Archive for the ‘oil’ Category

Thomas Friedman: 9/11 and 4/11

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

What doesn't the Bush crowd get? It's this: We don't have a "gasoline price problem." We have an addiction problem. We are addicted to dirty fossil fuels, and this addiction is driving a whole set of toxic trends that are harming our nation and world in many different ways. It ...

New Hampshire To Accept Free Oil From Chavez

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Two years ago, New Hampshire refused to accept heating oil from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the pro-Castro U.S. critic who once called President Bush "the devil." But with fuel prices rising, well, free oil is free oil. With the state's blessing, New Hampshire residents will be receiving some of ...

‘Phenomenal’ oil and gas rights sale sets stage for exploration push in B.C.

Friday, July 18th, 2008

British Columbia has raked in a record-breaking $610-million in an oil and gas rights sale, the latest in a series of windfalls driven by a rush of natural gas producers looking to lock up land in the northeastern part of the province. The tally from the one-day sale smashes ...

Canada: This is the dirtiest oil in the world

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

The Guardian: What happens when the world's biggest oil companies target a northern wilderness?Read the full story

Cost of oil, gas is totally bogus for surfers

Monday, July 7th, 2008

"We all think about oil in our cars, but very few of us really consider the fact that every little piece of manmade equipment around you is oil-based, and surfing's no different," said Mauro, who's seen the price of some surfboards double to $750 or higher. "The price of ...

Iraq to award oil contracts

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Foreign firms set to return after 36 years for developing Iraqi oil fields. The war appears to be a "success" to corporate interests! Read the full story

Thieves Increasingly Drilling Into Fuel Tanks To Steal Gas

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Sign of Bush Cheney economy? While gas station drive-offs and siphoning are far more common methods of stealing gas, reports of tank and line puncturing are starting to trickle into police departments and repair shops across the country. Some veteran mechanics and law enforcement officers say it's an unwelcome ...

The Future of Oil

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

To many experts, the steadily rising price underscored longer-term fears about the future of a system that has supplied cheap oil for more than a century. "This is the market signaling there is a problem,"Read the full story

Oil Execs Make Fools of Congress and American Taxpayers

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Executives from five huge oil companies were questioned by members of Congress Tuesday amid frustration over high oil and gasoline prices. Big-wigs from BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell did their best to eschew blame for high prices while explaining that they still need billions of dollars in ...

Bush oil price ‘begging’ is ‘pathetic’ : Clinton

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton on Tuesday accused President George W. Bush of "begging" for cuts in oil prices in "pathetic" encounters with Gulf leaders.Read the full story