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Southeastern Gas Shortage Wreaks Havoc

Lines reach 60 cars after hurricanes
disrupt supplies

Sep 26, 08 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gas is in short supply throughout the Southeast this week after oil production was hit hard by hurricanes Gustav and Ike, the Washington Post reports. Some didn’t make it to work as gas station lines grew to 60 cars long; half the stations in Atlanta were closed. “I... More »

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energy • Georgia • North Carolina • oil refineries • oil production • gas pipelines • gas stations • gas consumption

 Pickens' Own 
 Energy Funds 
 Down $1B 

Oil magnate's plan for own investments not so sharp

Sep 24, 08 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - T. Boones Pickens' energy plan might need some tweaking —at least when it comes to his own investments. Even as the billionaire campaigns for his energy independence proposal, his energy-focused hedge funds have lost about $1 billion this year, the Wall Street Journal reports. “It's my toughest run... More »

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energy • T. Boone Pickens • hedge funds

OPINION

Why McCain Longs for 19th Century Fuels

He's making every debate, even energy, a 'cultural wedge issue'

Sep 14, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why are Republicans chanting "drill, baby, drill," a call for an outdated, 19th-century technology like fossil fuels? Because they are turning every political debate into a cultural "wedge Issue," Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times—"including even energy policy, no matter how stupid... More »

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energy • John McCain • oil • politics • Thomas Friedman • oil drilling • campaign issues

Boston Cabbies Torqued Ovah Hybrid Cah Mandate

Pricey hybrids a problem in Beantown

Sep 4, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Boston’s cab drivers are furious over a new rule requiring all taxis to be hybrids by 2015, Wired reports. With rising gas prices already pressing the industry, cabbies are loathe to trade their $6,000 used Crown Vics for new $24,000 Priuses. Many also argue that the hybrids... More »

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energy • environment • Boston • taxi • hybrid car • taxi driver

Energy Firm to Tell Investors
of Risks From Global Warming

Xcel agrees to first pact of its kind with NY AG

Aug 28, 08 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A major builder of coal-fired power plants has agreed to fully inform investors of the risks global warming poses to its business in a landmark deal with New York's attorney general. Green groups hope the agreement by Xcel Energy will spur other firms to follow suit, reports the New York ... More »

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energy • coal • energy industry • Andrew Cuomo • carbon emissions • greenhouse-gas emissions

Opinion

Why You Should Stop Worrying About Oil Shortages

We're well-stocked for any realistic calamities

Aug 21, 08 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Energy security has become a matter of major public hand-wringing, but everyone ought to calm down, write Eugene Gholz and Daryl G. Press in the New York Times. Our oil supplies are perfectly safe—the US, its businesses, and its allies have more than enough oil to weather any... More »

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Iran • energy • oil supply • foreign oil • strategic petroleum reserve

OPINION

'Sacrifice' Is Dirty Word in Energy Plans

Obama, McCain ditch candor in glossing over tough road ahead

Aug 18, 08 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are each touting a plan to save America from the looming energy crisis, but they're providing too many sunny outlooks and not enough tough candor, Walter Shapiro writes in Salon. "The Ten Commandments of politics now began, 'Thou shalt not talk honestly... More »

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Barack Obama • energy • John McCain • oil • Election 2008 • sacrifice

Republicans Continue House Protest Over Energy Vote

They want Pelosi to reconvene lawmakers

Aug 5, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - A group of House Republicans continued their protest on the floor of Congress today against Nancy Pelosi's decision to adjourn for summer recess without a vote on their energy plan, which calls for offshore drilling. The lawmakers, speaking in a dimly lit chamber witout a public-address system for the third... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • energy • politics • House of Representatives • Capitol Hill • House Republicans

Opinion

Tire Gauge Joke Is on GOP,
Not Obama

Gag ignores hard facts of energy dependence, vehicle maintenance

Aug 5, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans are laughing at Barack Obama’s suggestion that if Americans drove on properly inflated tires and had their vehicles tuned up regularly, they could save as much gas as offshore drilling would produce. The RNC is distributing tire gauges labeled “Barack Obama’s Energy Plan” and cackling with... More »

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Barack Obama • energy • John McCain • RNC • fuel efficiency • campaign advertising • McCain 2008 • gas mileage • energy policy

 Natural Gas
 Fuels La.
 'Gold Rush' 

Untapped deposits create overnight millionaires

Jul 29, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The energy crunch is a positive in at least one area, which lies above what may be the largest natural gas supply in the Lower 48. As energy companies buy up real estate, some residents of the south-central US find themselves suddenly flush with money, and some are even becoming... More »

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energy • Texas • Louisiana • natural gas • Haynesville Shale

Opinion

Iraq Needs Its No-Bid
Oil Contracts

Deals aren't exploitative, argues energy adviser

Jul 26, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - US lawmakers have been raging against no-bid deals struck by foreign oil companies in Iraq—but impeding them would be pure folly, energy consultant Raad Alkadiri argues in the Washington Post. Most of these companies have already advised Iraq on its oil fields for free; Baghdad only sought to... More »

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Iraq • energy • Congress • Iraq oil • oil companies • oil industry

OPINION

Here Comes
Era of Activist Government

It's necessary, and McCain is better suited for the job: Brooks

Jul 18, 08 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - With daunting issues demanding immediate action—energy, the markets, and crumbling infrastructure to name but a few—the US is about to enter a phase of "government activism," writes David Brooks in the New York Times. Bad news for John McCain, right? Maybe not. As past periods of... More »

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health care • energy • John McCain • politics • financial markets • infrastructure • change • Teddy Roosevelt • conservatives • Benjamin Disraeli

French Energy Giant Drops
Iran Gas Project

Bush victory as Total pulls investment in
oil field development

Jul 10, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - French energy giant Total, the last major Western energy group that planned to invest in development of Iran's huge natural gas fields, is dropping out of the project, the Financial Times reports. The turnabout is a victory for the Bush administration's efforts to isolate Iran over its nuclear program; it's... More »

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Iran • energy • gas fields • nuclear facilities • natural gas • Total SA

GOP Charts Offshore Drilling Compromise

Rising energy costs may sway moderate Dems to cross lines

Jul 8, 08 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to forge a bipartisan coalition on domestic oil drilling, Politico reports. Republican senators believe they can sway enough moderate Democrats on an amendment to end a federal ban on coastline drilling—allowing a dramatic shift in US energy policy, and reaping a big... More »

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energy • Senate • GOP • Mitch McConnell • gas prices • compromise • oil drilling • bipartisanship • offshore oil

Energy-Efficient Japan to Host G8 Summit

Tokyo will showcase conservation ethic, technology

Jul 4, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Next week the leaders of the developed world will meet at a resort in northern Japan for this year's G8 summit. With oil prices topping the agenda, Japan—by most measures, the most energy-frugal developed nation on earth—is hoping to use the international platform to promote its energy conservation... More »

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energy • Japan • G8 summit • Group of Eight • oil price

Fla.'s Crist Works Across the Eco-Lines

Guv backs alternative energy, but open to more oil drilling

Jun 26, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is walking an environmental tightrope between encouraging conservation and alternative energy, and promoting oil exploration off the state’s coast, the Wall Street Journal reports.  Recent moves include the purchase of 300 square miles in the Everglades—a deal that shuts down the nation’... More »

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Florida • energy • John McCain • environment • Charlie Crist • Everglades • vice presidential sweepstakes

Opinion

Congress Short on Gas, Long
on Gasbags

Capitol Hill can't do much but talk—but
man, is it talking

Jun 26, 08 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - There’s nothing much Congress can do about gas prices, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post, so in an effort to look busy it's doing what it always does—blaming the other party. Yesterday Capital Hill saw no less than 12 events on energy costs, and every last one... More »

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energy • Congress • politics • partisanship • gas prices

 Can Your Bra Power Your iPod? 

Writer wants to put her breasts to work

Jun 25, 08 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - For all the embarrassing bouncing and awkward jiggling they do, there must be a way to capture the power of breast motion, Adrienne So writes in Slate. “Human-powered devices are showing up everywhere. … Could someone design an iPod-powering bra for me?” she asks. A sports bra design consultant... More »

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energy • alternative energy • iPod • clean energy • breasts • bra

 Energy Prices Hammer
 Suburban Housing Market 

Reversing trend, buyers look to stay near city center

Jun 25, 08 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The soaring cost of energy has started the buck the half-century-old trend of migration to suburbs and exurbs, the New York Times reports. The cost of reaching a far-off home, let alone heating and cooling it, is becoming untenable for many. From Atlanta and Philadelphia to San Francisco and Minneapolis,... More »

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energy • housing market • gas prices • exurbs • urban planning • suburbs

Opinion

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

Why prices will keep
rising, and what
that will mean

Jun 18, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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