Tag: Oil - Page 8
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Energy News: Cape Wind Will Lower Electricity Rates; Japan's Residential Solar Soars; More
Beyond the headline: Pennsylvania towns challenge fracking being shoved down their throats; BP looks to the Amazon for more oil; Alberta, Canada's oil rush shortchanges locals. Keep reading for the details.
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TreeHugger Radio #201: A Greener iCloud, Obama on Gas, Talking Plants, and Doomsday Dating
This week, Jacob and Brian talk about a greener Apple Inc., crazy-ass weather, Obama's oil and gas issues, and a dating site for the doomsday crowd.
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Peru's Oil Exploration Violates UN Guidelines on Uncontacted Tribes
Peru continues to approve oil and gas projects despite previous exploration leading to the death of half the Nahua tribe.
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Everything You Need to Know About Gas Prices in One Quick Presentation
This should clear up any remaining confusion about why gas prices are so high.
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Gas Prices In Canada Hitting Record Highs, US$ 5.68 per Gallon, And They Can't Blame Obama
High gas prices are a result of high demand, period. You don't want a repeat of what happened the last time they were low.
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Energy News: Commercial Buildings Get There Own Solar Lease Program, Lakota Fast Against Tar Sands
A nice list of note-if-not-full-post-worthy energy news today: More on the continuing North Sea gas drilling leak, protests against tar sands pipelines on both sides of the Canada-US border, and a great commercial solar lease program.
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With New System, Obama Admin to Approve Fracking & Drilling Operations in 1/3rd the Time
The Obama administration is working to again help out its foes in the oil industry.
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Obama: Pro-Oil Drilling, But Anti-Big Oil (Video)
The president attacks Mitt Romney and Big Oil in his first reelection campaign TV ad. But do his priorities ad up?
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EPA Orders Oil Companies to Pay for Contamination of Montana Town's Water Supply
More than 40 million gallons of brine have entered the drinking water aquifer over five decades. Now, the EPA is holding three oil companies at least partly responsible for the contamination.
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3,000 Dolphins Found Dead on the Coast of Peru
Biologists believe that oil companies are to blame for the recent dolphin deaths.
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Rising Oil Costs Spur FedEx to Adopt EVs, Hybrids, & Biofuels
In a sage reaction to the rising cost of oil, one of the world's largest delivery companies is turning to energy efficiency.
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SUV-Driving Congressmen Blame Obama for High Cost of Filling Up at the Pump
If only there was some surefire way they could reduce the amount they spend on gas!
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The Mystery of the Invincible Oil Subsidies (Video)
Why does bad policy that everyone hates stick around?
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Shell Oil President: "There Is No Immediate Fix For the Price of Oil Today"
Shell Oil President talks with Charlie Rose about energy and says there is no immediate fix for soaring gas prices, despite GOP attacks against the president on this issue.
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Energy News: Fracking Could Crack Carbon Capture; Shell Gets Another Arctic Drilling OK; More
Not to be a downer, but there's a quartet of concerning news this morning worth paying attention to. Beyond the headline: The Koch Brothers fund disinformation on Obama's influence on fuel prices; and, the Senate rejects ending Big Oil subsidies.
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Panic Buying of Fuel Grips UK Motorists
Panic by UK motorists causes fuel supplies to run dry, all because of a few careless words from the Prime Minister.
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Why Nobody Takes Ending Oil Subsidies Seriously
Why the media shrugs when the anti-government spending GOP votes to protect government spending on Big Oil.
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Tim DeChristopher Moved Out of Isolation Unit, Back Into Minimum Security
Peaceful Uprising says it was the thousands of phone calls of support DeChristopher received that caused the prison to move him back into minimum security.
