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Environmentalist Punked Bush Administration, Hopes To Save Utah Land

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Tim Dechristopher, Drilling, Environment, Oil, Bureau of Land Management, Utah, Blm, Robert Redford, Tim DeChristopher Open Letter, Green News

A few weeks ago, an environmentalist named Tim DeChristopher played a big joke on the Bureau of Land Management, the Bush Administration and the oil a...

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Stopping Bush's Destruction of Our Environment

Robert Redford | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Drilling, Midnight Regulations, Bush Midnight Regulations, Robert Redford, Robert Redford Utah, Utah, Celebrities Talk Politics, Green News
Robert Redford

Late Friday night a coalition of environmental and preservation groups filed an agreement with the Bureau of Land Management that could save 100,000 acres of pristine land that are endangered.

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Last-Ditch Effort To Save Federal Lands From Drilling

Los Angeles Times | Nicholas Riccardi | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Drilling, Bureau of Land Management, Pollution, Bush Midnight Regulations, Robert Redford, Utah Drilling Lawsuit, Robert Redford Utah, Green News

Reporting from Denver -- Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday as a last-ditch effort to block the sale of leases for 110,000 acres of federa...

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The Battle Over Drilling Leases In National Parks

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Environment, Drilling, National Parks, George Bush, Bush Midnight Regulations, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY — Conservation groups filed formal protests Thursday against what they call a "fire sale" of oil-and-gas drilling leases in Utah ...

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Transition Topic II: Energy Independence

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Solar, Geothermal, Energy Dependence, Environment, Oil, Drilling, Renewable Energy, Wind, Obama Energy Policy, Obama Transition, Barack Obama, Green News
Jeff Schweitzer

All the elements embedded in Obama's energy program make good sense, and deserve our enthusiastic support. But wind, solar and geothermal energy are not the ultimate endpoint.

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Bush Admin Wants To Open Tens Of Thousands Of Acres Near National Parks For Drilling

New York Times | FELICITY BARRINGER | Posted 11.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Drilling, Bureau of Land Management, Bush Administration, Oil Drilling, National Parks, Green News

The Bureau of Land Management has expanded its oil and gas lease program in eastern Utah to include tens of thousands of acres on or near the boundari...

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The OCS - Our Nation's Piggy Bank

Tom Donohue | Posted 10.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Energy, Drilling, Ocs, Economy, Oil Barrels, Oil, Business News
Tom Donohue

Tomorrow night Bob Schieffer is sure to ask: "How does the economic crisis affect your plans for the future?" It will be the third debate we've heard the question, and it isn't getting any easier to answer.

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Drilling Would Help No One But Mismanaged Oil Industry

Steve Colby | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Energy, Gas, Oil Industry, Barack Obama, McCain Palin, Sarah Palin, Drilling, Oil, John McCain, Offshore Drilling, Home News
Steve Colby

Oil companies pump millions of barrels of oil from US Federal lands... While American Taxpayers receive pennies in return. Why? Listening to oil indu...

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Dear Governor Palin...

Terra Lawson-Remer | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice Presidential Debate, Climate Change, Palin, Sarah Palin, Drilling, Oil Prices, UNFCCC, Energy Policy, Biden, Politics News
Terra Lawson-Remer

Dear Governor Palin, During your debate with Senator Biden you said you welcomed the opportunity to speak directly with the American people, "uncenso...

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Palin-McCain: Can't Get Energy Facts Right

A. Siegel | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Drilling, Oil, Energy, John McCain, Palin Energy, Mccain Energy Policy, Politics News
A. Siegel

Getting facts wrong when it comes to energy issues is becoming standard for the Palin-McCain ticket.

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Friday Talking Points [49] -- Before And After The First Debate

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

[UPDATED -- See part 2 in the Talking Points section.] This week's column will be presented in a sort of semi-liveblogging fashion. What you're getti...

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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Three Cents A Gallon

Anthony Congiano | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Democrats, Congress, Drilling, Oil, Green, Solar, Wind Power, Exxon-Mobil, Off-Shore, Home News
Anthony Congiano

Dems cave on drilling off shore (sort of).........

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Putting the Past Behind Us: A New Energy Future for America

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Green Energy, Energy, Alternative Energy, Fuel Cells, Alternative Fuels, Energy Bill, Drilling, Clean Energy, Politics News
Rep. Louise Slaughter

As we fight to lower energy prices and lay the groundwork for a clean, independent energy future, I can't help but ask -- how did we get here?

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Finally Newt Has His Own Country Song: "Drill Here, Drill Now"

David Roberts | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Drilling, Oil, Aaron Tippin, Newt Gingrich, Country Music, Offshore Drilling, Green News
David Roberts

The only thing Gingrich's American Solutions for Winning the Future astroturf group has lacked up to now, in terms of becoming a full-fledged parody of modern-day economic royalism masquerading as populism, is a piss-poor country song.

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Will The "Drill, Baby, Drill" Temper Tantrum Shut Down Our Government?

Bill Scher | Posted 09.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Drilling, Drill Baby Drill, Big Oil, Oil Companies, Republicans, Green News
Bill Scher

Because conservative leaders are so deep in the pocket of Big Oil, they are vehemently against any compromise that doesn't give them everything they want.

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Sarah Palin's Empty Promise

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.09.2008 | Green

Read More: George Bush, Powering the Planet, Gas Prices, Energy Information Administration, Congress, Offshore, Sarah Palin, Fuel Economy Standards, Cnbc, Mpg, Union of Concerned Scientists, Rnc, Drill, Nancy Pelosi, Environment, Drilling, Oil, Republicans, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Simran Sethi

Encouraging the auto industry to adhere to higher standards and pursue hybrid technology will reduce our dependence on all oil. Drill, baby, drill? No. Think, baby, think.

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Twenty Questions for Sarah Palin

James Heffernan | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Salmon, Taxes, Debt, Library Censorship, Abortion Rights, Fiscal Conservatism, Mccain, Special Needs Children, Bridge to Nowhere, Arctic Sea Ice, Small-Town Government, Education, Earmarks, Sarah Palin, Environment, Drilling, Polar Bears, Politics News
James Heffernan

After taking office when Wasilla owed nothing, why did you leave it with a debt of more than 22 million dollars?

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Friday Talking Points [45] -- Lessons Democrats Should Learn From Obama's Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I know that just about the entire blogosphere is talking about John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin (who?) for his running mate, but I, for one, refuse t...

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Schweitzer Electrifies Convention with Energy Speech

Josh Dorner | Posted 08.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Brian Schweitzer Dnc Speech, The Big Tent, Brian Schweitzer, Drilling, Dem Convention, Clean Energy, Dnc, Energy, Home News
Josh Dorner

While most of the excitement last night was focused on Senator Clinton's speech, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer gave an electrifying (and highly an...

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Pickens Says "Drill, Drill, Drill" (VIDEO)

Climate Progress | Posted 08.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Oil Drilling, Green News, Drilling, Green, Environment, Boone Pickens, Pickens Plan, Offshore Drilling, Green News

In his first TV ad, conservative billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens said "This Is One Emergency We Can't Drill Our Way Out Of." Although Pickens clea...

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Sierra Club RAW: Bachmann Drilling Overdrive (And Other Assorted Idiocy)

Josh Dorner | Posted 08.18.2008 | Green

Read More: House of Representatives, Anwr, Minnesota, Jesus, Senate Republicans, Caribou, Energy Policy, Michele Bachmann Caribou, House Republicans, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Michele Bachmann, Offshore Drilling, 2006 Election, Laura Ingraham, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Sali, Drilling, Energy Tax Incentives, President Bush, Sierra Club, State of the Union, Mn-6, Green News
Josh Dorner

Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota personifies just how haywire House conservatives have gone lately, particularly on energy issues.

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A Political Party Working For Oil Companies -- For Money

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Drilling, Oil, Republicans, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Republicans are insisting that our government give oil companies leases to drill off our shores. We are witnessing an unprecedented joint, coordinate...

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Whalers Fear Effects Of Off-Shore Drilling

Eric Kroh | Posted 08.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Exploration, Alaska, John McCain, Conocophillips, Alaska Wilderness League, Anwr, Drilling, Oil, Thomas Napageak, Whaling, Barack Obama, Nuiqsut, Offshore Drilling, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Home News
Eric Kroh

McCain and Obama debate offshore drilling but Alaskan whalers whose families have hunted in Arctic waters for centuries witness the environmental impact firsthand, from inevitable spills to routine sonic bombs.

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McCain the Elder

Carl Pope | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Drilling, Gang of Ten, Obama, Mccain, John McCain, Offshore Drilling, Oil, Politics News
Carl Pope

In spite of a huge crisis facing low-income families this winter from the soaring price of heating oil, the Republican Senate leadership even held up approval of financial assistance for these folks.

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