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Drilling in ALaska's ANWR Shown to be Bad Economic Policy
A new 12 minute video, available here, shows that opening Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drillling would not only be bad for the environment - it would also be bad economic policy for all...Pumping Us Dry
The very first thing George W. Bush did in response to Hurricane Katrina was to offer a helping hand --- not to the people stranded on rooftops in New Orleans, but to his friends in the oil industry. These were the same people who gave him $52 million in his last campaign....Katrina's real name - The Boston Globe
Katrina's real name By Ross Gelbspan | August 30, 2005 The Boston Globe THE HURRICANE that struck Louisiana yesterday was nicknamed Katrina by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global warming. When the year began with a two-foot snowfall in Los Angeles, the...US to open emergency oil stocks
The US government is to release oil from the country's emergency stocks to help offset production cuts caused by Hurricane Katrina. With seven oil rigs shut down in the Gulf of Mexico following the storm, the aim...
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Gas prices seen well over $3 on Katrina
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. retail gasoline prices will probably vault well over $3.00 per gallon in most parts of the country as early as this weekend after Hurricane Katrina devastated the energy industry in the...
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Experts say rising gas prices spur thefts, violence
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The death of an Alabama service station owner illustrates the point that a gasoline industry group makes over and over to its members: Losing money during a drive-off isn't worth losing your life. Husain "Tony" Caddi, 54, died Friday after being...NPR : Record Crude Oil Prices and the U.S. Economy
Economic analyst Howard Davidowitz joins host Alex Chadwick to discuss the effects that record high crude oil and gas prices are having on America's retail sector. Gasoline prices have topped $3 in some cities,...Edmonton man addicted to updating gas prices
Though I have always thought GasBuddy and EdmontonGasPrices.com were kind of a funny concept. If you found cheap gas, wouldn't you instinctively want to keep it a secret? To keep it all for yourself? Maybe I'm just selfish. The other reason I thought it was a funny concept...Delta, three other airlines raise fares
Four airlines, including Tampa International Airport's second-largest carrier -- Delta Air Lines Inc. -- raised their fares Thursday on some flights in an effort to counteract rising fuels prices.Nationwide Gas Prices Set Another Record (AP)
AP - Retail gas prices hit another record high over the past three weeks, mirroring a rapid increase in the cost of crude oil, according to a nationwide survey released Sunday.Cheney to tour Alberta oilsands
CALGARY (CP) American Vice-President Dick Cheney is to jet into Alberta next month to tour the province's energy-rich oilsands, said Premier Ralph Klein. Speaking at the premiers meeting in Banff Friday, Klein said U.S. President George W. Bush's right-hand man would arrive...Our Voracious Appetite for Oil Corrupts Mideast Policy
Cynthia Tucker - After weeks of wearying hours, tedious research, fist-pounding debates and nerve-racking compromise, Congress passed historic legislation last week that promises to put the nation on the track to energy independence by the year 2050. OK, just kidding. Our...Biomass for biofuel isn't worth it
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Turning plants such as corn, soybeans and sunflowers into fuel uses much more energy than the resulting ethanol or biodiesel generates, according to a new Cornell University and University...Oil prices hit $60 as storms stoke fears - Yahoo! News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped on Tuesday as tropical storms threatening the Gulf of Mexico added to worries that supplies will fail to build in time for peak fourth-quarter demand. U.S. oil prices...Snow says oil prices hurting economy-CNBC
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow acknowledged on Tuesday that record high oil prices are beginning to take their toll on the U.S. economy, but not enough to derail the economy's strong...
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