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Energy Independence

The Thrill of the Drill

Lynn Voedisch | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Energy, T. Boone Pickens, John McCain, Oil Drilling, Drill Here Drill Now, Energy Independence, Democrats, Barack Obama, Republicans, Home News
Lynn Voedisch

Many hybrid cars are already on the roads but alternative energy is about more than new automobiles. Wind power is something we can capture right now and it is being used in fields and off remote shores.

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T. Boone Pickens Takes His Energy Plan On The Road

Chicago Tribune | David Greising | Posted 11.14.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Energy Independence, John McCain Energy Policy, Pickens Plan Chicago, Pickens Town Hall, Pickens Navy Pier, Barack Obama Energy Policy, Pickens Plan, Chicago News

The stock market had opened down nearly 800 points Friday morning, then bounced back by 500, and T. Boone Pickens paused from describing his big idea ...

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The Banality of Clean Coal: Extraction Crimes

Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, John McCain, Mountaintop Removal, Carbon Emissions, Clean Coal, Alternative Energy, Big Coal, Energy Independence, King Coal, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Barack Obama, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

In the 1970s, as the nation panicked, the coal industry announced a massive "clean coal" plan for coal-to-liquid gas conversion that would free us from foreign oil dependence. Sound familiar?

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Greening Hollywood: The Electric Revolution

Paige Donner | Posted 10.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Cars, Zero Emission, James Woolsey, Flex Fuel Vehicles, Chevy Volt, Energy Independence, Gm, Alternative Energy, Revenge of the Electric Vehicle, Dave Barthmuss, Green, Mccain, Opec, Chris Paine, Cia Director, Alt Car Expo, National Security, Electric Vehicles, Plug in Prius, Prius, Chelsea Sexton, Ev1, Hybrid, Environment, Set America Free Coalition, Ethanol, Green News
Paige Donner

We need to do that to oil. We need to destroy its strategic role and its monopoly over transportation. Electricity, as was the case with salt, is going to be right at the heart of that.

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An Appeal to Senators McCain and Obama

Michael Moynihan | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Green, Renewables, Energy Independence, Energy Prices, Green News
Michael Moynihan

The legislation likely to move to the floor tomorrow in the House and next week in the Senate has been crafted specifically to attract Republican votes. It contains generous provisions for off shore drilling.

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Fossil Fuel Addicts Relentless in their Pursuit of Junk

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.03.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Foreign Oil, Hurricane Gustav, Oil, Oil Prices, Energy Independence, Geroge W. Bush, Natural Gas, Green News
Josh Nelson

Yet another weather-related disruption to domestic oil production really highlights the foolishness of the drill everywhere drill always crowd.

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Conflict in Georgia: It's About the Oil. Again.

David Sassoon | Posted 09.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Oil, Georgia War, Russia, Energy Independence, Foreign Policy, Green News
David Sassoon

The Georgia conflict is another snapshot of the geopolitical consequences of oil addiction. We'll have to keep going to the world's bad neighborhoods to get the stuff we crave.

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Russia and the Limits of Oil Wealth

Michael Moynihan | Posted 09.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Ndn, Energy Independence, Climate Change, Green Project, National Security, Green News
Michael Moynihan

Cross-posted at the NDN Blog. New York City - The reappearance of a belligerent Russia on the world stage, buoyed by high oil prices and newfound w...

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Sam Stein

Has McCain Walked Into An Energy Trap?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Reid Drilling, Energy Debates, Senate Drilling, Gang of Ten, Energy Independence, Mccain Energy, Pelosi Drilling, Obama Energy, Obama Gang of Ten, Mccain Gang of Ten, Mccain Compromise, Energy Policy, Maveric, Barack Obama, The Mccain Energy Trap, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

The energy debate took what could be a significant turn this past weekend: a bipartisan effort in Congress has created headaches for both Barack Obama...

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Seth Colter Walls

Obama Calls McCain Out After Day Of Distortions: "It's Like These Guys Take Pride In Being Ignorant"

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Pride in Being Ignorant, John McCain, Energy Independence, Michigan, Ohio, Nuclear, Barack Obama, Politics News

On a day in which both presidential campaigns focused all their rhetorical might on debating energy production, Barack Obama claimed the most iconic m...

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Seth Colter Walls

Top McCain Surrogates Back Obama Energy Idea That GOP Mocked

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tire Guage, John McCain, Tire Efficiency, Energy Independence, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Mccain Tire, Politics News

Republicans have seized on Barack Obama's call for drivers to inflate their tires as a laughable response to the energy crisis. But at least three pro...

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Mixing Water Into The Energy Debate

Rob Runyan | Posted 08.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Energy, John McCain, Committee on Science and Technology, Corn Prices, Bart Gordon, Watergy, Corn, Renewable Energy, Energy Security, Texas, Mccain, Congress, Election 2008, The National Water Research and Development Initiative, Policy, Barack Obama, Renewable Fuel Standard, Water, Barack, Energy Independence, Rick Perry, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Ethanol, Rfs, Home News
Rob Runyan

Dealing with one sector without thinking about the other is one-hand clapping. That's why we have popular alternative fuels like ethanol that don't factor in the drain on water resources.

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Happy "Inter-Dependence" Day!

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, 4th of July, Immigration, Energy Independence, Politics News
Steve Rosenbaum

Holidays are funny things. They being about an idea. A celebration of something. And the evolve into a more amorphous event, a celebration of ... ...

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Webb Wants Offshore Oil Drilling, Breaks With Obama

The Hill | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Energy Independence, Webb Vice President, Jim Webb, Webb for Offshore Drilling, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Politics News

By pushing a bill that distances himself from the Democratic Party and its presidential candidate on offshore drilling, Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia is p...

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McCain: Build 45 Nuclear Reactors

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain 2008, Election 2008, Energy, John McCain Energy Plan, Nuclear Energy, McCain and Nuclear Energy, Energy Crisis, Energy Independence, Global Warming, Nuclear Power, Mccain Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Plants, Politics News

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Sen. John McCain called Wednesday for the construction of 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 and pledged $2 billion a year in fe...

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Florida Governor Crist Flips Stance On Offshore Drilling

AP | BILL KACZOR | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Vp Search, Veepstakes, John McCain, Florida, Offshore Drilling, Charlie Crist, Energy Crisis, Oil Prices, Energy Independence, Mccain, Election 2008, Oil, Crist for VP, Domestic Oil, Politics News

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Charlie Crist has dropped his long-standing support for the federal government's ban on offshore oil drilling and endor...

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Join Me in National "Screw the Oil Companies and Terrorists" Week

Paul Abrams | Posted 06.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Oil Cartel, Oil Companies, Fertilizer, Food, Carbon, Terrorist, Oil, Rightwing Republicans, Democrats, Economy, Gas Prices, Energy Independence, Environmental Solutions, Green News
Paul Abrams

Current debates about energy independence are future-oriented, and will do nothing in the short term to ease economic woes. Let's use the internet to stop the bleeding: take up the following challenge.

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Weakened Energy Bill Passes Senate After Lobbies Block Alternative Energy Requirements

NY Times | John Broder | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foreign Oil, Energy Independence, Democratic Congress, Alternative Energy, Pelosi Energy Policy, Oil Subsidies, Climate Change, Lobbyists, Energy Reform, Nancy Pelosi, Oil Lobby, Global Warming, Politics News

ared-down energy legislation cleared the Senate on Thursday by a wide margin after the oil industry and utilities succeeded in stripping out provision...

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