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Crude World: An Interview with Peter Maass

Adriana Dunn | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Oil-Dependency, Peter Maass, Fossil Fuels, Ida Tarbell, Paradox of Plenty, Nigeria, Crude World, Middle East, Crude World Book, Equitorial Guinea, Crude Oil, Business News
Adriana Dunn

By now, we all know the environmental costs of oil. But in his book, Crude World, author Peter Maass offers a first hand account of the social costs: poverty, war and corruption.

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Energy: What Americans Don't Know Can Hurt Us

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Fossil Fuels, Alternative Energy, Environment, Renewable Energy, Oil, Public Opinion, Natural Gas, Climate Change, Coal, Global Warming, Global-Warming, Oil Dependency, U.S. Oil, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader, Renewable-Energy, Green News
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

A lot of the political debate on energy is blowing right past most Americans.

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Fuel in San Antonio, TX; Bend, OR; Yelm & Seattle, WA This Weekend

Josh Tickell | Posted 01.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movies, Fuel, Sundance Audience Choice Award, Oil Dependency, Alternative Energy, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Green Movies, Green Energy, Sheryl Crow, Foriegn Oil, Dependence on Foreign Oil, Michael Moore, Oil Wars, Oil, Josh Tickell, Documentary, Fuel Movie, Biodiesel, Entertainment News
Josh Tickell

Fuel is playing in San Antonio, TX, Seattle & Yelm WA and Bend, OR. Fuel Review -- Bend Source Weekly Written by Rachel Purcell -- the Source Weekl...

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Candidates Will Have To Consider Balancing Commitment To Israel With Energy Needs

Dan Goor | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Holocaust, Oil Dependency, Opec, Iran, Ahmadinejad Israel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Barack Obama, Cnn, Larry King, Oil Prices, Zionism, Israel, United States Allies, John McCain, Home News
Dan Goor

Since reducing United States commitment to Israel may be a prerequisite to getting OPEC oil, the most promising short-term to mending the US economy, should the United States compromise and reduce some of its obligation to Israel?

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Offshore Drilling Won't Help, But "Green Stimulus" Can

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Price of Oil, Energy Information Administration, Mass Transit, Senator McCain, Oil Dependency, Energy Consumption, Senator Obama, Economic Stimulus, Public Transit, Green Stimulus, Stimulus, Housing Bubble, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

On This Week, McCain again mentioned "offshore drilling" as part of a plan to reduce dependence on foreign oil. And he got away with it.

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McCain's Energy Ignorance

Diane Francis | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Hybrids, Mccain Energy Policy, Oil Dependency, Alternative Energy, Saudi, Environment, Renewable Energy, Conservation, McCain Offshore Drilling, Ethanol, China, Green News
Diane Francis

John McCain foolishly credited the recent $10-a-barrel drop in the price of oil to President Bush's lifting of the offshore drill ban. What's he going to do when prices nudge or jump upwards again?

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Schwarzenegger: Feeding Oil Addiction Not The Answer

Sarasota Herald Tribune | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oil Dependency, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Renewable Energy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charlie Crist, Energy Policy, Offshore Drilling, Green News

Calling electric cars "sexy" and America's energy policies "shameful," charismatic California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made a surprise appearance in...

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