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Sympathy for the Oil Industry?: The poor oil industry. After years of record profits, things have soured with the collapse of oil and gas prices. And now I read of an Obama “bias” against the ... by erica — last modified Jun 18, 2009 09:47 AM — filed under: oil shale, oil, greenhouse gas emissions, natural gas, T. Boone Pickens, climate change, energy, oil reserves, global warming, oil drilling, Robert Samuelson, Washington Post, oil resources, pollution, global economy, economy — Relevance: 1%
Memo to CNN.com: You Got It Wrong: It’s great when reporters call you for your opinion. It’s even better when they feature a quote from you in the story. And it’s better yet when it’s from an ... by erica — last modified Aug 31, 2009 02:55 PM — filed under: cap and trade, green investments, climate change, energy, Supreme Court, New York Times, Clean Air Act (1990), air quality, renewable energy, renewables, economy, fuel economy, oil, carbon tax, global warming, Barack Obama, CNN, Department of Transportation, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), air pollution, economics, gasoline, George W. Bush, Environmental Protection Agency — Relevance: 1%
The Beach Boys Redux: Muscle Cars and National Security: The Wall Street Journal wants to “drill, baby, drill.” But when it comes to fuel economy, it’s “<a class="external-link" ... by erica — last modified May 28, 2009 04:24 PM — filed under: fuel economy, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, transportation, automobile, Wall Street Journal, oil drilling, oil, Daniel Henninger, cars, policy, politics, fossil fuels — Relevance: 1%
Cap and Trade Part 3 – You Ask, “What?” I Say, “How Wide?”: Which greenhouse gas emissions do you find when you look under a cap and trader? by erica — last modified Jul 10, 2009 10:15 AM — filed under: cap and trade, oil, transportation, automobile, economics, global warming, climate change, acid rain program, carbon dioxide emissions, agriculture, economy — Relevance: 1%
Statistical Grok on Oil: A 'Crude' Awakening?: Let's say you could choose where to get additional oil from. And let's say your choice was between three sources. Which would you choose? The option that got ... by erica — last modified Apr 01, 2009 02:30 PM — filed under: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Statistically Speaking, statistically speaking, oil drilling, oil, fossil fuels — Relevance: 1%
Is Drilling the Answer? Part II: Last month I <a href="http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/oildrilling">showed</a> that lifting the ban on offshore drilling could meet only about 1 ... by erica — last modified Aug 27, 2009 10:17 AM — filed under: oil drilling, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, oil — Relevance: 1%
When Is Greenwashing at Play?: Green is in. No question that is a good thing. But how can we tell true green from "greenwashing"? Some years back I was accused of aiding and abetting a ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 02:13 PM — filed under: carbon footprint, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, consumers, business, oil company, cars, energy, corn ethanol, automakers, George W. Bush, oil, California, climate change, greenwashing, corporations — Relevance: 1%
Statistically Speaking: Hurricanes, Oil, Infrastructure: When a hurricane strikes, it’s big news. Neighborhoods and homes are destroyed; people and pets are stranded; then the aftermath -- people returning to pick up ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:44 PM — filed under: oil, Statistically Speaking, statistically speaking, oil drilling, hurricanes — Relevance: 1%
With Gas Pump Crunch, Is Oil Shale to the 'Rescue'?: Supply and demand: the current oil crunch provides a refresher course on these market drivers. As rising demand for petroleum has begun to outstrip supply, ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 02:09 PM — filed under: oil shale, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, transportation, cars, gasoline, oil drilling, oil — Relevance: 1%
Hold Off on That Gas Guzzler: With oil prices way down maybe your neighbor is thinking now's a good time for that shiny new gas guzzler. Good idea? I’d say no. What goes down goes up. by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 12:18 PM — filed under: oil, peak oil, economics, gasoline, oil drilling, economy — Relevance: 1%
Is Drilling the Answer?: The United States has an estimated 112 billion barrels of potentially recoverable oil. Sounds like a lot, doesn’t it? Well, actually, it's not all that ... by erica — last modified May 19, 2009 10:52 AM — filed under: oil drilling, oil — Relevance: 1%
The U.A.E. and the U.S.: While in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on business last week, I expected to find an alien country. What I found instead was a place maybe not so foreign after ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 01:55 PM — filed under: oil, business, natural gas, United Arab Emirates, energy, recycling, water, coal, solar, renewable energy, carbon dioxide emissions — Relevance: 1%
Update: Wind, Oil Drilling and Politics: With so much attention on the U.S. financial crisis this week, you might have missed the movement of two energy-related bills. Here's a short recap along with ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 01:23 PM — filed under: oil, oil drilling, solar, politics, wind — Relevance: 1%
Big Oil 'Sneaks' onto the WSJ's Op-ed Pages: Visited the Wall Street Journal's editorial pages lately? A spate of editorials and op-ed's about climate change, energy, and the folly of limiting U.S. ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 02:17 PM — filed under: oil, climate change, greenhouse gases, oil drilling, Wall Street Journal — Relevance: 1%
The Green Grok's Oil Glossary: by erica — last modified Oct 16, 2008 10:09 AM — filed under: oil drilling, oil — Relevance: 1%
Obama On Tar Sands - Or Should I Say Oil Sands: Yesterday President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Harper talked about Canadian tar sands. They spoke of them euphemistically, calling them “oil sands.” ... by erica — last modified Mar 16, 2009 11:55 AM — filed under: Canada, oil shale, oil, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, global warming, tar sands, global economy, Barack Obama, Stephen Harper, Carol Browner, pollution — Relevance: 1%
Statistically Speaking: How Much Exxon Valdez Oil Remains?: Oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill continues to threaten wildlife and fish in the Prince William Sound ecosystem (see our <a ... by erica — last modified Aug 27, 2009 10:16 AM — filed under: crude oil, wildlife, oil, Statistically Speaking, fish, oceans, Exxon Valdez, oil spill, birds — Relevance: 1%
Exxon Valdez 20 Years Later: Prince William Sound, 2009. Pictures of picturesque beaches and icy-blue waters might suggest that the effects of the 1989 oil spill are long gone. Dig a ... by erica — last modified Apr 01, 2009 01:54 PM — filed under: oil, waste, oil company, oil spill, oceans, Exxon Valdez, Prince William Sound, ecosystems, fossil fuels, pollution — Relevance: 1%
The Road to 21st Century Transportation: The way Americans are getting from point A to point B is changing. It is not yet clear how the government will respond. by erica — last modified Mar 31, 2009 02:16 PM — filed under: oil, transportation, legislation, cars, economics, gasoline, mass transit, public transportation, tax — Relevance: 1%
Statistically Speaking: New Fuel Resources - Worth Drilling For?: A bill just passed by a Senate committee would open the eastern Gulf of Mexico to drilling. What's the potential gain? by erica — last modified Jun 19, 2009 09:22 AM — filed under: U.S. Congress, oil, natural gas, energy, legislation, oil drilling, oil reserves, policy, politics, oil resources — Relevance: 1%

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