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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)

Well, when you put it that way ... Rasmussen poll biased on offshore drilling	Joseph Romm	19 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Rasmussen Reports did a poll that they tout as showing '67 percent Support Offshore Drilling.' Given the biased way they did the poll (details here), I'm surprised the number was so low. The first question they asked: 'How concerned are you about rising gas and energy prices?' Pretty much everybody is concerned. Duh. But in a flawed poll, almost a push poll, the point of the first question is to get people thinking about about the pain of gasoline prices, rath ...
Topics: energy, 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)

What do oil lobbyists think about drilling for oil?	David Roberts	19 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Here, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell discusses McCain's plan to drill, drill, drill with RNC deputy chairman and McCain supporter Frank Donatelli: What Mitchell didn't tell you: Before joining the RNC, Donatelli was a registered lobbyist. For whom, you ask? What type of clients? Three guesses! Oh, fine, you got it the first time: ExxonMobil Corp. and Dominion Resources. But why would MSNBC viewers need to know that?
Topics: Big Oil, business, lobbying, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

It's Worth a Shot Hunters' group sues Interior Dept for drilling's impacts on wildlife		19 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 10:52 AM on 19 Jun 2008 The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, a coalition of hunting, fishing, and conservation groups, is suing the U.S. Interior Department over the impacts of gas drilling on wildlife in southwestern Wyoming. Some 1,000 natural-gas wells puncture the landscape of the state's Pinedale Anticline gas fields, with over 4,000 more wells likely to be drilled in the next 60 yea ...
Topics: Department of Interior, energy, litigation, news, oil and gas drilling, Wyoming (all these topics)

Oil drilling = oil spilling How greens and Democrats can win the energy debate	Glenn Hurowitz	19 Jun 2008	Gristmill
If the pro-environment Republican wasn't already dead, I think this week killed him. John McCain, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, President Bush, and many others threw overboard one of the last policy planks Republicans (at least in coastal states) used to show that they're pro-environment too by calling for a massive offshore drilling program. As chronicled in this excellent article by Politico's Charles Mathesian and David Mark, it's a politically risky move for Rep ...
Topics: energy, John McCain, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

EIA to McCain: Drop offshore (drilling) Offshore drilling will have no impact on oil prices through 2030	Joseph Romm	19 Jun 2008	Gristmill
McCain has flip-flopped his position on offshore drilling, pandered to the oil companies, and embraced the exact same strategy endorsed by the man McCain is trying so hard to run away from -- President Bush. He must have a damn good policy reason: 'Tomorrow I'll call for lifting the federal moratorium for states that choose to permit exploration,' McCain said. 'I think that this and perhaps providing additional incentives for states to permit exploration off their co ...
Topics: climate, energy, John McCain, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

No luv from Democratic guvs McCain's offshore drilling plan irks coastal state governors	Kate Sheppard	18 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The Obama campaign hosted a press conference this afternoon with Democratic governors to highlight opposition to John McCain's call to end the moratorium on offshore drilling. The governors expressed uniform distaste with the proposal, and skepticism that voters in their states would approve of drilling off their coasts. 'Our economy is driven by tourism and use of the shore,' said Jon Corzine, governor of New Jersey. 'I think we would have a hard time getting p ...
Topics: energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Windfalling for you Did McCain switch positions on windfall profits tax?	Kate Sheppard	18 Jun 2008	Gristmill
John McCain on a windfall profits tax, in his speech on energy policy delivered in Houston yesterday: So what does Senator Obama support in energy policy? Well, for starters he supported the energy bill of 2005 -- a grab-bag of corporate favors that I opposed. And now he supports new taxes on energy producers. He wants a windfall profits tax on oil, to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas. If the plan sounds familiar, it's because tha ...
Topics: Big Oil, elections, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Putting Lipstick on a Rig Backing up McCain, Bush calls for ending offshore drilling moratorium		18 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 6:36 AM on 18 Jun 2008 President Bush has joined John McCain in calling for an end to the offshore drilling moratorium that's been in effect for most U.S. waters since the early 1980s. Bush's reversal on the offshore-drilling issue follows on the heels of McCain's big energy speech in Houston on Tuesday, where he advocated offshore drilling as a way to lower energy prices. Industry analysts ...
Topics: gas prices, George Bush, John McCain, news, oceans, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, United States (all these topics)

Man in the Middle McCain calls for offshore drilling, renewables, and conservation in energy speech		17 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 9:27 PM on 17 Jun 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain tried to pack something for everyone into a big energy speech yesterday, saying the U.S. needs more conservation and renewables as well as more oil drilling, oil refineries, "clean-burning coal," and nuclear power plants. He called for ending a federal moratorium on offshore oil drilling, but reiterated his ...
Topics: energy, John McCain, news, oil, 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)

Texas hold 'em McCain calling for offshore drilling, renewables, and conservation in energy speech	Kate Sheppard	17 Jun 2008	Gristmill
John McCain. John McCain will give a big speech on energy policy this afternoon to a group of oil executives in Houston, Texas. According to his prepared remarks, his address will highlight the need to forge a path to energy independence, calling for expanded domestic oil and gas drilling as well as a move toward renewable energy sources and conservation. 'The next president must be willing to break with the energy policies not just of the current adminis ...
Topics: energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Mixed messages McCain releases new climate ad ahead of speech calling for more drilling	Kate Sheppard	17 Jun 2008	Gristmill
John McCain unveiled a new climate-change ad today -- hours before he's scheduled to give an energy speech in Texas that will call for building more oil refineries and lifting a federal ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. 'John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming, five years ago,' says the ad. 'Today, he has a realistic plan that will curb greenhouse-gas emissions. A plan that will help grow our economy and protect our envi ...
Topics: climate, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

With friends like these ... Saudis agree with McCain: Cut gasoline taxes!	Joseph Romm	16 Jun 2008	Gristmill
If anything should put a stake through John McCain's absurd gas tax holiday idea, it's that the Saudi King advocates it, too! As I have previously noted, the only ones who benefit from the gas tax are the oil companies and the petroleum producers. Case in point, the biggest producer just said: Next month, the Saudis will be pumping an extra half-a-million barrels of oil a day compared to last month, bringing total Saudi production to 9.7 million barrels a ...
Topics: Big Oil, gas prices, John McCain, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, Saudi Arabia (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)

Garrisoning the global gas station Challenging the militarization of U.S. energy policy	Guest author	13 Jun 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. ----- American policymakers have long viewed the protection of overseas oil supplies as an essential matter of 'national security,' requiring the threat of -- and sometimes the use of -- military force. This is now an unquestioned part of American foreign policy. On this basis, the first Bush administration fou ...
Topics: Department of Defense, energy, fossil fuels, Iraq, Nigeria, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Dick move Cheney perpetuates myth about China-Cuba oil partnership	Kate Sheppard	12 Jun 2008	Gristmill
During his 'drill, drill, drill' rant yesterday, Dick Cheney complained that Cuba and China are drilling for oil closer to the coast of Florida than American companies are currently allowed. It's become a common talking point for Republicans arguing that more areas should be opened to drilling -- but, reports McClatchy, it appears to be bogus. [N]o one can prove that the Chinese are drilling anywhere off Cuba's shoreline. The China-Cuba connection is 'akin to ...
Topics: Big Oil, Cuba, energy, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Drill team coach Cheney: 'Drill, drill, drill'	Kate Sheppard	12 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Dick Cheney has weighed in with his answer to the nation's energy woes: Vice President Cheney yesterday called for a substantial increase in domestic drilling for oil and other natural resources, including in environmentally sensitive areas, saying that only increased production -- and not new technology -- will satisfy the nation's demand for energy. 'We are an economy that runs on petroleum. Some 20 million barrels of it a day. That can and will change over tim ...
Topics: 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)

For on the Floor Nations meet to hash out claims to Arctic seafloor		27 May 2008	News
Posted at 8:47 AM on 27 May 2008 What with climate change melting record amounts of Arctic ice, the five nations that claim land rights in the Arctic region have been rushing to stake claim to the minerals and oil wealth beneath the Arctic Ocean. Starting Tuesday, Denmark is hosting talks among the five countries, aiming to bring a measure of civility to the Arctic's predicted black-gold rush. One item that Denmark hopes the ot ...
Topics: climate, international politics, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Truth laid bear? McCain promotes eco-cred, while his advisers push for more Bush-style policies	Kate Sheppard	14 May 2008	Gristmill
In honor of John McCain's eco-week, both the McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee have launched sites where folks can make personal pledges to protect the planet. The McCain campaign has also put out a line of 'eco-friendly' swag -- shirts, hats, tote bags, etc. Meanwhile, McCain adviser Kevin Hassett, who is also the director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, argues in an op-ed that polar bears shouldn't be listed as ...
Topics: elections, endangered species, john mccain, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, polar bears, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Do as the Bill Says, Not as It Does Senators both GOP and Dem introduce destined-to-fail legislation		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 ...
Topics: Big Oil, energy, legislation, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Kunstler meets Colbert	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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