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Conservation good. Drilling stupid	Andrew Dessler	20 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman. Reads like a Grist post. Go figure.
Topics: Arctic Refuge, energy, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Why more drilling is not the answer Conservative arguments to the contrary are intellectually bankrupt	Michael Moynihan	19 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Originally posted at the NDN blog. Of the various false solutions being proposed to the current oil shock perhaps none is more disingenous than the idea that it can be solved by drilling in the Alaskan wilderness and along the Outer Continental Shelf. This is the idea that the right wing media, recently John McCain, and now President Bush have been pushing as a cure-all for soaring oil prices. Since many Democrats oppose this drilling, the next false logica ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, energy, John McCain, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Happy go drilly McCain says he's willing to 'examine' his stance against drilling in ANWR	Kate Sheppard	19 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The News-Leader in Springfield, Mo. has more on McCain's energy policy roundtable yesterday. Seems he also indicated that he's open to reconsidering his stance on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which he has consistently opposed in the past. 'I would be more than happy to examine it again,' McCain told the crowd. Guess it might not be so special after all.
Topics: Arctic Refuge, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

'Simply so special' McCain adviser on oil drilling in ecologically sensitive areas	Kate Sheppard	17 Jun 2008	Gristmill
McCain adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin held a press call with reporters tonight after the candidate's energy speech in Houston. One particularly interesting question came up: A reporter asked why, if McCain thinks people who live in coastal states should decide whether to allow drilling off their shores, that view doesn't extend to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Reporter: Why not have that viewpoint for people in Alaska who want to drill in ANWR? Holtz-Eakin ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Drill on the Hill Republicans exanding their drill base, at least to other Republicans	Kate Sheppard	15 Jun 2008	Gristmill
While Dick Cheney's busy cheerleading for increased domestic drilling from the White House, House Republicans have been cooking up yet another bill to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to drilling. The bill, which they're calling the 'American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act,' would 'direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound prog ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, energy, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

The Will to be ignorant Drilling in ANWR still isn't the solution to high gas prices	Andrew Dessler	09 Jun 2008	Gristmill
George Will is at it again. His latest bit of inane demagoguery can be found here, in which he excoriates everyone who has ever opposed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Also disqualified from complaining [about oil prices] are all voters who sent to Washington senators and representatives who have voted to keep ANWR's oil in the ground and who voted to put 85 percent of America's offshore territory off-limits to drilling. Naturally, Will ignore ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, dumbassery, energy, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

Your two cents Opening ANWR cuts gas prices $0.02 in 2025	Joseph Romm	05 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In the climate and energy debate, conservatives continue to argue that the only solution to high gasoline prices is drill, drill, drill, especially in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This argument is false, false, false. The Administration's own Energy Information Administration found differently in a 2004 Congressionally-requested 'Analysis of Oil and Gas Production in ANWR' (see 'Note to Bush, media: Opening ANWR cuts gas prices one cent in 2025'). I pointed ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, energy, gas prices, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

When $10.9 billion is just not enough ExxonMobil's profits huge; shares fall anyway	Josh Dorner	02 May 2008	Gristmill
You know we're living in strange and perverse times when ExxonMobil can post a $10.9 billion quarterly profit and still fall short of expectations. This past quarter marked the second most profitable quarter ever for the most profitable company in the history of the world -- a 17 percent increase in year-on profits. And like its competitors at BP and Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon managed to increase its profits despite no increase in production. (Funny what happens when ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, Big Oil, business, energy, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

A penny saved ... Note to Bush, media: Opening ANWR cuts gas prices one cent in 2025	Joseph Romm	30 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Bush blames Congress' failure to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for high gasoline prices. The administration's own Energy Information Administration found otherwise in a 2004 Congressional-requested 'Analysis of Oil and Gas Production in ANWR' (PDF): It is expected that the price impact of ANWR coastal plain production might reduce world oil prices by as much as 30 to 50 cents per barrel [in 2025]. Don't spend it all in one place, American public! (Note t ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, dumbassery, energy, George Bush, oil, politics (all these topics)

'ANWR, nukes, more ethanol, new technology, blah, blah, blah' Bush's energy/food strategy unsurprisingly underwhelming	Joseph Romm	30 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Bush had a press conference yesterday morning to blame Congress for soaring energy and food prices: 'Unfortunately, on many of these issues, all [Americans] are getting is delay.' What does non-delayer Bush propose? Well, of course, new technology -- what else is new old? Heck, he even said the long-term answer was hydrogen. (Not!) Oh, but he did offer some 'short-term' solutions. His answer to rising electricity prices: Nukes! As electricity prices rise, Congr ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, energy, ethanol, George Bush, nuclear power, oil, politics (all these topics)

A Tough Drill to Swallow President Bush stumps for ANWR drilling and dirty-energy expansion		29 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:17 PM on 29 Apr 2008 In a speech Tuesday, President Bush aimed to pacify Americans' concerns about skyrocketing fuel and food prices with the assurance that it's all Congress' fault. Bush advocated tackling energy prices by throwing environmental protection to the winds (in not quite those words), urging Congress to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling and rah-rah-ing new ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, coal, dumbassery , energy, George Bush, news, nuclear power, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

OPEC chief joins $200 oil chorus Bush, Big Oil offer more of the same	Josh Dorner	29 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Yesterday, David noted comments by an oil analyst who predicted $200 oil by 2012. Today, that analyst was joined in his prediction by none other than the chief of OPEC, Chakib Khelil (who's also Algeria's energy minister). Mr. Khelil's comments were not date-specific, though this article leads me to believe he was thinking $200 oil could come much sooner than 2012. Meanwhile, we saw more of the same from both President Bush and Big Oil.For its part, Big Oil bega ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, Big Oil, energy, George Bush, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Drill Team Alaska senators introduce legislation to open Arctic Refuge to drilling		13 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:22 PM on 13 Mar 2008 Photo: Madhav Pai The push to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is back on. Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Ted Stevens have introduced legislation that would allow drilling in the Refuge if oil should hit $125 a barrel for five straight days. (For those keeping track at home, oil prices Thursday hit a record high of $111 a barrel.) "I can't believe that they would ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, legislation, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	30 Jan 2008	Gristmill
"... there are a number of pieces of legislation where [McCain's] views are out of the mainstream, at least in my view, of conservative Republican thought. So, for instance, he's opposed to drilling in ANWR, I believe. ... ... And then now McCain-Lieberman, which is a unilateral -- meaning U.S.-only imposed -- cap-and-trade program, which puts a burden, as much as 50 cents a gallon, on gasoline in this country. It basically says Americans are going to pa ...
Topics: Arctic refuge, carbon trading, climate, elections, energy, John McCain, Mitt Romney, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, quotables (all these topics)

Leave 'Er, Man Lieberman introduces bill to designate Arctic Refuge as wilderness		07 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 12:16 PM on 07 Nov 2007 Part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would be designated as wilderness under legislation introduced today by Sen. Joe Lieberman and 25 colleagues. Wilderness designation for the 1.5-million-acre coastal plains region would rebuff seemingly nonstop attempts to drill for oil and gas there. Says Lieberman in a stroke of analogy genius, "America's strength is not in our oil ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, energy, legislation, news, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Fun and James Sarah James, Gwich'in activist and environmental prizewinner, answers readers' questions		15 Dec 2006	InterActivist
What are the Gwich'in Steering Committee's plans for the next two years, and what can all of us people who live in the Lower 48 do to help the committee in its work? ��-- Lenny Kohm, Todd, N.C. Sarah James, Gwich'in Steering Committee. We are going to continue to educate the world about global warming. People will see that it makes no sense to open a new place to drilling for oil, ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

Que Sarah, Sarah Sarah James, Gwich'in activist and environmental prizewinner, answers Grist's questions		11 Dec 2006	InterActivist
Sarah James. What work do you do? I am the board chairperson for the Gwich'in Steering Committee. I work as I live the life. And I am open to opportunities to tell my story in order to protect the calving and nursery grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd. What does your organization do? The Gwich'in Steering Committee works on behalf of the Gwich'in Nation to protect Iizhik Gwats' ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, environmental justice, InterActivist, interview, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

OK, We'll Just Drill Over Here Instead Bush administration opens up Alaska wildlife habitat to drilling		12 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
OK, We'll Just Drill Over Here Instead Bush administration opens up Alaska wildlife habitat to drilling The Bush administration's lust for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge having gone unrequited, it's going to stick its derricks in some sloppy seconds: The Department of Interior is opening up hundreds of thousands of acres of other Alaskan wildlife habitat to dri ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, Department of Interior, energy, news, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

Sen. Ted Stevens: Crybaby	David Roberts	22 Dec 2005	Gristmill
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has spent the last week or so -- nay, the last 25 years -- attempting to circumvent the clearly and repeatedly expressed preferences of a majority of U.S. citizens by allowing oil drilling to take place in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The latest attempt involved attaching drilling to the defense appropriations bill, in effect holding military funding hostage in the middle of an armed conflict. We have perhaps become num ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, energy, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, Ted Stevens (all these topics)

Stevens and the defense bill	David Roberts	19 Dec 2005	Gristmill
Update [2005-12-19 14:47:12 by David Roberts]: Oops, I forgot the obvious: To try to stop this thing, please write your Senators. As forecast last week, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) managed to get Arctic Refuge drilling attached to the defense spending bill. He couldn't wrangle it into the budget reconciliation bill, so this is his last-ditch effort. He has said: Katrina will be on this [defense] bill. That's what makes the defense bill a little bit a ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, Big Oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, Ted Stevens, wilderness (all these topics)

Arctic Refuge drilling to be attached to defense appropriations bill	David Roberts	15 Dec 2005	Gristmill
Oh crap. From Congressional Quarterly: Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Ted Stevens said Thursday that House and Senate appropriators have agreed to attach drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to the Defense bill in conference, though it is unclear if he can muster the 60 votes needed to end a filbuster on the legislation that the move would provoke. 'We've agreed to put ANWR on it so we'll just have to wait and s ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, dumbassery, legislation, oil and gas drilling, politics, Ted Stevens, US Senate (all these topics)

Raiders of the Lost Arctic Oil drills getting closer than ever to the Arctic Refuge	Amanda Griscom Little	20 Oct 2005	Muckraker
The future of the Arctic Refuge? "The threat to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has never been greater than it is today," according to Brian Moore, legislative director for the Alaska Wilderness League. And, though the battle over the refuge has a Groundhog Day quality to it -- haven't we heard this same alarm sounding before? -- this time advocates on both sides ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, Congress, energy, legislation, Muckraker, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Dispatches from Arctic Refuge Action Day A family sends firsthand accounts from the rally	Sarah van Schagen	21 Sep 2005	Gristmill
In a massive grassroots campaign to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, thousands of citizen lobbyists descended upon the U.S. Capitol yesterday to protest drilling plans and lobby Congress before a pivotal vote this fall. The Arctic Refuge Action Day events were coordinated by a number of major environmental groups, grassroots organizers, and volunteer 'bus captains' who drove protestors from as far as Oregon and Alaska to Washington, D.C. Grist was lucky ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Caribou-Hoo-Hoo Senate votes to open Arctic Refuge to drilling	Amanda Griscom Little	16 Mar 2005	Muckraker
Stickin' it to the porcupine caribou in the Arctic Refuge. Photo: Ken Whitten, Wilderness Society. Oil companies are closing in on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In a crushing blow to those who have fought for some 25 years to preserve the unspoiled Alaskan wildland, the Senate voted today to clear the way for oil and gas drilling within the Arctic Refuge. By a 51-49 vote, they rejected a ...
Topics: Arctic, Arctic Refuge, energy, Muckraker, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Because it's there	David Roberts	24 Feb 2005	Gristmill
It's difficult to work up outrage these days, I know. But still. Republicans have long had a hard on for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It's never made any sense -- the amount of oil we could get is a tiny fraction of what we need, and it's 10 years out in the future. It will do nothing to reduce energy prices or dependence on foreign oil. Now it turns out that even the oil companies themselves don't think it's worth it. A Bush ...
Topics: Arctic, Arctic Refuge, energy, oil, politics (all these topics)

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