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'Drill now' Newt on The Daily Show	David Roberts	05 Sep 2008	Gristmill

Topics: funnies, Newt Gingrich, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, video (all these topics)

Palin's 'energy expertise'	David Roberts	05 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Alaska is basically a petrostate -- to the extent oil prices rise, it benefits. Thus politicians in Alaska develop a very sophisticated ability to encourage Alaskan energy exploration and to use the resulting revenue to garner support among their constituents. It's difficult to see how that sort of 'expertise' is going to translate to the national or international stage. Or rather: What Matt said.
Topics: Sarah Palin, oil and gas drilling, oil, Alaska, politics (all these topics)

All the news fit to omit Media drops the ball on drilling	David Roberts	05 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The Center for Economic and Policy Research has a new analysis out looking at the way the media is presenting the drilling issue. Suffice to say, educating its audience about the facts has taken a back seat: This paper examines television news coverage of proposed drilling for oil in environmentally sensitive zones in the United States. It finds that these broadcasts almost completely ignored data, and conclusions, from the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Informa ...
Topics: oil and gas drilling, energy, oil, mainstream media (all these topics)

You, Shale, Know Our Velocity! BLM finalizes plan for leasing oil shale in U.S. West		05 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 5:40 AM on 05 Sep 2008 The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has finalized plans to open some 1.9 million acres of public lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming to oil-shale development, a necessary step on the road to tapping the vast reserves. The technology for turning oil shale into usable crude oil is energy-intensive and heavily polluting, but the Bush administration has pushed to clear the way for e ...
Topics: energy, news, oil, oil shale, United States (all these topics)

Beyond the Palin Most revealing Palin energy whopper: Iran could cut off a fifth of the world's energy supplies	Joseph Romm	04 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Palin's full speech contained yet another energy lie, one that is very revealing: To confront the threat that Iran might seek to cut off nearly a fifth of the world's energy supplies ... Not even close. Yes, if you live in a world where the only energy source is oil, then the Persian Gulf countries do produce 20 percent of the total world supply -- although it would be next to impossible for Iran to cut it all off. And kind of stupid, since they'd lose tens of ...
Topics: energy, Iran, oil, politics, Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin (all these topics)

The price of bad predictions Lowballing the future of oil costs money	Eric de Place	04 Sep 2008	Gristmill
At a glance, this San Francisco Chronicle article is a bit difficult to parse, but it points to exactly the reason why I've been ranting about lousy oil price forecasts churned out by federal U.S. agencies (see here, here, and here). To wit: The Environmental Protection Agency says another arm of the Bush administration may be lowballing the economic benefits of increasing fuel economy standards for cars and trucks.... The EPA said in comments filed wit ...
Topics: Big Oil, economy, energy, gas prices, oil (all these topics)

Get smarter Congressional Dems get smart on pushing 'all of the above' energy vote	Joseph Romm	03 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Looks like the Congressional Democrats are shrewd enough to take on the GOP big lie that Republicans in Congress actually believe in an 'all of the above' energy policy. Greenwire reports today that 'Democrats plot strategy for putting GOP on its heels' ($ub. req'd): Democrats plan to return to Washington and the campaign trail next week with a message on offshore drilling that they say will put Republicans on the defensive ... On Capitol Hill, congressional Democrats ...
Topics: Congress, energy, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Putin's ruthless gambit The Bush administration falters in a geopolitical chess match	Guest author	02 Sep 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest essay from energy analyst Michael T. Klare. It was originally run on TomDispatch; it is reprinted here with Tom's kind permission. ----- Many Western analysts have chosen to interpret the recent fighting in the Caucasus as the onset of a new Cold War, with a small pro-Western democracy bravely resisting a brutal reincarnation of Stalin's jack-booted Soviet Union. Others have viewed it a throwback to the age-old ethnic politics of southeastern Europe, ...
Topics: fossil fuels, international politics, natural gas, oil, politics, Russia (all these topics)

RNC: Exxon concern trolling 'War on the Poor' astroturf campaign pushes for increased fossil-fuel production	David Roberts	02 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Van Jones often warns clean energy proponents that anyone they don't organize into their coalition will be organized against them. Increasing energy prices disproportionately impact the poor, which leaves low-income people and minorities open to demagogic appeals from groups focused on increasing fossil-fuel production. We saw some evidence of that dynamic today at a press conference organized by groups fighting what they call a "War on the Poor." Present we ...
Topics: Big Oil, oil, politics, Republican National Convention (all these topics)

Oil Me Once Santa Barbara County officials give thumbs-up to offshore drilling		27 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 4:18 PM on 27 Aug 2008 Santa Barbara County supervisors on Tuesday voted 3 to 2 in favor of allowing offshore drilling along their coastline -- a move that has no practical impacts, but is rich with symbolism. The southern California county was hit with a devastating 3-million-gallon crude oil spill from an offshore platform in 1969; it coated beaches, killed wildlife, and helped to kick-start the modern en ...
Topics: California, energy, gas prices, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

DNC: Life after oil Grist talks to Freedom From Oil author David Sandalow	Kate Sheppard	26 Aug 2008	Gristmill
I caught up with David Sandalow yesterday, an expert on energy policy and climate change at the Brookings Institution. He was the assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs from 1999 to 2001, and he served as a senior director on the National Security Council staff. He's author of the book Freedom From Oil: How the Next President Can End the United States' Oil Addiction. Here's the video:
Topics: Democratic National Convention, Muckraker, oil, politics, video (all these topics)

These Refiners Could Be Finer States sue EPA over greenhouse-gas emissions from refineries		26 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 1:35 PM on 26 Aug 2008 Twelve states, the city of New York, and the District of Columbia are suing the U.S. EPA for not regulating greenhouse-gas emissions from oil refineries. The suit accuses the agency of violating the Clean Air Act by refusing to issue standards for controlling carbon dioxide emissions from new or updated refinery equipment. In essence, the suit is an attempt to force the ...
Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, oil, US EPA (all these topics)

Q: Will we see $3 gasoline before we see $5? Short-term dip in oil prices will not offset long-term increases	Joseph Romm	21 Aug 2008	Gristmill
A: 'Who knows?' and 'It doesn't really matter.' Much higher gasoline prices that are sustained for a long, long time are now inevitable. The fundamentals in the oil market are that we are in the beginning stages of peak oil. Supply can no longer keep up with demand, which keeps soaring even in the face of record prices. The U.S. Energy Information Administration has the surprising statistics [PDF]: Preliminary data indicates that global consumption rose by roug ...
Topics: economy, energy, gas prices, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

This drives me nuts Take note, everyone: Oil is not energy	Guest author	21 Aug 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post from Eric Roston, author of The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat. ----- Should business-section newspaper articles about tobacco companies ritually include statements such as, 'The company's profits and future existence, of course, wholly depend on its ability to externalize the health effects of its products'? Probably not. The newspaper article is a genre narrowly focused on one item -- per ...
Topics: oil, energy (all these topics)

Back to whale oil McCain claims 'the truly clean technologies don't work'	Joseph Romm	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Late last year, after his campaign tanked, no one was paying much attention to McCain. As a result, some of the amazing things that he believes didn't get a lot of attention, such as this Cheney-esque stunner: John McCain: 'When you say wind solar and tide, most every expert that I know says that, if you maximize that in every possible way, the contribution that that would make given the present state of technology is very small, is very small. It's not a l ...
Topics: elections, John McCain, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

House GOP says drill here, drill now, compromise ... later 'Gang of 10,' part 2.5	Joseph Romm	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Part 1 argued argued that the Democrats would be smart to compromise on offshore drilling. Part 2 began an analysis of the bipartisan compromise proposed by the 'Gang of 10' senators, suggesting that deal isn't so bad. I am interrupting this series to point out that the House GOP is so nervous that the Dems might kill their pathetic political ploy by forcing a vote on a reasonable compromise that they are willing to delay indefinitely any deal that includes drilling, ...
Topics: energy, legislation, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy, tax incentives (all these topics)

A Rig Deal Visiting oil rig, McCain calls again for more offshore drilling		20 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 6:56 AM on 20 Aug 2008 Sen. John McCain visited an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana Tuesday, reiterating his call for more offshore drilling and bashing Barack Obama for not sharing his enthusiasm. "Sen. Obama opposes new drilling," said McCain, who himself opposed new offshore drilling until this summer. Actually, to the chagrin of enviros, Obama said recently that he'd consider voting for offshore ...
Topics: energy, John McCain, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Somebody has to be Hitler Time to choose between a new cold war with Russia and a new cold war with Iran	Gar Lipow	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
It seems that centrist Mark Kleiman thinks continued Iran bashing is a bad idea because it is time 'to give a hard time to' Russia. This belated opponent of the Iraq war seems to think that the point of ending that bloodbath is to turn our firepower against the appropriate new enemy -- to be named later. Apparently, it is not just Republican hawks for whom the 21st century will never arrive, because the year is eternally 1938, and the place eternally Munich. Peace is fo ...
Topics: international politics, Iran, oil, politics, Russia (all these topics)

Mississippi mud Mississippi Senate race goes negative as Dems attack incumbent over Big Oil	Kate Sheppard	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is targeting Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) for supporting Big Oil. A new ad highlights the fact that he voted to give oil companies tax breaks and voted against legislation to curb speculation in the oil market. 'While oil companies make record profits, Roger Wicker votes to give them $28 billion in tax breaks,' the ad says. 'On Election Day, make sure Roger Wicker feels your pain.' Mississippi's Republican Gov. Haley ...
Topics: elections, energy, Mississippi, Muckraker, news, oil, politics, US Senate, video (all these topics)

Something else for nothing The good, the bad, and the ugly of the 'Gang of 10' drilling deal, part 2	Joseph Romm	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Major legislative compromises are unsatisfying by design. They invariably have good, bad, and ugly parts. I have previously argued that the Democrats would be smart to compromise on offshore drilling. The rest of this series will examine whether the so-called Gang-of-10 deal is in fact a smart compromise. That question can be rephrased as, does the good beat out the bad and the ugly (as, of course, Clint did in the epic spaghetti western)? I will focus here on ...
Topics: energy, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy, tax incentives (all these topics)

Bachmann drilling overdrive Cuckoo bananas energy policy from House conservatives	Josh Dorner	17 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) personifies just how haywire House conservatives have gone lately, particularly on energy issues. She quickly made a name for herself after being elected to Congress in 2006. In fact, she gained some dubious notoriety even before being elected, announcing to a Brooklyn Park, Minnesota congregation in October 2006 that "God then called [her] to run for the United States Congress." If possibly violating election laws we ...
Topics: energy, legislation, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy, tax incentives, video (all these topics)

Gauging virtue After the tire gauge fiasco, Obama's counterpunch should equate McCain with Cheney	Joseph Romm	15 Aug 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- An old friend of mine used to say that at a certain stage in political campaigns, dead cats start flying through the air. I've never understood what he meant by that, but I think the cat-flinging has begun. Both candidates are doing their share, but one exchange deserves special analysis: The attack against Barack Obama's comment abou ...
Topics: Barack Obama, energy at home, oil, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Russia and the limits of oil wealth Oil wealth contains the 'seeds of its own destruction'	Michael Moynihan	15 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Originally posted to the NDN blog. The reappearance of a belligerent Russia on the world stage, buoyed by high oil prices and newfound wealth, would appear to signal a new era in global politics. For anyone still clinging to the idea of the unipolar moment, the spectacle of Nicholas Sarkozy brokering a deal between Russia and Georgia, shows that the moment of a single superpower is probably over, and something like a return to the era of the Great Powers, at best, ...
Topics: economy, fossil fuels, international politics, oil, politics, Russia (all these topics)

The floor to end all wars Demand destruction is driving prices down, but is that a good thing?	David Roberts	15 Aug 2008	Gristmill
As Joe says, Americans are driving less: "Americans drove 53.2 billion fewer miles November through June than they did over the same eight-month period a year ago..." Consequently, demand for oil is down to a five-year low, according to the American Petroleum Institute. Not hard to figure out what's going on here -- as Matt says, prices change behavior. Let's ponder a few things: First, most of the changes people are making are short-term hacks like ...
Topics: cars, energy, gas prices, green living, oil (all these topics)

Parking up, driving down Drop in U.S. driving last eight months exceeds the 1970s' total decline	Joseph Romm	14 Aug 2008	Gristmill
June 2008 saw another sharp drop in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) according to the Federal Highway Administration's monthly report on 'Traffic Volume Trends.' Americans drove 4.7 percent less, or 12.2 billion miles fewer, in June 2008 than June 2007 -- beating the record-setting drop of March. Since last November, Americans have driven 53.2 billion miles less than they did over the same period a year earlier -- topping the 1970s' total decline of 49.3 billion mile ...
Topics: cars, gas prices, oil, placemaking (all these topics)

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