and lay the groundwork for a clean, independent energy future, I can't help but ask -- how did we get here?

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Finally Newt Has His Own Country Song: "Drill Here, Drill Now"

David Roberts | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Drilling, Oil, Aaron Tippin, Newt Gingrich, Country Music, Offshore Drilling, Green News

The only thing Gingrich's American Solutions for Winning the Future astroturf group has lacked up to now, in terms of becoming a full-fledged parody of modern-day economic royalism masquerading as populism, is a piss-poor country song.

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Will The "Drill, Baby, Drill" Temper Tantrum Shut Down Our Government?

Bill Scher | Posted 09.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Drilling, Drill Baby Drill, Big Oil, Oil Companies, Republicans, Green News

Because conservative leaders are so deep in the pocket of Big Oil, they are vehemently against any compromise that doesn't give them everything they want.

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Sarah Palin's Empty Promise

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.09.2008 | Green

Encouraging the auto industry to adhere to higher standards and pursue hybrid technology will reduce our dependence on all oil. Drill, baby, drill? No. Think, baby, think.

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Twenty Questions for Sarah Palin

James Heffernan | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Salmon, Taxes, Debt, Library Censorship, Abortion Rights, Fiscal Conservatism, Mccain, Special Needs Children, Bridge to Nowhere, Arctic Sea Ice, Small-Town Government, Education, Earmarks, Sarah Palin, Environment, Drilling, Polar Bears, Politics News

After taking office when Wasilla owed nothing, why did you leave it with a debt of more than 22 million dollars?

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Friday Talking Points [45] -- Lessons Democrats Should Learn From Obama's Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics

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I know that just about the entire blogosphere is talking about John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin (who?) for his running mate, but I, for one, refuse t...

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Schweitzer Electrifies Convention with Energy Speech

Josh Dorner | Posted 08.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Brian Schweitzer Dnc Speech, The Big Tent, Brian Schweitzer, Drilling, Dem Convention, Clean Energy, Dnc, Energy, Home News

While most of the excitement last night was focused on Senator Clinton's speech, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer gave an electrifying (and highly an...

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Pickens Says "Drill, Drill, Drill" (VIDEO)

Climate Progress | Posted 08.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Oil Drilling, Green News, Drilling, Green, Environment, Boone Pickens, Pickens Plan, Offshore Drilling, Green News

In his first TV ad, conservative billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens said "This Is One Emergency We Can't Drill Our Way Out Of." Although Pickens clea...

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

Josh Dorner | Posted 08.18.2008 | Green

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

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A Political Party Working For Oil Companies -- For Money

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Drilling, Oil, Republicans, Politics News

Republicans are insisting that our government give oil companies leases to drill off our shores. We are witnessing an unprecedented joint, coordinate...

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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

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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McCain the Elder

Carl Pope | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Drilling, Gang of Ten, Obama, Mccain, John McCain, Offshore Drilling, Oil, Politics News

In spite of a huge crisis facing low-income families this winter from the soaring price of heating oil, the Republican Senate leadership even held up approval of financial assistance for these folks.

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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

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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Reading The Pictures: A Crude Salute

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Flag Pin, John McCain, Melanoma, Cindy McCain, Drilling, Campaign, NAVY Hat, News, Oil Well, USMC Pin, Oil Derrick, McCain Oil, Media News

Conservatives obviously don't get the irony of having their presidential nominee and wife billboarding militarism while standing next to an oil derrick.

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If We Drill in the US, We Don't Get the Oil

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Drilling, Oil, Exxon-Mobil, Republicans, Offshore Drilling, Media, Democrats, Politics News

Everyone seems to assume that if we drill for oil in the US, we will get the oil and won't be dependent on foreign oil anymore. But we won't get anything, Exxon-Mobil will.

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Building, Not Drilling, To Reduce Pain At The Pump

Geoff Anderson, Shelley Poticha | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Mass Transportation Oil, Gas Prices, Buses Oil, Mass Transit, Public Infrastructure, Gas Prices Commute, Trains, Drilling, Oil, Urban Dwelling Oil, Infrastructure Oil, Mass Transit Oil, Home News

Public transit ridership is at its highest level in 50 years. Forget Drilling. We're walking and riding. We drove 1.4 billion fewer highway miles in April 2008 than we did in April 2007, the first drop in 30 years.

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