Pro vs Con

Environmental Standards Don't Reduce Refinery Capacity

Bill Scher — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:29:08 -0400

President Bush in his 4/29/08 press conference said we needed environmental "regulatory relief" in order to expand our oil refinery capacity.

Conservative Obstruction Blocks Progress on Energy

Isaiah J. Poole — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:55:19 -0400

A number of progressive solutions were offered in Congress that would have made more meaningful contributions to solving our energy crisis than the "drill here, drill now" sloganeering from the right. But it's been the conservatives in Congress who have been blocking consideration of common-sense solutions that would have brought immediate as well as long-term relief to consumers.

Energy Policy and Race

Isaiah J. Poole — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:06:30 -0400

Roy Innis, a civil rights activist turned archconservative, argues that the best way to promote economic equality for minorities is to encourage more drilling for oil. But there is a much better way to secure a brighter energy future for everyone.

Oil Drilling in ANWR Won't Significantly Lower Gas Prices

Bill Scher — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:20:35 -0400

Misleading Rhetoric on Oil Taxes

Isaiah J. Poole — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:55:11 -0500

President Bush keeps saying that a repeal of the unwarranted tax breaks oil companies received in 2004 "generally is a tax increase, and it doesn't make any sense to do it right now." But he's wrong.

Global Warming Threat

Ian Mishalove — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:02:07 -0500

Unfree Market

Ian Mishalove — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:00:25 -0500

Climate Change and Government

Robert Dorst2 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:23:31 -0500