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Quote Of The Day: Oil "Just Too Hard To Find"

Oil company CEO says it plain: "I can’t see oil getting cheap again ever. It’s just too hard to find, and too many people want to use it." more »

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What's Missing from the Nuclear Power Debate?

Nuclear power is about to rise from the grave like a reanimated zombie, and it looks like we're going to have a harder and harder time escaping some very brain-dead discussion about it. Neither supporters nor opponents seems to be even remotely aware of emerging second-generation nuclear technologies that pretty much render every argument on either side absolutely wrong. more »

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Lame Duck Agency Gifts to Corporate Donors Officially Begin

Per the reporting I've done for my book and for the New York Times magazine on Western populism and energy politics, check this out this story from the Associated Press. more »

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Uprising Against Oil & Gas Drilling Intensifies In the West

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis archway, which I visited yesterday, may bill itself as the gateway to the West, but the real gateway this election to the West for Democrats could be through oil and gas politics. more »

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The Facts on Drilling Slowly Surface

The facts on coastal drilling are coming out. Poll-driven politicians, beware. more »

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Weekend Watchdog Wrap-up

This Sunday was a real head-scratcher for the Watchdog. Depending on how you look a it we 0-for-3, because none of our questions were asked. On the other hand, maybe we 2-for-3, since two of our questions were answered even though they weren't asked.

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The Week In Blog: Coastal Drilling

The latest Bloggingheads.tv installment of The Week In Blog features myself and The Next Right's Jon Henke discussing the Bush-McCain plan to allow oil drilling all across America's coastlines. more »

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One Final Solid For Big Oil

The Bush administration appears to be trying lock in whatever goodies it can for Big Oil before it exits, stage far right. more »

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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. more »

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Decline and Fall of America's Energy Empire

Beyond today's political squabbles over such topics as offshore drilling or oil speculation is this hard fact: the Age of Oil — and an American empire built on oil — is coming to an end, and there is no turning back. Americans can either get out in front of this change and come out of it at the century's end with much of their greatness intact — or continue to fight it and end up as another of history's has-beens. more »