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Video:	Palin's Nonsensical Answer on Domestic Energy	View Video
Published:	9/18/2008	View Comments (1)
Submitted by:	Picka 105 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Government and Elections & Energy Independence

Website:	Barack Obama - New Energy for America Plan	View Website
Founded:	8/31/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 127 days ago	Add Comment
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Website:	John McCain - Jobs for America	View Website
Founded:	8/31/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 127 days ago	Add Comment
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Website:	Barack Obama's Emergency Economic Plan	View Website
Founded:	8/30/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 127 days ago	Add Comment
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Website:	DOE - Strategic Petroleum Reserve	View Website
Founded:	8/21/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 137 days ago	Add Comment
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Website:	Energy Information Agency	View Website
Founded:	8/19/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 139 days ago	Add Comment
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Website:	Stop Oil Speculators	View Website
Founded:	8/19/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 139 days ago	Add Comment
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Website:	Wikipedia - Price Anderson Act	View Website
Founded:	8/18/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 140 days ago	Add Comment
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Website:	Public Citizen	View Website
Founded:	8/18/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 140 days ago	Add Comment
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Article:	Obama pokes at McCain over tire-pressure issue	View Article
Published:	8/6/2008 by NewsVine	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 127 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Energy & Energy Independence

Article Details: Barack Obama taunted Republican presidential rival John McCain on Wednesday for first ridiculing him for advising voters to keep tires inflated and then later acknowledging that the practice saves gasoline. In mocking Obama, McCain told a motorcycle rally in Sturgis, S.D.: "My opponent doesn't want to drill, he doesn't want nuclear power, he wants you to inflate your tires." The Republican National Committee widely distributed tire pressure gauges labeled "Obama energy plan" and suggested that w

Article:	Obama wants to sell oil out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Should we?	View Article
Published:	8/5/2008 by Time Blog - The Curious Capitalist	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 137 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Energy & Energy Independence

Article Details: Obama appears to have been listening to Verleger--he says he "supports releasing light oil from the SPR now and replacing it later with heavier crude." (Light=sweet, heavy=sour.) How much? About 70 million barrels, or a tenth of the total reserves. The main problem with the proposal is timing. Oil prices are dropping already.

Article:	Obama Calls for Tapping Petroleum Reserve	View Article
Published:	8/4/2008 by Washington Post	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 127 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Energy & Energy Independence

Article Details: Barack Obama today called for using oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help lower gas prices in the short term, marking the second time in recent days that he has modified his position on an energy issue as he argues he would be more effective in reducing pain at the pump than would John McCain.

Article:	Obama Proposes Tapping Oil Reserve to Ease Prices	View Article
Published:	8/4/2008 by Bloomberg.com	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 128 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Energy & Energy Independence

Article Details: Barack Obama called on the government to release light crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to drive down gasoline prices, which have created a drag on the economy. Obama proposed releasing light crude, which is easier to refine, and replacing it later with heavy crude oil in a swap intended to retain reserve levels. ``We should sell 70 million barrels of oil from our Strategic Petroleum Reserve for less expensive crude, which in the past has lowered gas prices within two weeks,''

Article:	Obama Opens the Door to Offshore Drilling	View Article
Published:	8/1/2008 by Washington Post	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 127 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Energy & Energy Independence

Article Details: Sen. Barack Obama suggested he could accept an expansion of offshore oil drilling today if it is in a broader package of energy measures that would free the logjam on energy bills in Congress. "My interest is in making sure we've got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices," Obama said. "If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental

Article:	McCain: Offshore Drilling Could Provide Relief in Months	View Article
Published:	7/28/2008 by CNN Politics	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 127 days ago	Add Comment
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Article Details: John McCain again pushed for offshore drilling, and suggested it could provide relief to American consumers "within a matter of months." "There are some instances within a matter of months, they could be getting additional oil. In some cases, it would be a matter of a year," McCain said at a press conference in Bakersfield, California. "In some cases, it could take longer than that depending on the location and whether or not you use existing rigs or you have to install new rigs. But there is a

Quote:	John McCain on Energy Independence 7/24/2008	View Quote
Published:	7/24/2008	View Person
Submitted by:	Shayon 165 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: "I'm sorry Congress is gridlocked again on offshore drilling. When I'm president, we'll all sit down together and work this out."

Article:	GOP kills effort to release oil from US stockpile	View Article
Published:	7/24/2008 by AP	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Shayon 165 days ago	Add Comment
Category:	Energy Independence

Article Details: House Republicans on Thursday scuttled a bill that Democrats hoped would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department to release 70 million barrels of oil — about a three-day supply — from the national stockpile.

Article:	Pickens urges action on energy crisis	View Article
Published:	7/22/2008 by CNN	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Shayon 167 days ago	Add Comment
Category:	Energy Independence

Article Details: Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens told Congress Tuesday that the government must act quickly to curb the nation's dependence on foreign oil.

Article:	In Maine, McCain reiterates stance on oil	View Article
Published:	7/21/2008 by NECN.com	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Shayon 167 days ago	Add Comment
Category:	Energy Independence

Article Details: Republican Senator John McCain is in Maine this afternoon. This morning, McCain spent some time at the Bush compound and later he'll head to South Portland for an event at the Maine Military Museum. McCain has two agenda items today: money and votes.

Article:	Candidates Clash On Impact Of Offshore Drilling	View Article
Published:	7/16/2008 by NPR	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 139 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: John McCain says, "I think that this — and perhaps providing additional incentives to permit exploration off their coasts — would be very helpful in the short term for resolving our energy crisis." Barack Obama says, "It would have long-term consequences for our coastlines, but no short-term benefits, since it would take at least 10 years to get any oil," adding that, "offshore drilling would not lower gas prices today."

Article:	Schwarzenegger criticizes McCain's offshore drilling proposal	View Article
Published:	6/26/2008 by L.A. Times	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 139 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made a veiled swipe at Republican presidential hopeful John McCain on Thursday when he said at a climate conference here that anyone suggesting offshore oil drilling could bring down gas prices was "blowing smoke." The remark was also a dig at his host, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who riled environmentalists, tourism promoters and the state's political leaders on both sides of the aisle last week when he voiced support for McCain's proposal to lift bans on exploring fo

Article:	Obama Assails Remarks by McCain on Offshore Oil Drilling	View Article
Published:	6/25/2008 by New York Times	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 127 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Energy & Energy Independence

Article Details: Senator Barack Obama took a poke at his Republican opponent on Tuesday, saying that for Senator John McCain to talk of a “psychological benefit” from expanded offshore drilling is to define that policy as a gimmick. Mr. Obama was responding to remarks that Mr. McCain made on Monday in Fresno, Calif., when he observed that even though the nation might take years to benefit from offshore drilling, “exploiting those reserves would have psychological impact that I think is beneficial.”

Article:	'Enron loophole' enables oil speculation	View Article
Published:	6/24/2008 by Washington Times	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 140 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: The speculative trading that has helped drive oil prices over $135 a barrel continues largely unchecked despite much talk and repeated attempts by Congress and regulators to rein it in this year. "At $135 per barrel, the U.S. will spend $1 trillion per year on oil, which is equal to 15 percent of the $6.8 trillion in take-home pay of everyone who pays taxes."

Article:	John McCain Wants to Drill in Your Toilet	View Article
Published:	6/23/2008 by Truthout	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 195 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Business and Economy & Energy Independence

Article Details: That is not true, as far I know, but it makes about as much sense as McCain's plans to drill off the coast of Florida and in other environmentally sensitive areas. This is McCain's response to the pain of millions of families hit by $4 a gallon of gas. While the pain is real, the former straight-talker's plan will not help, and he knows it.

Video:	The Enron Loophole Driving Up Oil Prices - MSNBC	View Video
Published:	6/20/2008	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 195 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Business and Economy & Energy Independence

Article:	Bush Will Seek to End Offshore Oil Drilling Ban	View Article
Published:	6/18/2008 by New York Times	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 139 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: President Bush, reversing a longstanding position, will call on Congress to end a federal ban on offshore oil drilling. Mr. Bush now wants to work with states to determine where drilling should occur, but states would have a veto on oil exploration within 100 miles of their coastlines. Mr. Bush now wants to work with states to determine where drilling should occur. The Congressional moratorium was first enacted in 1982, and has been renewed every year since.

Article:	John McCain's Oil Scam	View Article
Published:	6/18/2008 by Informed Comment	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 195 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Business and Economy & Energy Independence

Article Details: If all the known offshore fields were drilled and panned out, the lower 48's oil production would be increased by 7%. That would be 300,000 barrels a day and would make very little difference whatsoever to current oil prices even if it could be brought online right now. It would be a matter of a few pennies. And, in fact, if there were to be any impact of all of offshore drilling on prices, it would not come until 2020 or even 2030.

Article:	Oil Trading's Powerful "Dark Markets"	View Article
Published:	6/17/2008 by CBS News	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 139 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: As gas prices skyrocket, attention has turned to public "pits," where brokers trade "oil futures" - the right to buy or sell crude oil at a specific price, on a future date. But far away from the hue and cry, hundreds of millions of barrels of oil futures contracts are traded electronically every day. More than 30 percent, experts say, exchanged in so-called "dark markets," the exact size and scope unknown to U.S. regulators.

Article:	Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)	View Article
Published:	6/16/2008 by SourceWatch	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 140 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: The Nuclear Energy Institute claims to be "the policy organization of the nuclear energy and technologies industry and participates in both the national and global policy-making process." An opposing critic labels NEI as "the propaganda wing and trade group for the American nuclear industry [which] spends millions of dollars annually to engineer public opinion."

Article:	Regulators Probe Oil Speculation	View Article
Published:	5/30/2008 by Washington Times	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 139 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: Federal regulators disclosed that they are six months into a wide-ranging investigation to determine whether illegal manipulation of the oil market by Wall Street speculators, hedge funds and investment banks is driving up fuel prices. Concern has been growing that a speculative frenzy since the end of last year has helped to drive oil and food prices to unprecedented and unwarranted levels, creating hardships for consumers worldwide.

Article:	McCain, Obama on Environment, Energy	View Article
Published:	5/21/2008 by Reuters	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Shayon 165 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: With crude oil prices surging to record highs above $130 a barrel, energy and environmental issues like global warming have moved to the forefront of the U.S. presidential campaign. Here is what Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, who is close to capturing his party's nomination, are saying about energy and the environment:

Article:	McCain Defends 'Enron Loophole'	View Article
Published:	5/19/2008 by Baltimore Chronicle	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 139 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: Sen. John McCain says he opposes the $307 billion farm bill because it would dole out wasteful subsidies, but his chief economic adviser Phil Gramm also wants to stop its proposed regulation of energy futures trading, a market that was famously abused when Enron manipulated California’s electricity prices in 2001. An aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity, acknowledged that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee also opposes the farm bill because Gramm advised McCain that he should r

Article:	Nuclear Pork: Enough is enough	View Article
Published:	5/10/2008 by Gristmill - Joseph Romm	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 140 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: After more than $70 billion dollars in direct subsidies, billions more in insurance subsidies, plus another $13 billion available through the energy policy act of 2005, Sen. McCain and others still feel that climate legislation must not merely create a price for carbon dioxide that would advantage all carbon-free sources of energy, but that we must also throw billions more dollars of pork at the industry. At some point, infatuation has turned to infatuation.

Article:	Clinton-McCain gas tax holiday slammed as bad idea	View Article
Published:	4/30/2008 by Reuters	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 127 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Energy & Energy Independence

Article Details: A gas tax holiday proposed by U.S. presidential hopefuls John McCain and Hillary Clinton is viewed as a bad idea by many economists and has drawn unexpected support for Clinton rival Barack Obama, who also is opposed. "Score one for Obama," wrote Greg Mankiw, a former chairman of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers. "In light of the side effects associated with driving ... gasoline taxes should be higher than they are, not lower."

Article:	What Nuclear Renaissance?	View Article
Published:	4/24/2008 by The Nation	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 140 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: In an effort to jump-start a "nuclear renaissance," the Bush Administration has pushed one package of subsidies after another. But no new atomic power stations have been fully licensed or have broken ground. And two newly proposed projects have just been shelved. The fundamental fact is that nuclear power is too expensive and risky to attract the necessary commercial investors.

Article:	The "hoarding" and "speculation" in commodities	View Article
Published:	4/22/2008 by Unenumerated (Forbes)	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 139 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: Commodity prices now reflect more the value of commodities as stores of value and hedges or media of exchange, i.e. their values as money substitutes or hedges, than they reflect demand for their industrial consumption. Demand for the oft-dreaded but ill-understood "hoarding" and "speculation", that is storing extra commodities (often off-the-books) and the purchase of extra commodity futures and other commodity derivatives to hedge transactions based on government currencies, will remain strong

Article:	Renewable Energy R&D Funding History	View Article
Published:	4/9/2008 by Congressional Research Service	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 140 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: This CRS Report for Congress provides a cumulative history of Department of Energy (DOE) funding for renewable energy compared with funding for the other energy technologies — nuclear energy, fossil energy, and energy efficiency.

Article:	As Nuclear Waste Languishes, Expense to U.S. Rises	View Article
Published:	2/17/2008 by New York Times	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 128 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Energy & Energy Independence

Article Details: Forgotten but not gone, the waste from more than 100 nuclear reactors that the federal government was supposed to start accepting for burial 10 years ago is still at the reactor sites, at least 20 years behind schedule. But it is making itself felt in the federal budget. With court orders and settlements, the federal government has already paid the utilities $342 million, but is virtually certain to pay a total of at least $7 billion in the next few years and probably over $11 billion, governmen

Article:	Made in the USA: The Causes of High Oil Prices	View Article
Published:	1/7/2008 by PKVerleger LLC	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 137 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Energy & Energy Independence

Article Details: The U.S. Department of Energy resumed adding sweet crude to the Strategic Reserve (SPR) in August 2007. At the time, crude prices were $70 per barrel. DOE’s decision ignited the rise toward $100. On the heels of its “success,” DOE announced it would double the input rate of sweet crude into the SPR. In effect, the price rise has been Made in America. Prices of sweet crude increased for two reasons. First, the supply is very limited. Second,refiners are willing to pay a very high price for it bec

Article:	Oil Prices Blamed on U.S. Crude Reserve Buildup	View Article
Published:	12/12/2007 by US News and World Report	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 127 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Business and Economy & Energy Independence

Article Details: Did the Bush administration's move in August to resume filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve—taking off the market a crucial amount of favored light, sweet crude supply—trigger one of the largest oil price run-ups in history? One leading petroleum economist, Philip Verleger, thinks there is no other plausible explanation why oil rocketed from the low $70s to almost $100 per barrel in November.

Article:	Philip K. Verleger, Jr. Testimony to US Senate SubCommittee	View Article
Published:	12/11/2007 by Peterson Institute	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 137 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Energy & Energy Independence

Article Details: The rise in light sweet crude prices to almost $100 per barrel in November came about because the U.S. Department of Energy has been removing a significant share of the daily volume of this type of crude from the market for storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Light sweet crude demand has been boosted by new environmental regulations requiring the removal of almost all sulfur from diesel fuel sold in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Article:	Loan Guarantee Provisions in Energy Bills: Nuclear Power Taxpayer Risk and Liability?	View Article
Published:	10/30/2007	View Comments (0)
Submitted by:	Picka 140 days ago	Add Comment
Categories:	Environment & Energy Independence

Article Details: Loan guarantees are used by the federal government to promote key areas of industry and encourage commercial development. GAO says: “Federal loan guarantee programs help borrowers get credit from private sector lenders—the federal government guarantees to pay lenders if the borrowers default on loans, which makes extending credit more attractive to lenders.”