Members of the mainstream media -- people who call themselves "journalists" -- seem to have paid absolutely no attention to a Congressional Research Service report on energy released Oct. 27 -- this, despite the fact that two energy-related measures (i.e., the Kerry-Boxer and...
The United States could be energy independent if it possessed the collective political will to make it happen. After all, the country has the largest energy reserves on earth, according to a recently-released Congressional Research Service report. As shown in the first chart...
No I am not talking about climate change, but an acceptable New World Order. Well it’s about the money that makes this tired old world go around yes the dirty ragged dollars. Whilst the land of the free has been...
I put 10 gallons of gas in my pickup the other day. It cost me about $2.50 more than it did the week before.Not a large amount. But take that amount times the nearly 200 million drivers in the United States, and...
Oil is the most versatile and energy dense resource we have yet to discover. Often foolishly bedeviled by green energy supporters as a polluting fossil fuel, we would all of us in fact
Greenpeace activists have shut down a 155,000 barrel a day operation in Shell's Albian Sands mine just north of Fort McMurray, which is located in northern Alberta, Canada. The 25 activists from Canada, the U.S....
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" All the talk is about China’s green revolution at the moment, but everywhere I turn it seems to be gobbling up another multi-billion pound gas contract or oil company. Officials may be making all the...
" It is certain that British troops will quit Afghanistan in the next few years, leaving that country, as it is now, corrupt, repressive and ruled either by warlords or mullahs. When that day comes, what will...
Chevron’s Ecuador problem forces Andy Rooney to drop the H-bomb… something he really, really, hates to do. WATCH IT HERE We love Andy Rooney and he gets mad at a lot of things (like iphones or Ali G). But now...
opinion by njmagel | 11 wks ago | updated 11 wks ago 79 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
I don't mind what people call me, never really have, never really will - a progressive, a Marxist, Communist, Liberal, Left-wing, Socialist - all those are very fine with me.But, mostly I am, and steadfastly - a cynic.If you don't really know what a cynic is - well, you will...
On the surface, it has all the makings of a classic David vs. Goliath tale -- an ostensibly exploitative multinational oil company plundering the pristine rain forests of impoverished, indigenous inhabitants. The $27 billion lawsuit against the Chevron Corporation was...
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"British Columbia has positioned itself as a leader in tackling global warming. Yet the province’s natural environment and climate leadership are being threatened from beyond its borders by the federal...
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Bin Laden had joined the hill tribesmen in a war against the Russians the al-Qaeda movement however has no true relationship to the religious fanatical Taliban other than being funded from Saudi Arabia by...
By, Uwe Paschen. E.U. Suspends all aid to Niger and freezes all accounts. After Failure of the Niger Government to comply with EU demands as reported in an earlier post. (See links at the end of this post.)...
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Pakistan is at a very sensitive juncture in its tenure of a nation. It has been in the limelight for the last one year due to its geared up involvement in the war against terrorism. Pakistan has lead its armed forces into its northern areas to combat against militants. The...