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4 Things Sarah Palin Believes About the Environment

Maura Judkis | Posted 09.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Drilling, Mining, McCain Palin, Mccain's Vice President Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Environment, Oil, 2008 Campaign, Polar Bears, Sarah Palin Vice President, Governor of Alaska, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Fishing, Alaska Oil, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Sarah Palin Vp, Sarah Palin Reaction, Green News
Maura Judkis

Palin believes that we should drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which McCain has previously opposed. She also supports offshore drilling.

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A Teachable Moment on Energy Policy: Demand-Side Policy Beats Drilling by More than 20 to 1

Mark Cooper | Posted 09.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas, Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, Oil Drilling, Fuel Efficiency, Oil, Nhtsa, Conservation, Energy Policy, Green News
Mark Cooper

While the administration is busy beating up Congress for not acting to solve the energy crisis -- it is the administration that has dropped the ball.

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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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The Republican Energy Drill (VIDEO)

American News Project | Ted Roach | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, High Gas Prices, Video, Oil Drilling, Gop, Republican Party, Politics News

Energy is currently the most debated issue on Capitol Hill, and Republicans in Congress have seized the moment to stage a political coup, blaming Dem...

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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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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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It's About the Economy, Not Drilling

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Environment, Jobs, Oil Drilling, Economy, Green Jobs, Green Economy, Green News
Frances Beinecke

A clean energy economy isn't just about wind farms and solar roofs. We're talking about hundreds of thousands of jobs in precisely the sectors that are experiencing the greatest difficulties right now.

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John McCain's Greatest Misses

Carl Pope | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Mccain, Gil Scott-Heron, Oil Drilling, Nuclear Power, Mccain Energy Policy, Offshore Drilling, Politics News
Carl Pope

It's hard to understand how McCain can pretend that he is doing anything other than chasing the polls -- and the oil and nuclear industry's increasingly abundant lubrication of his campaign.

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McCain's Energy Plan: Improved Light Bulbs

Cenk Uygur | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Fuel Efficiency, Barack Obama, Oil Drilling, Nascar, Tire Gauges, Light Bulbs, Energy Policy, John McCain, Tire Pressure, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

I can't believe John McCain's entire energy policy is improved light bulbs! This is so unbecoming of a presidential candidate -- he needs to have big and bold ideas, like more drilling.

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It's Not Oil Supply -- It's the High Fear Hype!

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, National Security Strategy, Wmds, John McCain, u.s. Foreign Policy, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Research Magazine, Middle East Equilibrium, George W. Bush, Bush/Cheney, Gary Sick, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, First USA Bank, Iran, Richard Vague, Nuclear Weapons, Columbia University, Oil Drilling, Middle East, Nancy Pelosi, Barclays USA, Oil, Israel, Crisis, New Equilibrium, Richard Cheney, Ahmadenijad, Obama Oil, 2008 Election, Oil Prices, McCain Oil, Politics News
Steve Clemons

This debate over oil and energy policy disgusts me because both Obama and McCain are trying to force short term, knee jerk responses to a major policy challenge for the nation.

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Yes Conservatives, Inflated Tires Beats Coastal Drilling

Bill Scher | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Offshore Drilling, Energy, Oil, Oil Prices, McCain Offshore Drilling, Oil Drilling, Big Oil, Green News
Bill Scher

Obama was observing that coastal drilling would save us so little oil and so little money even twenty years from now, that you can actually save more money immediately by doing "simple things."

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An Oil Drilling Platform We Can All Support

Art Brodsky | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Offshore Drilling, Oil Drilling, Big Oil, Oil Prices, Oil, McCain Offshore Drilling, Politics News
Art Brodsky

The GOP Merry Pranksters are planning another guerilla-theatre performance as early as today. The motivating cause behind all their enthusiasm -- drilling for oil.

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McCain Lies About Oil Drilling and the Media Yawns

Joseph Romm | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Media, Oil Drilling, Oil, Mccain Lies, Politics News
Joseph Romm

I don't see how there is any serious prospect for solving our energy security problem or our climate problem if the traditional media doesn't do any policing whatsoever of statements by major politicians.

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Democrats' Crucial Mistake In the Gas Price Fight

David Roberts | Posted 08.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Gas Prices, Oil Shale, Oil Drilling, Democrats, Offshore Drilling, Republicans, Green News
David Roberts

The drilling "movement" is a classically right-wing operation -- top-heavy, fueled by corporate money, reliant on aggressive PR, and meant to intimidate D.C. decisionmakers. It is astroturf, not grassroots.

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Oil Vey! Exxon's Capitol Hill Shaming

Doug Kendall | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Oil Drilling, Republican Congressmen, Mississippi Oil Spill, Big Oil, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Exxon Mobil, Green News
Doug Kendall

The people of Alaska are still feeling the financial impact of the spill nearly 20 years later, long after the three-year period covered by compensatory damages in the case.

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Nico Pitney

Senator Dole In Perpetual Offshore Drilling Flip-Flop

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Dole Drolling Flipflop, Oil Drilling, Elizabeth Dole, Dole Flip Flip, Dole Offshore Drilling, Dole Drilling Flip Flop, Offshore Drilling, Politics News

Sometimes flip-flops happen so fast that the candidate can't even keep with his or her changing positions. Senator Elizabeth Dole, who is facing reel...

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Addicted to Oil: The Bush Legacy

Bill Katovsky | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil Prices, Energy, Oil Drilling, George Bush Energy Policy, Oil Policy, Oil Politics, Outer Continental Shelf, Politics News
Bill Katovsky

It's hard to take much stock in whatever Bush has to say about oil or energy policy. His stance on this issue have always been entropic, misguided, and typically wrong.

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Does Anyone Remember the Oil Spill in Santa Barbara?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Oil Drilling, George W. Bush, Bush Offshore Drilling, Offshore Drilling Ban, Environment, Offshore Drilling, Republicans Environmentalism, Green News
Joseph A. Palermo

There is an insidious nature to the rightwingers' propaganda about offshore oil drilling because they frame the issue in terms that seem commonsensical: "Drill more oil here at home and gas prices will go down."

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McCain's Cruel Offshore Drilling Hoax

Joseph Romm | Posted 07.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Prices, John McCain, Offshore Drilling, Oil, McCain Offshore Drilling, Oil Drilling, Green News
Joseph Romm

Why hasn't big oil gotten around to the 34 billion barrels already available to them offshore, given the staggering price for oil? Because it ain't easy being non-green offshore.

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Companies Begin Quest For Oil And Gas Off Florida Coast

AP | MELISSA NELSON | Posted 07.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Drilling, Oil Florida, Oil Companies, Business News

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest s...

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Giuliani Repeats Debunked GOP China Drilling Talking Point

Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republicans Oil, Republicans Global Warming, China Oil, Rudy Giuliani, Oil Drilling, China Oil Drilling, GOP Oil Drilling, Politics News

On Glenn Beck's show last night, Rudy Giuliani repeated a popular GOP talking point about off-shore drilling, as Think Progress reports: Last night ...

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How McCain and Crist Help Big Oil Change the Subject

Alan Fein | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Energy, Oil Drilling Moratorium, Charlie Crist, Oil Drilling, John McCain, Florida Oil Drilling, Big Oil, Oil, Oil Prices, Exxonmobil, Exxon, Business News
Alan Fein

With more concentration of market power in the oil industry, more manipulation of supply, and more profiteering in the absence of competition, the drilling debate is just an attempt to change the subject.

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McCain: End Offshore Drilling Ban

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Offshore Drilling, Offshore Drilling Ban, Oil, Oil Drilling, Politics News

ARLINGTON, Va. — Sen. John McCain said Monday the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling should be lifted, and individual states gi...

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Gingrich Mounts Campaign to 'Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less'

David Roberts | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, Newt Gingrich, Oil Market, Gas Prices, Oil Drilling, Saudi Arabia, Green, Alaska Oil, Kuwait, Republicans, Anwr, Politics News
David Roberts

The U.S. cannot affect oil or gasoline prices in any significant way by drilling more oil. Full stop. Gingrich is knowingly lying to people (and taking their money).

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