High Oil Prices

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Energy Efficiency is the New Oil

Stephen Cowell | Posted 01.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Cost of Energy, Energy Efficiency, Low Oil Prices, High Oil Prices, Green, Oil, Oil Prices, Green Living, Green Energy, Price of Oil, Green News

Reduced consumption has sent the price of oil plummeting from record highs. In other words, energy efficiency is the gift that keeps on giving.

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Suddenly Obama's Auto-Policies Matter: Michigan Is The New Florida

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Polls, 2008 Elections, Unemployment Rate, High Oil Prices, Fuel Efficiency, United Auto Workers, Obama Working Class Voters, 2008 Recession, Detroit News, CAFE Standards, Working Class, Offthebus, Unemployment, Obama Swing States, Oil Drilling, Bailout, Hybrid Cars, Recession Fears, Plug-in Hybrids, HuffPost OffTheBus, Swing Voters, Michigan, Fuel Economy Standards, Obama Working Class Whites, Job Losses, Fuel Economy, John McCain, Michigan Delegates, Auto Extremist, Detroit Free Press, Manufacturing, Voting Record, 2008 Election, Recession, Barack Obama, American Manufacturing, Pollsters, Barack Obama 2008, Swing States, Mccain Swing States, John McCain 2008, Cnn, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Fox News, Peter De Lorenzo, Auto Industry, Economy, Home News

Any sort of cash incentive to get manufacturers to build more efficient vehicles -- and to get people to buy more of them -- is an admirable thing. But let's not forget that if people just make smarter choices, this nation's energy usage will go down dramatically.

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Why Does John McCain Hate the American Worker?

Lloyd Alter | Posted 09.24.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, Mccain Energy Policy, High Oil Prices, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News

McCain says "Drill here, drill now!" to reduce the price of gas, but every time the price of oil goes up, more jobs return from China, and first to the basic heavy industries like steel. Why does he hate the rust belt states? Or, for that matter, Mexico?

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OPEC Nations Pocket Record $645 Billion In First Half Of 2008

Financial Times | By Javier Blas in London, Krishna Guha in Washington and Andrew England in Abu Dhabi | Posted 09.10.2008 | Business

Read More: OPEC Oil. OPEC Nations, Record Oil Prices, OPEC Income, Oil, High Oil Prices, OPEC Profits, Opec, Business News

Opec nations earned as much in the first half of this year as they did in the whole of 2007 - thanks both to record oil prices and record production -...

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Sunday Watch 7-20-08

Todd Gitlin | Posted 07.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Renewable Energy, Meet the Press, Gas Tax Holiday, Al Gore, Tom Brokaw, High Oil Prices, Sunday Watch, Sunday Morning Talk Shows, Media News

Imagine! Almost an entire installment of Meet the Press devoted to an interview with a private citizen who is not running for office -- who receives the attention because he...knows something.

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Food Fight - A "Vanguard" Special Report

Current TV’s “Vanguard” | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green

Read More: High Food Prices, Global Food Crisis, Global Economy, High Oil Prices, Food Crisis, Renewable Energy, Oil Prices, Food, Ethanol, Food Prices, Green News

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Oil Prices Down: Crude Oil Prices Drop More Than $8 In 2 days

AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Prices, Crude Oil Prices, Oil Industry, High Oil Prices, Gas Prices, Green News

NEW YORK — Oil tumbled more than $5 a barrel Tuesday in its second big drop this week, hurling crude back to levels not seen since June 26 as tr...

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Thank You, Mr. Oil Speculator, For Saving My Baby's Life

Steve Young | Posted 07.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Gas Prices, High Oil Prices, Media News

If the energy company CEOs, oil speculators, and Saudi princes ever needed a great PR line, it's now. And here 'tis. Oil Companies: In The Business ...

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$200-A-Barrel Oil: Envisioning What The World Would Look Like

LA Times | Martin Zimmerman | Posted 07.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil, Oil Prices, High Oil Prices, World Oil Prices, $200 Barrels of Oil, Business News

The more expensive oil gets, the more Katherine Carver's life shrinks. She's given up RV trips. She stays home most weekends. She's scrapped her twice...

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Gas Prices Unlikely To Change After Modest Saudi Increase

Huffington Post | Posted 07.01.2008 | Business

Read More: High Gas Prices, Gas Prices, Oil Prices, Saudi Arabia Oil Production, High Oil Prices, Saudi Arabia, Business News

Saudi Arabia announced a modest increase in oil production this week. However, gas prices are unlikely to change much as a result. Indeed the price o...

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Low Cost Airlines Raising Fares Over High Fuel Costs

New York Times | MICHELINE MAYNARD | Posted 06.27.2008 | Business

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For years, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue operated under self-imposed fare caps, promising travelers that no ticket would cost more than $299 one way....

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While Earth Warms

David Victor | Posted 06.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Price Floors, Carbon Tax, Carbon Emissions, High Oil Prices, Greenhouse Gases, Gas Tax, Oil Prices, Climate Change, Oil Politics, Green News

Serious global warming policies require careful political engineering because they imply a radical reorganization of the energy system. Last week's vote is a reminder that those policies could be years away.

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ENERGY DEPARTMENT: GET USED TO IT

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 06.19.2008 | Business

Read More: High Gas Prices, Gas Prices, $4 Gas, $4 Gallon Gas, Oil Prices, High Oil Prices, Pain at the Pump, Business News

WASHINGTON — Motorists can expect gasoline prices around $4 gallon through next year, the Energy Department said Wednesday, with oil prices stay...

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High Price Of Oil Raising Manufacturing Costs Across The Board

New York Times | LOUIS UCHITELLE | Posted 06.15.2008 | Business

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Surging oil prices are beginning to cut into the profits of a wide range of American businesses, pushing many to raise prices and maneuver aggressivel...

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$200 Oil Prediction Pumps Price Higher

Financial Times | Javier Blas and Chris Flood | Posted 05.14.2008 | Business

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Crude oil prices could surge to $200 a barrel in the next two years, according to the Goldman Sachs analyst who three years ago correctly predicted a ...

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Soaring Gas Prices Threaten Family Budgets

New York Times | JAD MOUAWAD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, U.S. Economy, Diesel, Gas Prices, Household Budgets, Gasoline Prices, High Oil Prices, $4 Gas, Business News

Gasoline prices, which for months lagged behind the big run-up in the price of oil, are suddenly rising quickly, with some experts saying they could a...

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Oil's Winners And Losers: How Sky-High Prices Rock The World

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Oil makes the world go 'round. Each day, more than 85 million barrels of black gold are pumped from the ground -- that's nearly 70 ounces for each of ...

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High Oil Prices Fuel Winter Heat Fears

AP | JERRY HARKAVY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Home Heating, High Home Heating Costs, Winter Heating, High Oil Prices, Winter Fuel, Business News

Nowhere in America, it seems, are people more apprehensive about the prospect of a $3-a-gallon winter than in Maine. Motorists nationwide may grumble...

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Will Oil Hit $100 This Week?

Chicago Tribune | William Neikirk | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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The price of oil is approaching $100 a barrel, an important psychological barrier for Americans already hard hit by higher energy prices and the threa...

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