Tag: Oil
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How to Break the Grip of Fossil Fuels (Video)
I stopped by MSNBC's the Dylan Ratigan Show for the launch of the Defense Energy Project, and we discussed how to break the grip of Big Oil and unleash American innovation in the cleantech sector. Wath:
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Have Got To Go: Tune In for TreeHugger's Brian Merchant & MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan, Feb 8, 4pm ET
Tune in to MSNBC tomorrow to watch me explain why fossil fuels are too damn cheap.
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Energy News Recap: Dems Want Keystone XL Oil Export Ban; How Are Fossil Fuels Like Slavery?
Plus, the natural gas glut means many new wells will be uneconomical; over 4 gigawatts of US coal power plants are set to close or are being hung-up in court; and, nations should all pledge to double renewable energy at the Rio+20 conference in June.
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Senators Backing Keystone XL Bill Received $22 Million in Donations from Oil Industry
44 senators signed on to support a new bill that would push through the Keystone XL. And guess what? 44 senators got millions of dollars in campaign contributions from the oil industry.
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Despite $41 Billion in Profits Last Year, Exxon Pays a Lower Tax Rate Than You
What gives? After all, corporations are people, right?
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How the Keystone XL Could Still Lurch Back to Life
Thought the tar sands oil pipeline was dead? Think again ... and beware the Zombie XL.
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BP Knew 3.4 Million Gallons Per Day Could Spill, But Urged Staff “Not to Communicate to Anyone on This.”
Released emails show that BP knew almost immediately how bad the spill could be, and that the oil giant acted to explicitly keep the information to itself.
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Memo to Democrats: Get Behind Clean Energy. ASAP.
Everybody loves clean energy except Congressional Republicans.
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How Oil Money is Corrupting Our Children's Education
State legislators are pushing an anti-science agenda. But that agenda has been literally written by the representatives of Big Oil. Here's how.
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Energy New Recap: Tunisia Plans 2 GW Solar Power Plant in Sahara, ConocoPhillips' Massive Profits, More
Some really great solar news leads today: Tunisia shifts into high gear the massive Desertec project; and the increasing amount of solar power-generated electricity in Japan. Then there's another example of massive oil industry profits, and more.
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On Keystone XL, Mainstream Media Displays Major Bias Towards Oil Industry
A new study shows that a majority of mainstream news coverage of the Keystone XL pipeline is positive, routinely giving more time to pro-industry 'experts'.
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Obama to Open 38 Million Acres in Gulf of Mexico to Offshore Drilling
Not two years after the BP spill, Obama will sell $4 billion worth of leases to oil companies keen on drilling in the Gulf.
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Bernie Sanders Pledges Legislation Ending 'Absurdity' of Federal Fossil Fuel Subsidies
"The most profitable corporations in the world do not need subsidies from the American people," Sanders told a Washington DC rally.
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Obama: Open 75% More US Land for Gas & Oil Drilling, "Double Down" on Clean Energy
The President's State of the Union Address honed in on energy issues; here are the highlights.
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GOP and Canadian Oil Execs Plot to Revive Keystone XL Pipeline
The Republican Congress is scheming with the oil giant TransCanada to bring back the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
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Obama's First 2012 Campaign Ad Hits Big Oil, Touts Clean Energy (Video)
The president is coming out swinging with his reelection campaign, hitting 'secretive oil billionaires' and embracing clean energy. Watch:
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Did the Obama Administration Pressure Scientists to Downplay BP Spill Size?
A new report alleges it did.
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Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies Would Get Us Halfway to Preventing Dangerous Climate Change
The International Energy Agency has again weighed in on how to combat climate change through better energy policy.
