Offshore Oil Drilling

Understanding Oil

Bill Chameides | Posted 11.02.2008 | Green


Bill Chameides

With the cost of gas still near record highs and crude oil prices rising and falling like a ride at Six Flags, drilling for oil has been capturing imaginations and grabbing headlines.

Is Drilling the Answer?

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.19.2008 | Green


Bill Chameides

All politics aside, I would like to share with you the information I have been able to gather with regard to the amount of oil we might be able to get from offshore drilling.

Interior Dept. Scandal Could Shake Up Offshore Drilling Bill

ProPublica | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


ProPublica

by Paul Kiel, ProPublica A series of inspector general reports alleging cocaine use and government regulators literally jumping into bed with Big Oil ...

Debbie Cook and Larry Kissell: Two Progressive Democrats for Congress

Erik Ose | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics


Erik Ose

These contests will help determine whether the party can hold off Republicans' attempts to seize back control of Congress, or add seats to the Democratic majority they gained in 2006.

Do We Really Want Another President Whose Main Concern Is His Rest and Relaxation?

Russ Wellen | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics


Russ Wellen

Aside from emphasizing his age, it's yet another area in which McCain resembles George Bush, who's notorious for his early bed-time and seizing any opportunity he can to retreat to his ranch.

America's Greatest Source Of Renewable Energy: Whine Power?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.26.2008 | Green


Kerry Trueman

We're so screwed that there's no way we can drill ourselves out of this mess. What will it take for people to accept the fact that the era of livin' large is over?

Jason Linkins

Bush Blames Congress For Following His Own Directive On Oil Production

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


"He's declaring war on Congress." That's how Andrea Mitchell summed up President Bush's just concluded announcement on his lifting the executive ban ...

Offshore Drilling Would Have To Wait For Ships To Be Built

New York Times | Jad Mouawad and Martin Fackler | Posted 06.27.2008 | Business


As President Bush calls for repealing a ban on drilling off most of the coast of the United States, a shortage of ships used for deep-water offshore d...

Texas Two Step

Carl Pope | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics


Carl Pope

Yesterday Bush made it abundantly clear that McCain has joined his camp by ratifying what both Cheney and McCain said in the past two days -- it's time to give the oil industry what it wants.