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  • August 2008

    • GOP Energy-Bill Protest Could Overlap With Dem Convention

      The Hill  |  Aug 7, 08 3:29 PM CDT

      GOP Energy-Bill Protest Could Overlap With Dem Convention

      (Newser) - Republicans say their measures to suspend the House’s August recess and force a vote on a national energy bill could continue until just before the Democratic National Convention—or beyond, the Hill reports. “Republicans will not rest until we have an honest, up-or-down vote on the American Energy Act,” one GOP leader wrote in a letter to his party—and to rank-and file Democrats, the Chicago Tribune adds. More »

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      Congress  • Republicans  • Nancy Pelosi  • oil drilling  • John Boehner  • Democratic Convention  • House Republicans

    • Oil Rhetoric Gets Silly

      Washington Post  |  Aug 6, 08 10:31 AM CDT

      Oil Rhetoric Gets Silly

      (Newser) - It might as well be a mathematical formula: High gas prices + oncoming election = stupid policy, writes Ruth Marcus in the Washington Post. John McCain, once the possessor of a sensible energy plan, now screeches incessantly about outer-continental shelf drilling, as though this would instantly solve the energy crisis. Barack Obama, who once earned plaudits for resisting McCain and Hillary Clinton's gimmicky gas tax holiday, now wants to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an even costlier gimmick. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • gas prices  • Obama 2008  • McCain 2008  • oil drilling  • energy policy  • strategic petroleum reserve

    • GOP Boosts Effort to Force Oil-Drilling Vote

      Politico  |  Aug 4, 08 3:47 PM CDT

      GOP Boosts Effort to Force Oil-Drilling Vote

      (Newser) - House Republicans said today reinforcements are on the way in their attempt to force the Democratic majority to interrupt the August recess and vote on domestic oil drilling. “There are plans underway to be here into next week,” Rep. Mike Pence told Politico. “We will be here as long as it takes.” Added one Illinois lawmaker who drove through the night, “We loaded up the minivan just like the Griswolds” of National Lampoon’s Vacation fame. More »

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      oil drilling  • House Republicans  • Mike Pence

    • Pelosi Teaches America's Daughters to Complain

      Weekly Standard  |  Aug 4, 08 3:17 PM CDT

      Pelosi Teaches America's Daughters to Complain

      (Newser) - Nancy Pelosi’s new book is titled Know Your Power: A Message to America’s Daughters . But if its contents, and the Democrat’s actions, are any indication, America’s daughters mostly have the power to whine, Samantha Sault writes in the Weekly Standard . Amid “tiresome feminist complaining,” Pelosi sees oppression everywhere, committed by men unwilling to let women into their “Secret Sauce Club.” More »

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      House of Representatives  • Nancy Pelosi  • oil drilling  • memoir  • book reviews

    • 5 Man-Made Natural Disasters

      New Scientist  |  Aug 3, 08 9:29 AM CDT

      5 Man-Made Natural Disasters

      (Newser) - Humans can do a righteous job of messing up the planet in the long term. We're also more than capable of wreaking short-term havoc with these man-made natural disasters, reports the New Scientist: Mud volcanoes: While we can't create the real thing, shoddy mining practices in East Java have made the ground hemorrhage mud since 2006.     More »

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      global warming  • natural disaster  • flooding  • oil drilling  • hurricanes  • manmade flood  • mud

    • Obama Shifts Tack on Offshore Drilling

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Aug 2, 08 6:10 AM CDT

      Obama Shifts Tack on Offshore Drilling

      (Newser) - Barack Obama softened his opposition to offshore oil drilling yesterday, telling the Palm Beach Post in an interview  that he would be willing to accept  "a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage"  it if necessary to avoid a deadlock on energy policy. He stressed that he was still no fan of drilling and pointed out that ending the ban would take a decade to affect gas prices. More »

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      Barack Obama  • oil  • oil drilling  • offshore oil  • oil exploration  • energy policy

    • Save the Earth: Drill in the US

      Washington Post  |  Aug 1, 08 12:21 PM CDT

      Save the Earth: Drill in the US

      (Newser) - Asked why she so vehemently opposes offshore drilling, Nancy Pelosi recently replied, “I’m trying to save the planet.” Which is a nice thought, Charles Krauthammer writes in the Washington Post , but it’s completely illogical. We’re not saving the planet by leaving the drilling to the likes of Nigeria, where corruption and neglect routinely lead to spills, pipeline explosions, and illegal siphoning. More »

  • July 2008
  • June 2008

    • Arnie Rips Would-Be Oil Drillers for 'Blowing Smoke'

      Sarasota Herald-Tribune  |  Jun 26, 08 6:23 PM CDT

      Arnie Rips Would-Be Oil Drillers for 'Blowing Smoke'

      (Newser) - At a Florida climate summit today, Arnold Schwarzenegger broke from prepared remarks to lay into offshore oil drilling, criticizing its supporters—who include President Bush, John McCain, and his host, fellow Republican governor Charlie Crist—as "blowing smoke."  "To look for new ways to feed our addiction is not the answer," Schwarzenegger said, reports the Sarasota Herald-Tribune . More »

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      John McCain  • George W. Bush  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • oil drilling  • Charlie Crist  • offshore oil

    • Oil-Addicted Bush Must Kick the Habit

      New York Times  |  Jun 22, 08 6:32 AM CDT

      Oil-Addicted Bush Must Kick the Habit

      (Newser) - The American thirst for oil is like a drug addiction, and George Bush wants another hit, writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times . Bush’s irresponsible energy plan involves getting a little more oil from Saudi Arabia to keep prices low, and then drilling in Alaska—simply prolonging our addiction instead of allowing high fuel prices to push us toward better sources of energy, adds Friedman. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Congress  • gas prices  • oil price  • oil  • alternative energy  • oil drilling  • energy dependence  • energy independence

    • McCain Pander on Drilling Disappoints

      New York Times  |  Jun 20, 08 8:30 AM CDT

      McCain Pander on Drilling Disappoints

      (Newser) - It's nothing new for the Bush administration to blame environmentalists for energy shortages, writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times . As early as 2001, Dick Cheney blamed green laws rather than rapacious energy companies for the California electricity shortage. But it's disappointing that John McCain has joined the bandwagon—especially as he, unlike Barack Obama, voted against Bush's "really terrible, special-interest-driven" 2005 energy bill. More »

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      John McCain  • George W. Bush  • Dick Cheney  • oil drilling  • offshore oil  • U.S. environmental laws

    • When Good Pandering Goes Bad

      New York Times  |  Jun 19, 08 7:32 AM CDT

      When Good Pandering Goes Bad

      (Newser) - The offshore drilling ban has been in place since 1981, but George W. Bush—who is still the president, Gail Collins reminds us in the New York Times —wants it overturned in two weeks. Watching his speech in the Rose Garden, where he said Democrats would be to blame for high gas prices if drilling in heretofore verboten places was not immediately authorized, the columnist wonders why the president waited until now to call the Dems' bluff, and how unfortunate it is for John McCain. More »

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      John McCain  • George W. Bush  • oil  • environmentalism  • oil drilling  • offshore oil  • Republican presidential candidates

    • Ship Shortage Stalls Offshore Oil Drilling

      New York Times  |  Jun 19, 08 3:22 AM CDT

      Ship Shortage Stalls Offshore Oil Drilling

      (Newser) - A severe shortage of deep-sea drilling rigs will hold up exploitation of offshore oil for years, the New York Times reports. Existing rigs are booked solid for five years, and shipbuilders around the world are scrambling to fill dozens of new orders. Oil companies are frustrated by their inability to get at huge, newly discovered offshore fields. More »

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      oil drilling  • offshore oil  • oil exploration  • oil reserves  • oil rig  • ship

    • Let's Not Kid Ourselves: Oil's Going Higher

      Washington Post  |  Jun 18, 08 12:09 PM CDT

      Let's Not Kid Ourselves: Oil's Going Higher

      (Newser) - Yes, $4 a gallon seems steep, but the worst is surely yet to come, Robert J. Samuelson writes in the Washington Post . Gas is on pace to rise to $7 a gallon by 2012, with oil rising to $225 a barrel, according to one economist. Oil-rich nations are acting as though we’ve already hit “peak oil,” and fast-growing nations in Asia and elsewhere are keeping demand steady. More »

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      gas prices  • oil price  • oil  • energy  • biofuel  • oil drilling  • peak oil

    • Offshore Drilling Issue May Backfire on McCain

      Politico  |  Jun 18, 08 3:46 AM CDT

      Offshore Drilling Issue May Backfire on McCain

      (Newser) - John McCain is making a risky bet with his call to end a ban on offshore drilling, Charles Mahtesian and David Mark write in Politico. Polls show a clear majority of Americans are in favor of lifting the ban—but the candidate risks tapping a geyser of resentment in California and Florida, states strongly opposed to drilling that would be among the most affected by a change in policy. More »

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      John McCain  • California  • Florida  • oil price  • McCain 2008  • oil drilling  • oil field

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