Oil Politics

Obama And Oil Drilling: How Politics Spilled Into Policy

washingtonpost.com | Michael Leahy and Juliet Eilperin | Posted 05.25.2011

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In early April, fresh from announcing his decision to allow drilling in previously protected waters, an upbeat President Obama traveled to a battery f...

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Sam Stein

Joe Barton's Apology: Dems Doing All They Can To Draw It Out Through November

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The weekend break and subsequent disavowals from Republican lawmakers have not been enough to cool the political heat surrounding Rep. Joe Barton afte...

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Iran Inside Out Shocks and Provokes at the Chelsea Art Museum

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Harry Reid Knows How to End the Energy Crisis

ZP Heller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Anwr, John McCain, Elizabeth Dole, Meet the Bloggers, Oil, Gas, Cenk Uygur, Harry Reid, Jonathan Kim, Nico Pitney, Matt Stoller, Kevin Grandia, Offshore Drilling, Oil Politics, Oil Prices, Energy Debates, Politics News
ZP Heller

2008-07-28-cenkreid.jpgReid emphasized the need to cut off government subsidies for oil companies in this week's Meet the Bloggers.

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Addicted to Oil: The Bush Legacy

Bill Katovsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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While Earth Warms

David Victor | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Victor

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.

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On Gas Prices, Whose Side Are Republicans On?

Sen. Barbara Boxer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Barbara Boxer

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.

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