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Transition Topic II: Energy Independence

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.10.2008 | Green


Jeff Schweitzer

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.

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


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...

The OCS - Our Nation's Piggy Bank

Tom Donohue | Posted 10.14.2008 | Business


Tom Donohue

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.

Drilling Would Help No One But Mismanaged Oil Industry

Steve Colby | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home


Steve Colby

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

Dear Governor Palin...

Terra Lawson-Remer | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics


Terra Lawson-Remer

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

Palin-McCain: Can't Get Energy Facts Right

A. Siegel | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


A. Siegel

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

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

[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...

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

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...

Three Cents A Gallon

Anthony Congiano | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home


Anthony Congiano

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

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

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics


Rep. Louise Slaughter

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?

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

David Roberts | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green


David Roberts

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.

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

Bill Scher | Posted 09.09.2008 | Green


Bill Scher

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.

Sarah Palin's Empty Promise

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.09.2008 | Green


Simran Sethi

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.

Twenty Questions for Sarah Palin

James Heffernan | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics


James Heffernan

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

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

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...

Schweitzer Electrifies Convention with Energy Speech

Josh Dorner | Posted 08.27.2008 | Home


Josh Dorner

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

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

Climate Progress | Posted 08.25.2008 | Green


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...

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

Josh Dorner | Posted 08.18.2008 | Green


Josh Dorner

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

A Political Party Working For Oil Companies -- For Money

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics


Dave Johnson

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

Whalers Fear Effects Of Off-Shore Drilling

Eric Kroh | Posted 08.12.2008 | Home


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.

McCain the Elder

Carl Pope | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics


Carl Pope

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.

The Not-So-Great Energy Debate

Jared Bernstein | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics


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.

Reading The Pictures: A Crude Salute

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-07-30-mccain_cindy_oilderrick.jpg Conservatives obviously don't get the irony of having their presidential nominee and wife billboarding militarism while standing next to an oil derrick.

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

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

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.

Building, Not Drilling, To Reduce Pain At The Pump

Geoff Anderson, Shelley Poticha | Posted 07.22.2008 | Home


Geoff Anderson, Shelley Poticha

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.