Offshore Drilling

Close Presidential Race? Don't Blame the Media, Blame the Voters

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Qualifications, Iraq Surge, Success in Iraq, John McCain, Bush Surge, Obama Muslim, Success of the Surge, Palin Investigation, Palin Bridge to Nowhere, Independent Voters, Michael Dukakis, McCain Offshore Drilling, Barack Obama Race, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, 2008 Presidential Election, Mainstream Media, Al Gore 2008, 2006 Election, Palin Independence Party, 60 Minutes, Palin National Guard, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, John Kerry, Sarah Palin, Willie Horton Dukakis, Proximate Cause, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

Voters have (or could have) all the information they need to make a choice this year. They're just making a choice that those on the left would consider a bad one.

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What Do Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney have in Common?

Omid Memarian | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Foriegn Policy, Offshore Drilling, Sarah Palin, Sara Palin, Iraq, Pregnant Daughter, Oil, Republicans, President Bush, Mary Cheney, God, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Omid Memarian

Both love hunting. It's not clear how this ties into their social and political values, particularly when it comes to foreign policy. But, it is a commonality. Both love guns -- one locally, the other globally.

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Sarah Palin's Empty Promise

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: George Bush, Powering the Planet, Gas Prices, Energy Information Administration, Congress, Offshore, Sarah Palin, Fuel Economy Standards, Cnbc, Mpg, Union of Concerned Scientists, Rnc, Drill, Nancy Pelosi, Environment, Drilling, Oil, Republicans, Offshore Drilling, Green News
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.

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The Week McCain's Environmental Credentials Went Extinct

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 10.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, John McCain, Climate Change, Alaska, Sarah Palin, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Jeremy Jacquot

McCain has clearly demonstrated that his devotion to environmental causes is only skin deep: a set of positions he is only too happy to jettison.

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Oil Prices Rise As Gustav Threatens US Production

AP | PABLO GORONDI | Posted 10.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Extreme Weather, Oil, US Oil Production, Oil Prices, Hurricane Gustav, Gustav, Offshore Drilling, Business News

Oil prices tumbled to $111 a barrel Monday as Hurricane Gustav weakened along the Gulf Coast and posed less of a threat to oil drilling and refining o...

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Gustav Threatens Not Just New Orleans

Rebekah and Stephen Hren | Posted 10.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Extreme Weather, Mccain, Gustav, Palin, Global Warming, Offshore Drilling, Hurricane Gustav, Green News
Rebekah and Stephen Hren

All eyes are on coastal Louisiana once again, as Gustav roars ahead. While our thoughts and worry center on the human inhabitants in the path of the ...

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Pickens Ad Rejected By NBC And Other Highlights From T. Boone At The DNC

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 09.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, T. Boone Pickens, John Podesta, Nbc, Pickens Plan, Carl Pope, Energy Policy, Offshore Drilling, Green News

T. Boone Pickens, Carl Pope and John Podesta walk into a big tent. OK, OK, the "isn't it weird that these guys agree?" joke is getting a little tired...

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Top Seven Key Green Election Issues

The Daily Green | Posted 09.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Democratic National Convention, Nuclear Energy, Green, Green Dnc, Reduce Energy Costs, Energy Costs, Product Safety, Offshore Drilling, Green Election, Politics of Food, National Security, Environment, Green News, Food, Food Safety, Climate Change, Consumer Product Safety, Ethanol, Save Energy Costs, Global Warming, Green News

The Daily Green compiled a list of the top seven key green election issues. 1. Global Warming Both Obama and McCain agree that global warming is re...

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Energy Idiocy on the Streets of Denver

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Democratic Convention, Energy, Denver Convention, Democratic National Convention Denver, Dem Convention, Dnc, Newt Gingrich, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Josh Dorner

The entrenched dirty energy interests seem particularly intent on using the convention to push their issues.

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

Climate Progress | Posted 09.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Oil Drilling, Green News, Drilling, Green, Environment, Boone Pickens, Pickens Plan, Offshore Drilling, Green News

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...

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Coastal Erosion Challenges Perseverance Of Louisiana Fishing Community

NYT | Susan Saulny | Posted 09.25.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Louisiana, Coastal Erosion, Shrimping, Wetlands, Golden Meadow, Fishing, Weather, Extreme Weather, Land Loss, Gulf of Mexico, Patois, Offshore Drilling, Green, Green News, Environment, Green News

GOLDEN MEADOW, La. -- The men still bark orders in a French patois here while at work along the banks of Bayou Lafourche, a watery main street whose l...

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Oil Companies Bid To Divvy Up Western Gulf Of Mexico

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Western Gulf, Oil, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Bids, Exxon, Offshore Drilling, Green News

WASHINGTON — Energy companies bid hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday to explore for oil and natural gas beneath 1.8 million acres in the ...

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Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil: McCain's Drilling Rig Do-Over

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, John McCain, Oil Spill, Minerals Management Service, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi Oil Spill, House Natural Resources Committee, John Mccain Oil Drilling, Nancy Pfotenhauer, Big Oil Mccain, McCain Offshore Drilling, T. Boone Pickerns, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Josh Dorner

Whether it's because of the 30 or so oil industry lobbyists working on his campaign or the more than $2 million in campaign cash from Big Oil, McCain is determined to push his drill here, drill there, drill everywhere plan.

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McCain's Bumper Sticker Strategy

Emily Pease | Posted 09.20.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Virginia, Oil Drilling, Gas Tax, New York Times, Budget Deficit, McCain Offshore Drilling, 2008 Election, Jim Gilmore, Offshore Drilling, Offthebus, Home News
Emily Pease

The simple-minded bumper stickers are back, and boy do they look good on the rear window of a 4x4: "Drill Here Drill Now." The policy they propose, though, doesn't look so good.

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Drill Here, Drill Now, Get Nothing but an Opinion poll point or two

Colin Beavan | Posted 09.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Leadership, Gas Prices, Pandering, Offshore Drilling, Oil, Republicans, Democrats, Global Warming, Political Pandering, Green News
Colin Beavan

My disappointment comes from the fact that politicians on both sides of the aisle still don't really get that climate change is a planetary time bomb. They still think it's a political football.

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Jason Linkins

McCain Makes Energy Promise Impossible To Keep

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, McCain Offshore Drilling, Mccain Drilling, Offshore Drilling, Politics News

John McCain trooped out to another oil rig today, looking for a future Fortress of Solitude where he can spend his next gas tax holiday, in his Cone o...

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

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: House of Representatives, Anwr, Minnesota, Jesus, Senate Republicans, Caribou, Energy Policy, Michele Bachmann Caribou, House Republicans, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Michele Bachmann, Offshore Drilling, 2006 Election, Laura Ingraham, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Sali, Drilling, Energy Tax Incentives, President Bush, Sierra Club, State of the Union, Mn-6, Green News
Josh Dorner

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

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When In a Hole, Stop Drilling

Richard Stuebi | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Prices, Ethanol, Gulf of Mexico, Opec, Peak Oil, Anwr, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Richard Stuebi

I never cease to be amazed by the vehemence of opinions expressed on energy by people who are spectacularly underinformed. Let's first begin with a top ten list of clear-cut facts.

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Republican Deceptions on Energy: The Little, The Big, The Hysterical

David Fiderer | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, Energy Crisis, Offshore Drilling, Lou Dobbs, John McCain, Politics News
David Fiderer

Lou Dobbs signed on to the Republicans' disinformation campaign, but what about legitimate journalists? Who in the mainstream media has enough guts to say a lie is a lie?

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Democrats To Offer Bill With Plan For More Offshore Drilling

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democrats, Offshore Drilling, Oil, Democrats Offshore Drilling, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Democrats' stance against offshore drilling has shifted more, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaling on Saturday her willingness...

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For Conservatives, "All of the Above" Means "No Clean Energy"

Bill Scher | Posted 09.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Renewable Energy, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Bill Scher

Conservatives know that after eight years of keeping America dependent on oil, they can't easily promote another Big Oil giveaway. So the message mant...

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Oil: Supply vs. Demand

Harry Shearer | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, Oil Prices, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Oil Drilling, Big Oil, Offshore Drilling, Politics News
Harry Shearer

Why are the Democrats in Congress, and the Obama campaign, still fluttering with anxiety to join the "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less" campaign introduced and orchestrated by Newt Gingrich?

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Distraction, Misleading Energy Claims, and the Washington Post

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy, Oil, Washington Post, Energy Policy, Global Warming, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Frances Beinecke

A full 80 percent of all offshore drilling areas are open to development. Why don't companies exhaust those before asking for the remaining 20 percent?

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Whalers Fear Effects Of Off-Shore Drilling

Eric Kroh | Posted 09.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Exploration, Alaska, John McCain, Conocophillips, Alaska Wilderness League, Anwr, Drilling, Oil, Thomas Napageak, Whaling, Barack Obama, Nuiqsut, Offshore Drilling, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Home News
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.

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Pelosi Indicates An Openness To Offshore Drilling Vote

The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Offshore Drilling, Nancy Pelosi Offshore Drilling, Politics News

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday night dropped her staunch opposition to a vote on offshore oil drilling in the House. Republicans, reacting to h...

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