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In An Important Step, U.S. Designates Polar Bear Critical Habitat

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Drilling, Polarbear, Polarbears, Biogems, Arctic, Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, Epa, Environmentalism, Endangered Species Act, Critical Habitat, Green News

If approved, the proposal would be the largest designation of critical habitat in the history of the Endangered Species Act.

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Shell Wins Federal Approval To Drill For Oil Off Alaska Coast

Washington Post | Steven Mufson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Camden Bay, Leases, Beaufort Sea, Shell, Point Thompson Alaska, Open-Water Drilling, Mms, Exxon Valdez, Point Thompson, Sierra Club, Oil Drilling, Minerals Management Service, Alaska Coast, Drilling, Oil, Permits, Alaska, Interior Department, Green News

The Interior Department has given Shell approval to drill oil exploration wells in two leaseholds in the Beaufort Sea, which could lead to the first d...

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Graham Waves To Teabaggers From Other Side Of Climate Rubicon

Bill Scher | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Drilling, Carbon, Kerry-Boxer, Nuclear, Climate, Waxman-Markey, Teabaggers, Lindsay Graham, Senate Republicans, Green News

Sen. Graham may be a conservative, but he is not a moron. He knew full well the right-wing lunacy that would be unleashed by his willingness to compromise to pass carbon cap legislation.

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Frack Fluid Spill in PA Contaminates Stream, Killing Fish

ProPublica | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Water Contamination, Dimock, Cabot Oil and Gas, Halliburton, Department of Environmental Protection, Drilling, Hydrofracturing, Hydrofracking, Hydraulic Fracturing, Pennsylvania, Green News

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Pennsylvania environment officials are racing to clean up as much as 8,000 gallons of dangerous drilling fluids afte...

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Should Greens Ally With Natural Gas Against Coal?

David Roberts | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Environmentalists, Lobbying, Coal, Climate Change, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Natural Gas, Green News

Is the enemy of our enemy our friend? Is it worthwhile to ally with the natgas industry to reduce the influence of coal and strengthen the climate bill?

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National Review Cover Story On "The Beauty Of Drilling" To Be A Disappointment

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media

Read More: National Review, Sotomayor Racism, Wtf, Sonia Sotomayor, Drilling, Magazine Covers, Media News, Jonah Goldberg, Media News

Oh, the delights of the National Review's cover stories! Earlier this month, I think we all enjoyed ourselves immensely when the magazine, in their r...

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The Future of Natural Gas Drilling

ProPublica | Posted 07.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Drilling, American Petroleum Institute, Rep. Diane DeGette, Natural Gas, Green News

Tomorrow a House Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee will hold its first hearing of 2009 on controversial issues related to the burgeoning natural gas drilling industry.

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Economy, Gas Drilling Regulations Worry Colorado Community

coloradoindependent.com | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Obama Environment, Drilling, Environment, Drilling Regulations, Natural Gas, Green News

Government officials on the Western Slope are bracing for a drop-off in natural gas drilling of up to 80 percent this summer -- and a corresponding pl...

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Environmentalist Punked Bush Administration, Hopes To Save Utah Land

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Tim Dechristopher, Drilling, Environment, Oil, Bureau of Land Management, Utah, Blm, Robert Redford, Tim DeChristopher Open Letter, Green News

A few weeks ago, an environmentalist named Tim DeChristopher played a big joke on the Bureau of Land Management, the Bush Administration and the oil a...

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Stopping Bush's Destruction of Our Environment

Robert Redford | Posted 01.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Drilling, Midnight Regulations, Bush Midnight Regulations, Robert Redford, Robert Redford Utah, Utah, Celebrities Talk Politics, Green News

Late Friday night a coalition of environmental and preservation groups filed an agreement with the Bureau of Land Management that could save 100,000 acres of pristine land that are endangered.

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Last-Ditch Effort To Save Federal Lands From Drilling

Los Angeles Times | Nicholas Riccardi | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Drilling, Bureau of Land Management, Pollution, Bush Midnight Regulations, Robert Redford, Utah Drilling Lawsuit, Robert Redford Utah, Green News

Reporting from Denver -- Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday as a last-ditch effort to block the sale of leases for 110,000 acres of federa...

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The Battle Over Drilling Leases In National Parks

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Environment, Drilling, National Parks, George Bush, Bush Midnight Regulations, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY — Conservation groups filed formal protests Thursday against what they call a "fire sale" of oil-and-gas drilling leases in Utah ...

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Transition Topic II: Energy Independence

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.11.2008 | 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 12.09.2008 | 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 11.14.2008 | 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 11.03.2008 | 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 11.02.2008 | 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 10.30.2008 | 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 10.27.2008 | 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 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gaffe, Bugliosi, Markets, Don Siegleman, Bail Out, Feinstein, Mark Pryor, Steve Bradbury, Fisa, Mccain, Campaign, Mary Landrieu, Difi, Sarah Palin, Offshore Drilling, Nation of Whiners, Bailout, 2008, National Security, Constitutional Rights, Midotw, Paris Hilton Energy Plan, Drilling, Gang of 10, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Kent Conrad, Torture Memo, Rove, Energy, Gang of Ten, Executive, Democrat, Basketball, Feingold, Joe Biden, 08, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Blue Ribbon Commission, Mddotw, Wiretapping, Charles Manson, Crisis, Financial, Dnc, Spain, Warrantless, Russ Feingold, Gramm, Ben Nelson, Gang of 20, Vincent Bugliosi, Economy, Meltdown, John Yoo, Middle Class, Vermont, Regulation, Democratic, Obama, Dianne Feinstein, Media, Fourth Amendment, Republican, Bush, Savings and Loan, Siegelman, Office of Legal Counsel, Playbook, Phil Gramm, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Progressive Party, Yoo, Ken Salazar, Fat Cats, Gang of Twenty, Mental Recession, Keating Five, John McCain, Karl Rove, Rules, Msm, Attorney General, Count the Lies, 2008 Elections, Contempt, 2008 Election, Tom Carper, Oil Companies, Senior Moment, Murder, Charlotte Dennett, Blanche Lincoln, Tim Johnson, Progressive, 08 Campaign, Wall Street, Rulebook, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Deregulation, Torture, Prosecute, Manson, Dennett, Olc, Politics News

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

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 10.18.2008 | 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 10.13.2008 | 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 10.10.2008 | 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 10.23.2009 | 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 10.10.2008 | 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