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How Big is Canada's Oil Subsidy to the U.S.?

Jeffrey Rubin | Posted 03.10.2013 | Business
Read More: Oil Prices, Oil Refining, Alberta Oil Sands, U.S. Oil, Canada Oil Exports, Canadian Oil, Oil Markets, Canada Oil, Oil Refineries, Business News
Jeffrey Rubin

Before rushing ahead to double oil sands production -- and sending billions more in de facto energy subsidies to U.S. refiners -- Canadians may be better off if producers figure out how to capture more value from what they're already digging out of the ground.

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Boomtown Store FLYING IN Workers

AP | JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 01.29.2013 | Business
Read More: North Dakota, Wisconsin, Unemployment, Oil Patch, U.S. Oil, Menards, Ap, North Dakota Oil Patch, Business News

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Home improvement retailer Menard Inc. says it will hire workers from its home base in Wisconsin and fly them to North Dakota t...

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Rick Perry: Obama's Delay On Keystone Pipeline Puts 'Soliders' Lives In Jeopardy'

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.15.2011 | Politics
Read More: Energy, Transcanada, Environmentalists, Republican Presidential Candidates, U.S. Oil, President Obama, Elections 2012, Keystone Pipeline Protests, Keystone Pipeline, Rick Perry, GOP Candidates, Tar Sands, Video, 2012 Candidates, Keystone XL Pipeline, Rick Perry 2012, Oil, Transcanada Pipeline, Texas Governor, Hannity, Politics News

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's move to delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline puts American live...

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When We Demand Cheap Gasoline, We Are Demanding Disaster

Johann Hari | Posted 05.26.2011 | Green
Read More: U.S. Oil, Gas Prices, Gas, Middle East Oil, Russia Oil, Nigeria Oi, Oil, Middle East Revolutions, Dependence on Oil, Clean Energy, Saudi Arabia Oil, Green News
Johann Hari

When we demand our governments give us cheaper gas, we are -- usually unwittingly -- demanding they give more money to some of the worst dictators in the world, invade more countries, and ramp up global warming.

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Catching Up With History

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Egypt Protests, Egypt Revolution, U.S. Oil, u.s. Foreign Policy, Egypt Riots, Egypt, Politics News
Gary Hart

There is a good chance that we are entering a rare cycle of history in the Middle East, with autocracies giving way to fragile democracies that in turn will evolve into radical fundamentalist regimes.

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The Relentless Pursuit of Extreme Energy: A New Oil Rush Endangers the Gulf of Mexico and the Planet

Michael T. Klare | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: US Oil, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Michael T. Klare

Make no mistake: we're entering the danger zone. And brace yourself, the fate of the planet could be at stake.

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Energy: What Americans Don't Know Can Hurt Us

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Fossil Fuels, Alternative Energy, Environment, Renewable Energy, Oil, Public Opinion, Natural Gas, Climate Change, Coal, Global Warming, Global-Warming, Oil Dependency, U.S. Oil, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader, Renewable-Energy, Green News
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

A lot of the political debate on energy is blowing right past most Americans.

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U.S. Moves Ahead On Controversial Oil And Gas Leases On Public Land

washingtonpost.com | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Oil Leases, Gas Leases, Bush Administration, Utah, US Oil, Green News

A decision by federal officials this week to press ahead with a controversial sale of oil and gas leases in eastern Utah is stoking the debate over ho...

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The U.A.E. and the U.S.

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Co2, Environment, United Arab Emirates, Oil, Energy, US Oil, Oil Drilling, Middle East, Energy Crisis, Solar Power, Green News
Bill Chameides

Even more surprising, the United States produces more oil than the U.A.E. -- 8 million barrels a day compared to the the U.A.E.'s 3 million.

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Al Qaida Targets US Oil Interests In North Africa: Report

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Oil, US Oil, North Africa Al Qaida, North Africa, Al Qaida, US Oil Interests, US Oil North Africa, Home News

Al Qaeda's growing north Africa network plans to attack U.S. interests seeking control of the region's energy riches, its Algerian-based leader said i...

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Bush: US Must 'Get Off Oil'

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Bush, Bush and Oil, US Oil, Oil Supply, Oil Dependence, Business News

WASHINGTON — President Bush said Wednesday that the United States has to "get off oil" to reduce dependence on foreign suppliers and declared "i...

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US To Saudis: Please Pump More Oil

CBS News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: US Energy Secretary, US Oil, Samuel Bodman, Oil, Opec, Saudi Arabia Oil, Saudi Oil, Business News

U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman told Saudi Arabia's oil minister Saturday that OPEC should increase oil output. Bodman told reporters before his...

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