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The Movie Chevron Doesn't Want You to See

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Ecuador, Oil Industry, Human Rights, Chevron, Joe Berlinger, Rainforest, Crude, Environment, Texaco, Amazon, Pablo Fajardo, Green News
Tracy L. Barnett

Many have heard of Chevron-Texaco's contamination of the Amazonian rainforests. Joe Berlinger's film, Crude, brings the battle to bring them to justice to life in a way words cannot.

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Zone of International Interest

Gary Hart | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, Oil, International Affairs, Persian Gulf, Oil Industry, World News
Gary Hart

For many years the United States has been the de facto guarantor of world oil supplies. Someone has to do it, but does that "someone" always have to be the United States?

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One Page In Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 10.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Leasing, Oil Industry, Bush, Froot Loops, Health, Pfizer, New York Times, Cheating, Oil Shale, State-Street-Bank, Monty Python, Labels, Interior Department, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

Not content to wait for "This Week In Cheating," recently a single newspaper page held enough cheating for a whole seven days.

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Iraq Struggles To Attract Foreign Oil Investors

New York Times | TIMOTHY WILLIAMS | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Oil, Oil Industry, Iraq Oil Contracts, Iraq Oil Profits, Oil, Oil Prices, Iraq, Iraq Oil Law, War in Iraq, Oil Companies, Iraq Oil Fields, Iraq Oil Money, War Wire, World News

BAGHDAD -- In its drive to expand and modernize Iraq's oil sector, the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is stumbling over the competi...

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Energy Primer for Western Colorado

Adele Israel | Posted 10.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Grand Junction, Oil and Gas Drilling Regulations, Natual Gas Supply, Oil Industry, Mesa State College, Natural Gas, Cogcc, Colorado School of Mines, Bureau of Land Management, Blm, Mineral Rights, Denver News
Adele Israel

After listening to seven speakers and a panel discussion at Mesa State, I may not know everything about the local fossil fuel industry, but I sure know a lot more acronyms.

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The Growing Evidence of Oil's Environmental Impact

Bob Dinneen | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Tar Sands, Environment, Oil, Ethanol, Petroleum, Biofuels, Oil Industry, Carbon Emissions of Petroleum, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Inside DC, Green News
Bob Dinneen

It is inconceivable that an honest and transparent accounting of the carbon emissions of petroleum when compared to those of ethanol would somehow be lower. It defies logic, reason, and most of all, facts.

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Jumpin' Jack Verdi, It's a Gas, Gas, Gas: Iran and the Pipelineistan Opera

Pepe Escobar | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, South Stream, Oil Industry, Eurasia, Nato, Nabucco, Afghanistan Pipeline, Oil, Central Asia, Brussels, Foreign Affairs, Turkmenistan, Nord Stream, Natural Gas, World News
Pepe Escobar

Whatever Washington thinks, the Europeans know that energy independence from Russia is, in reality, inconceivable. Bottom line when it comes to natural gas: Europe needs everything.

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BP Says It Has Made 'Giant' New Oil Discovery

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Bp, Gas, Crude Oil Prices, BP Oil, Tiber Well, British Petroleum, Gulf of Mexico Oil, Oil Companies, Tiber, Oil Industry, Oil Drilling, Big Oil, Oil Prices, Oil, Gulf of Mexico, Oil in the Gulf of Mexico, World News

Oil giant BP says it has made a "giant" new oil discovery in its fields in the Gulf of Mexico....

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Peak Oil Agonistes: The New York Times Finally Comes Around to Where HuffPost Never Feared to Tread

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Oil Industry, Peak Oil, The Huffington Post, President Obama, The New York Times, Oil, Fatih Birol, Michael Lynch, Abiotic-Oil, International Energy Agency, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

At last, one of the great misnomers of public disinformation bordering closer to brainwashing has been brought to heel.

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Big Oil Manufacturing "Energy Citizen" Rallies To Oppose Clean Energy Reform

ThinkProgress.org | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil Industry, Energy Citizen, Big Oil, Climate Change, Oil Industry Rallies, Clean Energy Reform, Green News

The American oil industry, working with a coalition of business interests, plans to manufacture rallies in opposition to clean energy reform, an inter...

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Iran Inside Out Shocks and Provokes at the Chelsea Art Museum

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 09.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Obama Iran, Natural Resources, Iran Election, War With Iran, Axis of Evil, Iran, Oil Crisis, Oil Industry, Iran-Censorship, Middle East, American-Beauty, Iran Protests, Worldview, Texas Oil, Ideal Woman, Iraq Army, Artwork, Iraq Violence, Middle East Politics, Middle East Conflict, Iran Oil, Us-vs-Them, Iran Axis of Evil, Iran Us Relations, Iran Protests 2009, Beauty, Iran Art Collection, Oil Politics, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iraq War, Iran Americans, Islamic Republic of Iran, Beneath-the-Veil, Oil, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iran War, Contemporary Art, Iran-American-Relations, Self-Expression, Chelsea Art Museum, Censorship, New York News
Marissa Bronfman

Iran Inside Out offers a veritable platter of provocative work that begs for discussion, debate and perhaps most importantly, an open mind.

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Clinton in Nigeria: A Moment of Opportunity

Sarah Dotlich | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Nigeria, Nigeria Oil, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Sectretary of State, Umaru Yar'adua, Niger Delta, Fraudulent Elections, Africa, Justice in Nigeria Now, Peaceful-Protest, Nigerian Militants, Oil Companies, Nigerian Government, Oil Industry, Hillary Clinton Africa, Oil Prices, Nigeria Violence, World News
Sarah Dotlich

Electoral integrity and the ability for all citizens of Nigeria's democracy to participate meaningfully should be high on Secretary Clinton's agenda.

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From Nashville to Copenhagen

Lance Simmens | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Waxman-Markey, Oil Industry, Obama Change, Al Gore Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Green Energy, Barack Obama, Green News
Lance Simmens

It is all too easy to fall into the trap of reciting dire and dour statistics to illuminate just how serious this crisis is. It is far more difficult to illustrate the interconnectivity of issues and events.

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Oil Companies Balk At Following Obama's Green Lead

New York Times | JAD MOUAWAD | Posted 05.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil Industry, Barack Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Exxon, Royal Dutch Shell, Obama Administration, Green Energy, Oil Companies, Green News

The Obama administration wants to reduce oil consumption, increase renewable energy supplies and cut carbon dioxide emissions in the most ambitious tr...

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Single Gulf State Currency Deadline Extended

Financial Times | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Gulf Currency, Persian Gulf, Oil Industry, Nasser Al-Kaud, Middle East, Gulf Cooperation Council, Saudi Arabia, Foreign Affairs, Oil, Petroleum, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Advocacy, Gcc, World News

Gulf countries are extending a deadline to introduce a single currency for the oil-rich region owing to difficulties in thrashing out a common regulat...

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Oil Pipelines Are The 'New Great Game': Pepe Escobar

TomDispatch | Pepe Escobar | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, Oil Industry, Terrorism, Oil, Oil Prices, Oil Pipeline, Pipelines, Pipeline, World News

What happens on the immense battlefield for the control of Eurasia will provide the ultimate plot line in the tumultuous rush towards a new, polycentr...

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Obama Budget Seeks To End Oil, Gas Industry Tax Breaks

Reuters | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Budget Priorities, Obama Budget, Oil Industry, Oil and Gas Industry, Politics News

President Barack Obama's budget outline calls for eliminating substantial tax breaks and increasing fees for the oil and natural gas industry....

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Yes, We Can Regulate CO2!

Sarah Newman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, Oil and Gas, George Bush, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Yes We Can, Carbon Dioxide, Obama, Co2, Transportration Secretary Roy LaHood, Bush-Era, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oil Industry, Transportation Department, Takepart, Kyoto Protocol, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Environment, Green News
Sarah Newman

Environmentalists are heralding Obama's decision to review the request by California and 13 other states to establish strict limits on greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks.

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Oil 2009: Be Careful What You Wish For

Michael T. Klare | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Global Oil Supplies, Oil Industry, Big Oil, Economy, Economic Crisis, Oil, Oil Prices, Department of Energy, Petroleum, Ukraine, Business News
Michael T. Klare

Keep your eye on the politics of oil and you'll always know a lot about what's actually happening on this planet.

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Deepak Chopra on Mumbai: Too Controversial for CNN?

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: India, War on Terror, Terrorism, Chevrolet, Cars, Mumbai, Oil Industry, Larry King, Mumbai Hotel Shootings, Big Oil, Cnn, Mumbai Deaths, Saudi Arabia, Mumbai Attacks, Deepak Chopra, Oil, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Auto Industry, Deepak Chopra Mumbai, Deepak Chopra Cnn, Mumbai Terrorism, Deepak Chopra on Mumbai, Politics News
Michelle Haimoff

Deepak Chopra went on CNN Wednesday night to give his take on the Mumbai attacks and how to prevent similar attacks in the future, but producers cut Chopra off when he started to get too controversial.

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Bowoto v. Chevron: Approaching the Arguments

Scott Gilmore | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alien Tort Statute, Multinational Corporations, Oil Industry, Human Rights, Alien Tort Claims Act, Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Shell, Bowoto vs. Chevron, Bowoto v. Chevron, Nigeria, Legal Reasoning, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Dictators, Chevron Human Rights, Big Oil, Politics News
Scott Gilmore

Why do police negotiators generally refuse to pay ransom for hostages? To do so would actually encourage more kidnappings by providing an incentive to would-be kidnappers.

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Quantum of Solace: James Bond Goes Green!

Darrell Hartman | Posted 12.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: James Bond, Quantum of Solace, Mathieu Amalric, Oil Industry, Environment, Eco Friendly, Renewable Energy, James Bond Quantum of Solace, Green Energy, Daniel Craig, James Bond Oil, Entertainment News
Darrell Hartman

This second Craig installment in the refreshed franchise couldn't care less about weapons of mass destruction. The movie's main plot twist is that water is the new oil.

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Three Strikes Against John McCain

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green

Read More: John McCain, Energy Independence, Oil Industry, Exxon, Edward Markey, National Security, Drill Baby Drill, Global Warming, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

The fact that we hold only 3% of the world's oil reserves, and yet consume 25% of it, makes it clear that we cannot drill our way out of our current energy dependence.

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Palin Supported "Share In The Wealth" Programs In Alaska

Think Progress | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Alaska, Oil Industry, Sarah Palin, Obama Socialist Smear, Alaska, Barack Obama, Politics News

In recent days, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK), has begun referring to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) as "Barack the Wealth Spreader," referring to his proposed ta...

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As the Bush Years Wind Down the New York Times Signals Hard Times Ahead for Russia, Venezuela, Iran

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: PM Gordon Brown, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, VP Cheney, Cftc, Predident Bush, Congress, Opec, Department of the Interior, Iran, Oil Industry, Venezuela, G.W. Bush, Saudi Arabia, Oil, Sam Bodman, Russia, New York Times, Depatment of Energy, The Administration, Bush Oil, Big Oil, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Against the interests of the nation this administration has permitted, even encouraged the dramatic transfer of wealth to oil interests in dimensions beyond the fondest dreams of Croesus.

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