Obama And Oil Drilling: How Politics Spilled Into Policy
In early April, fresh from announcing his decision to allow drilling in previously protected waters, an upbeat President Obama traveled to a battery f...
In early April, fresh from announcing his decision to allow drilling in previously protected waters, an upbeat President Obama traveled to a battery f...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
The weekend break and subsequent disavowals from Republican lawmakers have not been enough to cool the political heat surrounding Rep. Joe Barton afte...
Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011
Iran Inside Out offers a veritable platter of provocative work that begs for discussion, debate and perhaps most importantly, an open mind.
ZP Heller | Posted 05.25.2011
Reid emphasized the need to cut off government subsidies for oil companies in this week's Meet the Bloggers.
Bill Katovsky | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
David Victor | Posted 05.25.2011
Serious global warming policies require careful political engineering because they imply a radical reorganization of the energy system. Last week's vote is a reminder that those policies could be years away.
Sen. Barbara Boxer | Posted 05.25.2011
Faced this week with the opportunity to actually do something to address high gas prices and move toward energy independence, Republicans in the Senate once again chose the path of obstruction.
washingtonpost.com | Michael Leahy and Juliet Eilperin | Posted 05.25.2011