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Truth laid bear?
McCain promotes eco-cred, while his advisers push for more Bush-style policies |
Kate Sheppard |
14 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: elections, endangered species, john mccain, oil and gas drilling, polar bears, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Do as the Bill Says, Not as It Does
Senators both GOP and Dem introduce destined-to-fail legislation |
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07 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:54 PM on 07 May 2008 Senate Democrats are trying once again to yank $17 billion in tax breaks away from oil companies that are enjoying booming profits. The Consumer-First Energy Act, introduced in the Senate on Wednesday, would also put a 25 percent tax on oil companies that don't invest in renewable energy. Bill cosponsor Harry Reid (D-Nev.) sums up, "Big Oil is making money h ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, energy, legislation, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, US Senate (all these topics) |
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Kunstler meets Colbert
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David Roberts |
03 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: books, energy, funnies, green living, oil, oil and gas drilling, TV (all these topics) |
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When $10.9 billion is just not enough
ExxonMobil's profits huge; shares fall anyway |
Josh Dorner |
02 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Arctic Refuge, Big Oil, business, energy, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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A Tough Drill to Swallow
President Bush stumps for ANWR drilling and dirty-energy expansion |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Arctic Refuge, coal, dumbassery , energy, George Bush, news, nuclear power, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics) |
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OPEC chief joins $200 oil chorus
Bush, Big Oil offer more of the same |
Josh Dorner |
29 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Arctic Refuge, Big Oil, energy, George Bush, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics) |
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An Offer We Can't Refuge
Proposed land swap would allow drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge |
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26 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 8:54 AM on 26 Mar 2008 Photo: usgs.gov The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering a land swap with a Native-owned energy company that would open up about 200,000 acres of Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Alaska to oil and gas drilling. Under the pending deal, the energy company would trade about 150,000 acres of its nearby land for 110,000 acres of what it believes is more ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics) |
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City Slickers
High oil prices revive urban oil drilling |
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21 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 7:55 AM on 21 Mar 2008 The high price of oil has spurred many drillers to revisit formerly abandoned wells all over the country, including some in towns and cities. Suburban developments that have sprung up near old wells abandoned years ago are seeing oil drillers returning to their old 'hood, often using new techniques to extract every drop of oil possible. Even wells that will only produce five or so barrels of oil a day are b ... |
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| Topics: news, oil and gas drilling, United States (all these topics) |
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Drill Team
Alaska senators introduce legislation to open Arctic Refuge to drilling |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, legislation, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics) |
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Familiar refrains from some fossil fossils
Big Energy promotes Big Energy at Houston energy conference |
Josh Dorner |
28 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, oil, oil and gas drilling, Texas (all these topics) |
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Shelling It Out
Sell-off of oil leases in polar-bear habitat brings record bidding |
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07 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 8:54 AM on 07 Feb 2008 The Bush administration's sell-off of leases for oil and gas drilling in Alaska's polar-bear-harboring Chukchi Sea raised a lot of controversy -- and a lot of moola. The sale brought in a record $2.66 billion in bidding, well beyond the $67 million the feds had expected and budgeted for. Royal Dutch Shell was the big winner, with the highest bid for a single tract; the polar bear, ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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Missing in Auction
Chukchi Sea oil lease auction goes ahead, polar-bear concerns ignored |
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06 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 6:17 AM on 06 Feb 2008 The U.S. Interior Department is auctioning off oil and gas leases on Wednesday to drill in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, despite opposition from environmentalists and some Democrats in Congress concerned about the impact on polar bears. The Chukchi Sea, off Alaska's northern coast, is prime polar-bear habitat and advocates worry that already-stressed bear populations will fare even ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, news, oil and gas drilling, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Bear With Us
Green groups sue over delay in polar-bear endangered-species decision |
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01 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 9:13 AM on 01 Feb 2008 Environmental and native groups have sued -- as they are wont to do -- in an attempt to force the Interior Department to rethink its decision to sell oil and gas leases in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, which is prime polar bear habitat. The lease sale by the department's Minerals Management Service is scheduled to go ahead next week; meanwhile, another agency in the department, the Fish a ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, endangered species, energy, litigation, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Notable quotable
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David Roberts |
30 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Arctic refuge, carbon trading, climate, elections, energy, John McCain, Mitt Romney, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, quotables (all these topics) |
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Mars Attack
Judge rules that natural-gas company can drill on billionaire's land |
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09 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:53 PM on 09 Jan 2008 When we picture candy billionaire Forrest Mars, we imagine him diving into pools of M&Ms à la the coin-swimming revelry of Scrooge McDuck. That said, Mars' attempts to keep oil and gas drills off of his Montana land were foiled yesterday, when a state judge ruled that Pinnacle Gas Resources has the right to access gas reserves underneath Mars' ranch. Drilling is likely to commen ... |
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| Topics: energy, Montana, news, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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Mission of Mars
Reclusive candy billionaire opposes drilling near his Montana land |
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08 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:58 AM on 08 Jan 2008 Ranchers and conservationists fighting to keep drills out of coal and gas deposits along Montana's Tongue River are finding an ally in landowner and reclusive billionaire Forrest E. Mars Jr., former CEO of the Mars candy company. Sweet. From the Archives Let Your Commission Be Your Guide. Federal Trade Commission reviews environmental marketing guidelines ... |
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| Topics: energy, Montana, news, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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Crony Loves Chukchi
Bush administration will offer oil leases in prime polar-bear habitat |
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02 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:50 PM on 02 Jan 2008 The U.S. Interior Department's Minerals Management Service plans to offer offshore oil and gas drilling rights to 29.7 million acres of Alaska's Chukchi Sea. The area is home to one of two U.S. polar bear populations; interestingly enough, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -- also a part of the Interior Department -- is within days of deciding whether to list the polar bea ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, endangered species, energy, news, oil and gas drilling, wildlife (all these topics) |
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The Comment People
Public overwhelmingly opposes drilling on Coloradan plateau, say activists |
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27 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 5:01 PM on 27 Nov 2007 Conservationists have analyzed public comments on a Bureau of Land Management proposal to drill for oil and gas on Colorado's Roan Plateau and have come up with a tally: seven comments for drilling; approximately 42,000 against. Hm -- guess it's not a consensus then. source: The Daily Sentinel From the Archives Atlanta Paves. Housing slump is ... |
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| Topics: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado, energy, grassroots activism, news, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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Somewhere, an Oil Baron Is Smiling
Congress squabbles over how to spend oil fund ... that doesn't exist |
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08 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 2:22 PM on 08 Nov 2007 There are plenty of reasons we're glad we aren't members of Congress. Tops among them? Having to argue, with a straight face, about who's misspending money that doesn't exist. This year, four different bills have each proposed spending $6 billion that's expected to be collected from oil companies. The money would result from a fee assessed to compensate for o ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, Congress, news, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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As a matter of fact you can't take your eyes off these people
Oil companies target the fragile Arctic continental shelf for oil drilling |
David Roberts |
08 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Alaska, energy, oceans, oil, oil and gas drilling, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Pay It Backward
Court ruling may save oil companies billions in royalties |
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02 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 11:46 AM on 02 Nov 2007 A federal judge in Louisiana ruled this week that oil and gas companies who signed leases for deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico between 1996 and 2000 do not have to pay royalties to the federal government when the price of oil and gas go over a certain threshold. The oil company Kerr-McGee sued the U.S. Interior Department after the agency tried to collect royalties for some product ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, litigation, news, oil and gas drilling, United States (all these topics) |
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Loophole in the Ground
Activists ask Congress to close regulatory loopholes for oil and gas companies |
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01 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 5:17 PM on 01 Nov 2007 At a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing yesterday -- Wait! It's not as boring as it sounds! -- scientists and conservationists asked Congress to plug legislative loopholes that exempt oil and gas companies from some regulatory oversight. Particularly of interest to green and health advocates are exemptions from regulation of a natural-gas ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, energy, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, regulation (all these topics) |
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Knowing as little as possible: a candidate competition
Thompson and Romney quibble over oil drilling in the Everglades |
Brian Beutler |
20 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, Florida, Mitt Romney, national parks, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics) |
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With Friends Like These ...
Bush administration push for drilling in Colorado angers GOP constituency |
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18 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 4:14 PM on 18 Sep 2007 Republicans in western Colorado, long a GOP stronghold, are losing patience with the Bush administration's relentless push for resource extraction in the state. According to a new report from the Wilderness Society, western Colorado currently has 4,500 oil and gas wells on federal public lands, and 22,000 more are in the proverbial pipeline. A total of 126,000 n ... |
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| Topics: Colorado, energy, news, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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Bottom Topography
U.S. aims to map mineral-rich Arctic seafloor |
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31 Aug 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 9:56 AM on 31 Aug 2007 Update on the race to despoil the Arctic: This week, U.S. Coast Guard researchers set out on their third venture since 2003 to map the mineral-rich Arctic seafloor. There's a lot to be learned about the watery depths; overall, maps of Mars are about 250 times better than maps of the ocean floor. The U.S. is eager to identify underwater mountains and caverns so we'll know just where to stick our dril ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, news, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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