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Oil Dependency

Barack Obama Prepares for War Footing

Edwin Black | Posted 03.19.2012 | World
Read More: Oil Cutoff Contingency, War With Iran, Oil Dependency, Strait-of-Hormuz-Oil, Foreign Oil Dependence, Oil Contingecy, Oil Interruption, Oil Dependence, Oil, Iran Oil, Iran, Strait of Hormuz, World News
Edwin Black

A newly-propounded Executive Order renews and updates the president's power to take control of all civil energy supplies, including oil and natural gas, control and restrict all civil transportation, and even provides the option to re-enable a draft.

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In The Public Interest : House Transportation Bills Strikes First as Tragedy, Then as Dangerous Farce

Phineas Baxandall | Posted 04.04.2012 | Politics
Read More: House of Representatives, Driving, Mass Transit, Oil Dependency, Budget Cuts, Budget, Vmt, Transportation, Oil-Dependency, U.S. PIRG, Oil Drilling, Subways, Public Transportation, John Mica, US Oil Drilling, Buses, Oil Dependence, Politics News
Phineas Baxandall

The agenda for transportation advanced by the House this week flies directly in the face of clear trends in how Americans are choosing to travel.

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If Iran Moves, the USA Has No Plan for an Oil Interruption

Edwin Black | Posted 02.27.2012 | World
Read More: War With Iran, Oil Interruption, Strait-of-Hormuz-Oil, Oil Cutoff Contingency, Oil Dependency, Foreign Oil Dependence, Oil Contingecy, Oil Dependence, World News
Edwin Black

It will come as a shock to most Americans, but no presidential candidate -- nor any candidate, nor any local, state or federal government -- has developed a contingency plan in the event of a protracted oil cut-off.

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Iraq Final March Home: Thoughts From a Latina Vet

Graciela Tiscareno-Sato | Posted 02.14.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Saddam Huessin, War in Iraq, Latina Veteran, Iraq, Latino Veteran, Oil Dependency, Final March Home, End of Iraq War, Latino Voices News
Graciela Tiscareno-Sato

What matters right now is that our bravest are coming home; the flow of body bags from Iraq has stopped. I pray for at least one moment of unity to celebrate this milestone.

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Alex Wagner

Apple vs. Exxon: The Triumph of Tech Over Oil? Not So Fast

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 10.11.2011 | Business
Read More: Deep Water Drilling, Steve Jobs, Oil and Gas Industry, Oil Dependency, Stock Market, Kenneth Green, Ipad, Iphone, Imac, David Kreutzer, Apple, Oil Industry, Third Industrial Revolution, Exxon, DANIEL J. WEISS, Subsalt Drilling, Apple vs Exxon, Charlie Wolf, Business News

As Apple overtook Exxon Mobil this week as the most valuable company in the U.S., tech analysts were crowing about the striking turnaround of a compan...

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The New CAFE Standards Are Good, But We'll Still Be Drinking Oil

Jigar Shah | Posted 10.05.2011 | Green
Read More: Climate Change, Oil Addiction, Oil Dependency, CAFE Standards, Oil Dependence, Green News
Jigar Shah

While I commend the Obama administration and 13 automakers for boosting the Corporate Average Fuel Economy of cars and light-duty trucks sold in the U.S., it is only a baby step toward solving our real problem: oil addiction.

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Green Shoots for Oil Independence

David Burwell | Posted 07.26.2011 | Green
Read More: Gas Prices, Oil Dependency, Oil Demand, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Oil Dependence, Green News
David Burwell

Green shoots prophesying accelerated declines in American oil consumption are cropping up everywhere. Even before the recession, total domestic oil consumption was in decline and the trend accelerated as the economy lagged.

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U.S. Dependency On Foreign Oil Below 50 Percent For First Time In A Decade

Reuters | Posted 07.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Foreign Oil, Energy Dependency, US Energy Dependency, Oil Dependency, Energy Dependence, Oil Dependence, US Oil Dependence, Foreign Oil Dependence, Green News

WASHINGTON (Reuters/Tom Doggett) - U.S. dependence on imported oil fell below 50 percent in 2010 for the first time in more than a decade, thanks ...

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No Nukes Now? A Lesson From Japan and Questions About the Security of Japan's Nuclear Waste

Michael Vazquez | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Chile, Nuclear Waste, Bp, Tsunami, Nuclear Energy, Oil Dependency, Michael Madsen, Fukushima, South America, Into Eternity, Michael Vazquez, Japan, World News
Michael Vazquez

Japan, the only nation to suffer the horrific effects of nuclear warfare is, shockingly, one of this planet's largest consumers of nuclear energy.

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What the Christian Coalition and the National Wildlife Federation Have in Common

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Energy, Energy Plan, Oil Dependency, Christian Coalition, Politics, Economy, Clean Energy, Oil, Pollution, Bipartisan, Energy Policy, National Wildlife Federation, Sustainable Economy, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Roberta Combs, CCA president and Larry Schweiger, NWF president, have written a joint column calling for a comprehensive clean energy policy.

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Green News, Green, Climate Change, Green Living, Russia, Energy, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Latin America, Middle East, Oil, Catastrophe, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Canada, Canada's Tar Sands, Offshore Drilling, Off-Shore Oil Drilling, Oil Dependency, Safety, Mutual Funds, Oil Dependence, Pension Funds, Atlantic Ocean, Exxon Valdez, Chernobyl, Disaster, Deepwater Horizon, Enron, Aig, Oil Gusher, Lehman Brothers, Black Gold, Electric Car, Civilisation, Government, Government Regulation, Man-Made-Disasters, Bp, Contingency Planning, Financial Crisis, Economic Crisis, Risk Management, Crisis Management, Marginal Cost, Risk Profile, British Petroleum, Admiral Thad Allen, Business News
DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

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Crude World: An Interview with Peter Maass

Adriana Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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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