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Palin's Refusal To Join in Nation's Energy Savings Plan: Wrong For U.S., Wrong for Alaska

Les Gara | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Alaska, Sarah Palin, Energy, Congress, Energy Efficiency, Energy Prices, Lyman-Hoffman, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Politics News
Les Gara

What Governor Palin has done is as effective as spending your time blowing dandelion seeds into the wind.

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McClatchy: Are Wall Street Speculators Driving Up Gas Prices?

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Energy Prices, Economy, Wall Street Speculators, Wall Street, Wall Street Speculators Gas Prices, Business News

Oil and gasoline prices are rising fast as Memorial Day weekend approaches, but not because supplies are tight or demand is high. U.S. crude-oil inve...

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At Last, It Begins: Real, Substantive Debate on 2009 Climate Legislation

Dan Rosenblum | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Payroll Taxes, T. Boone Pickens, Energy Prices, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Tax, Al Gore Climate Change, 2009 Climate Legislation, President-Elect Obama, Obama Climate Change, Taxpayers, Carbon Emissions Economy, Curb Emissions, Green News
Dan Rosenblum

If introducing a new tax on carbon seems like a quixotic political battle in a time of historic economic and fiscal crisis, then you're out of touch. The crisis has in fact given it a big boost.

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Climate Change: Next Steps in a Troubled Economy

Michael Moynihan | Posted 11.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Clean Infrastructure, Energy Independence, Energy Prices, Energy Policy, Climate Change, Green News
Michael Moynihan

Whether or not a stimulus package is accomplished, government needs to create the machinery to retire our energy inefficient infrastructure and replace it with low-carbon infrastructure.

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Price Flashbacks: Remember When You Could Afford Milk, Bread And Gas Prices?

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Prices, Consumer Price Index, Gas Prices, Milk Prices, Energy Prices, Bread Prices, Grocery Prices, Economy, Finance, Personal Finance, Business News

The current economic crisis means trillions lost on the stock market, personal fortunes are dwindling and financial institutions are crashing to the g...

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Picky About the Pickens Plan

Christiana Wyly | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, George Bush, Energy Prices, Clean Coal, George W. Bush, Energy Crisis, Clean Energy, Big Oil Profits, Green Energy, Energy Policy, T. Boone Pickens Wind Turbines, Texas, Corn Prices, Oil Drilling, Green Technology, 2008 Presidential Race, T.Boone Pickens, Oil, Oil Prices, Natural Gas, President Bush, Pickens Plan, Green News
Christiana Wyly

"Son, I used to be IN the Oil Lobby! We don't have to worry about them. We the people are more powerful than any lobby any day of the week."

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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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Bush, Congress, Both?: Who's To Blame For Energy Prices?

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Energy Prices, Gas Prices, Oil Prices, George W. Bush, Congress, Energy Policy, Green News

WASHINGTON — President Bush on Saturday tried to pin the blame on Congress for soaring energy prices and said lawmakers need to lift long-standi...

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Oil Climbs Above $142 On Sliding Dollar

AP | JOHN WILEN | Posted 07.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Oil Crisis, Energy Prices, Record Oil Price, Energy Dependence, Oil Prices, Business News

NEW YORK — Oil futures climbed to a new record near $143 a barrel Friday as the dollar weakened against the euro, confirming expectations that t...

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The Third Oil Shock: Two Possible Outcomes

Michael Moynihan | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Energy Prices, Oil Shock, Green Project, Economy, Green News
Michael Moynihan

The decision by the Fed yesterday to leave rates unchanged--despite inflationary pressures from soaring oil prices on the one hand and a weakening eco...

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How Can We Miss You If You Won't Go Away: The California Energy Crisis

Howard Kaloogian | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Supreme Court, Energy Crisis, Energy Prices, California Energy Crisis, Green News
Howard Kaloogian

When this disaster of a "deregulation" law was passed unanimously (yes, I voted for it), I saw first hand how bad regulators turned this consensus law into such an epic disaster for California.

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Bush: OPEC Nations Should Pump More Oil

AP | TERENCE HUNT and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: World Market, King Abdullah, Energy Prices, Oil Prices, Oil, Opec, President Bush, Saudi Kings, Business News

President Bush urged OPEC nations on Tuesday to put more oil on the world market and warned that soaring prices could cause an economic slowdown in th...

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