Petroleum

House Votes To Expand Sanctions On Iran, Focuses On Oil

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sanctions, Gasoline, Kucinich, h.r. 2194, Ron Paul, Pelosi, Iran, Petroleum, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Crude Oil, Hr 2194, House, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Basij, State Department, Oil, #Iranelection, Iran Sanctions, Tehran, House Bill, Levin, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The House voted Tuesday to impose new economic sanctions on Iran as lawmakers cast doubt on Iran's willingness to respond to diplom...

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10 Shocking Products Full Of Petroleum

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Plastic, Green Living, Petroleum, Big Oil, Products, Environment, Green News

About one quarter of the oil consumed in this country is used for industrial purposes. Plastic production is the most obvious example, as awareness gr...

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Sarah, Plain and Simple; or, Drilling for the Superficial

Mark Axelrod | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Petroleum, Alternative Energy, Offshore Drilling, Sarah Palin, Green News
Mark Axelrod

I'm not going to argue with Sarah Palin about the need for US energy independence, but clearly one doesn't have to sing a James Taylor song to know that we can't continue burning fossil fuels forever.

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Global Warming Fight: Saudi Kingdom Wants Countries To Pay For Drop In Oil Revenue

New York Times | AD MOUAWAD and ANDREW C. REVKIN | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Iea, Nrdc, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Saudi Oil, Mohammad Al-Sabban, Sauidi Arabia, Greenhouse Gases, Victor, Petroleum, Oil, Emissions, Opec, Saudi Kingdom, Global Warming, Carbon Footprint, Cutbacks, Saudis, Ucsd, Using Less, Reduction, Climate Change, David G. Victor, Copenhagen, Business News

Saudi Arabia is trying to enlist other oil-producing countries to support a provocative idea: if wealthy countries reduce their oil consumption to com...

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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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Canadian Tar Sands or US Biofuel -- Guess Which One the US Government Prefers

Bob Dinneen | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Tar Sands, Carbon Emissions, Biofuels, Epa, Oil, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ethanol, Petroleum, Tar Sands Oil, Canada Pipeline, Renewable Energy, Canada Tar Sands Oil, Green News
Bob Dinneen

Just when we thought policymakers were serious about climate change, the State Department approves construction of a new petroleum pipeline with the sole purpose of importing tar sands oil to the U.S.

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The Days of Energy Malaise Are Over

Bob Dinneen | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Cellulosic Ethanol, Energy Independence, Biofuels, Oil Imports, Malaise, Oil, Jimmy Carter, Petroleum, Ethanol, Green News
Bob Dinneen

So when are we going to wake up to the fact that our dependence on imported oil is worse than in the days of Carter's "malaise"? And what are we going to do about it?

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Will Oil Prices Surge?

Sheldon Filger | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Al-Qaeda, Crude Oil Prices, Oil Prices, Oil, Iran Crisis, China Energy, Financial Crisis, Petroleum, Global Economic Crisis, Business News
Sheldon Filger

The fall in oil prices from their record highs of last summer amounts to, in effect, a tangible economic stimulus program.

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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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Is Hugo Chavez Ready for the Coming Fall?

Francisco Toro | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Oil Market, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Petrostate, South America, Poverty, World, Money, Economy, Oil, Poverty Abroad, Petroleum, Pat Robertson, World News
Francisco Toro

Venezuela is a petrostate: the government owns the only oil company, and oil prices rose every single year from the turn of the century through last year.

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Smart Growth: Three Simple Steps to Help the Economy and the Planet

Bill Shireman | Posted 02.14.2009 | Business

Read More: The Internet, Cell Phones, Wind Power, Economy, Green, Renewable Energy, Cars, Jobs, Obama Administration, Pollution, Green Energy, Facebook, Income, Internet Servers, Solar Energy, Green Technology, Electric Cars, Waste, Green Growth, LEED Certification, Low-Carbon Energy, Technology, Energy, Twitter, Leed, Carbon Emissions, Computers, Web, Petroleum, Tax Reform, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Financial Growth, Software, Economic Stimulus, Savings, Business News
Bill Shireman

Taxes aren't just too high, they're too dumb. Whenever we put a tax on something, we get less of it. Yet, incomprehensibly, we continue to tax the things we want more of.

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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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Chavez After the Oil Boom

Francisco Toro | Posted 01.15.2009 | World

Read More: Oil, Energy, Venezuela, Petroleum, Credit Crunch, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Chavez Oil, Socialists, World News
Francisco Toro

It's the oil-fueled spending boom that accounts for the popularity of the Chavez regime, and there's nothing progressive about it.

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Life Cycle: Burn, Baby, Burn (The Eco Impact of Candles)

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, Honey, Wax, Mango, Green, Emissions, DéCor, Wick, Soy, Green Living, Carbon, Life Cycle, Fossil Fuels, Fragrance, Beeswax, New Scientist Magazine, Burn, Sarah Smarsh, Wine, Air Pollution, Paraffin, Tea, Shoulder Rub, Pier 1, Petroleum, Crude Oil, French Vanilla, Hanukkah, Romance, Sex, Environment, Candles, Toxicity, Simran Sethi, Fragrance-Free, Green News
Simran Sethi

Most candles are made from paraffin wax, which is derived from crude oil. Demand for these products plays into our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Like Music and Oil. Perfect Together?

Mark Levine | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Benefits, Barter, The Roots, Iraq, Public Enemy, Oil, Petroleum, Music, Opec, Charities, Politics News
Mark Levine

Bringing artists to engage the peoples of countries that are often in tension with the United States (as are many OPEC nations) can increase international goodwill and ease geopolitical tensions.

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It's the Energy, Dummy!

Mike Bonifer | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Energy, Obama Energy, Mccain Energy, Energy Policy, Obama, Mccain, Petroleum, Oil, Energy, 2008 Election, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

Tthe reality is that either candidate, if elected, will have about as much impact on oil prices as an Arizona Cardinal or a Chicago Bear does on the shape of the football used to play the game. Not much and only temporarily.

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The End of Oil

Michael T. Klare | Posted 07.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Oil, Gas Prices, Petroleum, Peak Oil, Crude Oil Prices, Renewable Energy, Environmentalism, Oil Dependence, Green News
Michael T. Klare

The idea that the oil crisis can be resolved through restoring an environment of cheap and abundant oil is fundamentally flawed -- evidence suggests it is the beginning of the end of the petroleum age.

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Middle East Inflation Agitates Lower Classes

New York Times | Robert F. Worth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Jordan, Domino Effect, Gas Prices, Persian Gulf, Middle East, Arabs, Saudi Arabia, Gasoline Prices, Gasoline, Fuel Subsidies, Oil, Petroleum, Business News

Even as it enriches Arab rulers, the recent oil-price boom is helping to fuel an extraordinary rise in the cost of food and other basic goods that is ...

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