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One Final Solid For Big Oil
If Washington conservatives are worried about the upcoming federal elections, then you can bet Big Oil is worried too. Sure, at the moment, Senate conservatives can filibuster legislation that would repeal oil subsidies, implement tax policy that prods oil companies...
Money to Learn
It's the kind of thing that's easily written off as a photo opportunity: a presidential candidate sitting down with a worried student and a financial aid administrator, working out a plan to help the student pay for her education. But, not if the candidate is one who...
A Second Chance to Stand for American Jobs
The Government Accountability Office gave American workers and the principle of fairness a victory when it ruled that that a multibillion-dollar Air Force tanker contract was improperly awarded to a consortium that included the French company EADS, makers of Airbus,...
Did Bush Just Lose Colorado For McCain?
Much of the political discussion surrounding the call from President George Bush and Senator John McCain for more coastal drilling centers on Florida, a crucial swing state that has long protected its coastline to keep its tourism industry thriving. With Obama inching...
Decline and Fall of America's Energy Empire
The current debate over offshore oil leases has put America's gargantuan energy appetite back on the discussion table this week. I've tried to stay out of it so far for two reasons. The first is that (here comes the full disclosure) I married into a family that's been...
Ignore The Failed Former Oilman In Front of the White House
President George Bush. The former oilman who had to know that higher oil prices were inevitable yet did nothing in eight years to increase the supply of clean energy alternatives and expand energy-efficiency. The man who said in every single State of the Union address...
Why Can't The Media Find Environmental Experts?
Fox News Sunday invited the head of the American Petroleum Institute, the lobbying arm of Big Oil, to discuss high energy prices. MSNBC's Morning Joe just had on former CEO of General Electric Jack Welch, who deemed more drilling for tiny amounts of oil in...
A New U.S. Strategy in the Global Economy?
America's banker isn't happy. At the World Trade Organization, China's representatives call on the U.S. to halt the decline of the dollar that has contributed to the rising price of food and oil (and racked up staggering losses in the value to China's $1.5 trillion in...
Drill Here. Wait 10 Years.
First John McCain, then Newt Gingrich, and now president Bush — in an apparent about-face that puts him in the position of opposing both his father and his brother — has taken to peddling offshore drilling as the quickest way to ease consumer pain at the...
Also Coming Up Empty: "Drill Here" Rhetoric
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is spearheading a new campaign that obscures the facts about the practical impact of opening up new lands to oil drilling. You may have already seen the ads while surfing the Web: "Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less." Don't be fooled....
