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You got to know when to hold 'em Republicans are bluffing on drilling	David Roberts	24 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Republicans have mastered a political technique that seems to work on Democrats every time: the projection of strength. No matter the issue, when it comes up for dispute Republicans claim that Americans support their position; they claim that Democrats are out of touch with ordinary folk; they claim that Democrats are on defensive; they put forward bill after bill, press release after press release, stunt after stunt, trumpeting their alleged advantage. Faced with thi ...
Topics: Congress, gas prices, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

A renewable win Two-pronged strategy to sway energy policy debate	Jason D Scorse	24 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Putting aside the causes of the oil-price rise and what the future holds, I am concerned that progressives are losing the public debate about what to do about it. Like David, I was extremely disappointed with Gore's interview on Meet the Press this past week, both with respect to the ridiculous questions from Brokaw and Gore's complete inability to get the right message across. And now we have an editorial from The Wall Street Journal (as well as John McCain himsel ...
Topics: Al Gore, energy, gas prices, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Unite around public subsidy Public investment can stop emissions faster than relying on private sector	Gar Lipow	23 Jul 2008	Gristmill
David Roberts comments ruefully on the lack of a clean energy coalition for progressives to join, and on the lack of common talking points on clean energy -- which allows the right eat our lunch on drilling. I've argued in the past that links between greens and progressive are more effective than trying to win the conservative movement over (though individual conservatives should be welcomed). The truth is, there is no solution that will lower oil prices below $100 a ba ...
Topics: economy, environmental movement, gas prices, investing, politics, public transportation, renewable energy (all these topics)

Shale Mary It's a 1980 flashback, as energy price spikes make oil shale economical once again	David Roberts	22 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The Bush administration's latest push to force dirty energy extraction down the throats of Americans living in western states has some historical pedigree. Extracting oil from keragen -- somewhat misleadingly known as "oil shale" -- by cooking the rock at high temperatures is an environmental, social and economic nightmare that's been with us since the 17th century. It's come and gone in various countries at various times, most persistently in such vibrant, p ...
Topics: Big Oil, energy, gas prices, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

Shale we dance? Bush admin's effort to spur oil shale production won't do much for consumers in short run	Kate Sheppard	22 Jul 2008	Gristmill
New regulations proposed by the Bush administration are aimed at tapping the country's huge reserves of oil shale, steps Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said are intended to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil in the short term. But one man's short term might feel like eternity to consumers paying $4.50 a gallon, as it would be seven to eight years before production from oil shale projects actually hit the market, according to another top Interior of ...
Topics: Department of Interior, gas prices, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

House GOP offers Americans false hope, failed policies, and eco-havoc Memo calling for increased offshore drilling and shale development	Joseph Romm	22 Jul 2008	Gristmill
I have received the text of an Alice-in-Wonderland memo (below) that House Republican leaders will circulate today on legislation they plan to offer. It claims: To increase the supply American-made energy in environmentally sound ways, the legislation will: * Open our deep water ocean resources, which will provide an additional 3 million barrels of oil per day;* Open the Arctic coastal plain, which will provide an additional 1 million barrels of oil per day; an ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, energy, gas prices, oil and gas drilling, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

Bernanke speculates: Don't blame the speculators Growing demand and tight supply fuels increase in gas prices	Joseph Romm	22 Jul 2008	Gristmill
In his 'Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress' before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, last week, chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke explained why oil prices are so high and are likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future: The spot price of West Texas intermediate crude oil soared about 60 percent in 2007 and, thus far this year, has climbed an additional 50 percent or so. The price of oil currently stan ...
Topics: economy, gas prices, oil, politics (all these topics)

Playing the pump card New McCain ad blames Obama for rising gas prices	Kate Sheppard	21 Jul 2008	Gristmill
GOP presidential candidate John McCain released a new television ad today, 'Pump,' which puts the blame for rising gas prices on Democrat Barack Obama. 'Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump?' the ad asks, as a photo of Obama appears on screen, and a crowd shouts, 'Obama, Obama!' 'One man knows we must now drill more in America and rescue our family budgets,' the ad continues. 'Don't hope for more energy, vote for it. McCain.' McCain, President Bu ...
Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, gas prices, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

Drill Bill, Vol. 1 2.6 million acres opened to drilling in Alaska, Dems introduce Drill Act to spur production		17 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 7:02 AM on 17 Jul 2008 The U.S. Interior Department announced it's opening up some 2.6 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) to exploratory drilling. A decision on drilling in the sensitive Teshekpuk Lake area of the reserve has been deferred for 10 years, delighting many environmentalists who have advocated for its permanent protection. Bidding on ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, gas prices, legislation, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, United States (all these topics)

Dean Quixote Nashville mayor stumps for public transit	David Roberts	16 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Here's Mayor Karl Dean of Nashville, Tenn., on MayorTV talking in almost jarringly common sense terms about the challenges facing cities and the solutions -- public transit, diversity, economic development -- that can overcome them: Good stuff.
Topics: gas prices, placemaking, public transportation, Tennessee, urban planning, video (all these topics)

Yes, Americans are a bunch of whiners ...	Jason D Scorse	12 Jul 2008	Gristmill
As a big Obama supporter I am delighted that McCain's national co-chair and economic adviser Phil Gramm was stupid enough to talk about America being in a 'mental recession' and the country being a 'bunch of whiners'; it's going to be the gift that keeps on giving (Obama had a great line about how the country doesn't need a new Dr. Phil). Gramm was 100 percent wrong about the 'mental recession' part -- we are teetering on a real recession if not already in one -- b ...
Topics: elections, energy, gas prices, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Big Oil CEOs are drinking our milkshake Paychecks growing fatter for Big Oil execs	Josh Dorner	11 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Everyone is acutely aware that the price of oil is surging and gas prices break a new record almost daily. Less well-reported -- yet completely unsurprising -- is that the paychecks of Big Oil CEOs are also reaching new heights, according to a report by Equilar, as reported by MSN Money. Median S&P 500 CEO compensation: $9.9 million. Big Oil CEO pay range: $15-$21.7 million (!) Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, raked in an astonishing $21.7 million an ...
Topics: Big Oil, business, economy, gas prices (all these topics)

The cruel offshore-drilling hoax, part 1 EIA maintains offshore drilling gains will be negligible	Joseph Romm	11 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The GOP and McCain/Bush keep insisting that an end to the federal moratorium on (some) offshore drilling is a major solution to America's oil woes, even though Bush's own energy analysts make clear it is not. That Energy Information Administration analysis is, however, a couple of years old, so I called up the author today and asked if it was being updated. Turns out a new version will be published in a couple of days, but she explained to me that the 'answers are no ...
Topics: energy, gas prices, George Bush, John McCain, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

The art of getting nothing for something Congressional Dems consider preventing oil drilled offshore from export	Adam Stein	10 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Any article on how politicians are gearing up to 'do something' about oil prices is bound to contain more than the usual share of silliness. Still, though, this managed to stop me cold: [Senator Harry Reid] also hinted at a potential element of compromise legislation: that any oil produced from wider access to federal lands off shore be reserved for domestic use and barred from export. Such a policy would, of course, be utterly useless in our highly integrated internati ...
Topics: gas prices, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Oil hysteria, part 3 Congress scrambles for short-term solutions to counter oil prices	Jon Rynn	10 Jul 2008	Gristmill
I was afraid of this. The irrationality being exhibited about the price of gasoline is on prominent display this week in Congress. According to the New York Times article 'Congress feeling pressure for action on oil prices,' some of the things being considered are 1) drilling, of course, 2) anti-speculation legislation, and 3) 'incentives for renewable fuels,' ergo, corn ethanol. The most ironic idea, to me anyway, was Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) suggesting that voter ...
Topics: Congress, energy, gas prices, oil, politics (all these topics)

Slowly But Offshorely, the Drills are Gonna Turn Top Dems in Congress open to possible compromise deal on offshore drilling		09 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 7:43 AM on 09 Jul 2008 Some key Democrats in Congress have said they're willing to work out a compromise deal to open some offshore areas in U.S. waters to oil and gas drilling. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said he's "open to drilling and responsible production." He also said that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid might also sup ...
Topics: energy, gas prices, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, United States (all these topics)

Oil prices will go ... up? No easy explanation for continued price increases in the oil markets	Jason D Scorse	07 Jul 2008	Gristmill
At the end of last year I predicted that the price of oil would go down; so far I have been terribly wrong. My prediction, shared by many other economists and energy experts, was premised on a reasonable assumption: Since the world was headed for an economic slowdown, brought about the housing bubble and the financial crisis, global demand for energy would likely moderate, putting downward pressure on prices. While it was a sensible prediction, I am happy that no one ...
Topics: economy, energy, gas prices, oil, oil sands, renewable energy (all these topics)

The hare and the tortoise Costs for utilities rise faster than politically palatable rate changes can keep up	Sean Casten	07 Jul 2008	Gristmill
This is one for the 'Things No One is Talking About But Should' file. Greenwire has this report ($ub. req'd) from Standard & Poor's noting that the credit risk of our utilities depends in large part on their ability to recover rising fuel costs, and this ability is diminished due to the fact that: High fuel costs translate directly to higher customer rates, but instituting constant and often significant increases is politically and socially unpalatable. Th ...
Topics: economy, electricity grid, energy, gas prices (all these topics)

No shame in our game Climate policy isn't a pill to swallow, it's a way off a sinking ship	David Roberts	02 Jul 2008	Gristmill
This Ezra Klein post echoes what has rather rapidly become conventional wisdom among progressives on climate legislation, and it makes me want to tear my hair out. The idea is that climate legislation will inevitably hurt people financially in the short-term, in order to secure environmental benefits in the distant future, so the only way to get it through is with a bunch of obscurantist double-talk to bore or distract people in the hopes that you can sneak something ...
Topics: climate, economy, gas prices, legislation, oil, politics (all these topics)

Staycation, all I ever wanted	Clark Williams-Derry	01 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Photo: matildaben via Flickr. 'Staycation ... a portmanteau that combines 'stay' and 'vacation' and refers to a holiday that takes place either at or near home.' With gas well above $4 per gallon this summer, and with airlines raising prices and canceling flights because of high fuel costs, it's not too surprising to find a word like 'staycation' gaining a toehold in the North American lexicon. Google now finds nearly 200,000 web pages tha ...
Topics: air travel, gas prices, green living, travel (all these topics)

Must read CIBC report: $7 per gallon gas by 2010 Ten million cars off the road, 1970s style GDP growth	Joseph Romm	26 Jun 2008	Gristmill
CIBC World Markets has just released a stunning yet detailed economic analysis of near-term oil prices and impacts. The PDF has some excellent figures I will convert to JPEGs. The two key pieces are 'Getting off the Road -- Adjusting to $7 per Gallon Gas in America' (PDF) and 'Oil and Growth -- That 70s show Re-Run' (PDF). Main points: 'That additional 200,000 barrels per day pledged from Saudi Arabia is a pittance compared to the four million barrels per day ...
Topics: cars, economy, energy, gas prices, oil (all these topics)

Green Acres Ain't the Place to Be As gas prices rise, Americans move back to the urbs		25 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 12:20 PM on 25 Jun 2008 For decades, Americans have trickled steadily out of cities into suburbia -- and then into exurbia. But with gas prices high and likely to stay there, the wallet-conscious are now poised to trickle back in. In 2003, the average suburban household spent $1,422 on gasoline annually; in April 2008, that had leaped to $3,196 per year. "Before it was 'we spend too much time dri ...
Topics: gas prices, news, placemaking, sprawl (all these topics)

Nibbling the hand that supplies you Saudi Arabia to host summit on high gas prices	Joseph Romm	24 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Since when do we deal with our addiction by going to summits hosted by drug suppliers? Yet here is the Washington Post: 'Saudi Arabian Oil Summit Hopes to Isolate Cause of Price Rise' JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia, June 21 -- Leaders from oil-producing and oil-consuming nations will meet here Sunday to try to pinpoint the reasons behind the rise in oil prices, which have doubled over the past year, and to find ways to bring them down. You cannot make this s ...
Topics: climate, energy, gas prices, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, Saudi Arabia (all these topics)

Put down the oil Increasing oil production will not substitute as energy solution	Michael Moynihan	24 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Originally posted on the NDN Blog. Yesterday, Saudi Arabia did what everyone -- including George W. Bush on bended knee -- has been asking it to do for months: agree to increase production. Prices closed up a dollar. The Saudi move and its non-impact on the market shows just how tight supplies remain. While it was designed in large part to offset declines in Nigerian production due to rebel violence in the oil-rich, poverty-stricken Niger Delta, it might have ...
Topics: energy, gas prices, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, Saudi Arabia (all these topics)

Oil Together Now Prez candidates tout new policies to lower oil prices		23 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 7:47 AM on 23 Jun 2008 John McCain and Barack Obama have both called for changes to national energy policy in recent days that they said would eventually help lower oil and gasoline prices. On Sunday, Obama called for closer regulation of oil speculators that have been a major force contributing to the rise in oil prices. He said his plan would close the "Enron loophole" -- a provision exempting trade in ...
Topics: energy, gas prices, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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