Grassfire.org announced this afternoon that more than 100,000 citizens have signed a petition calling upon Congress to stay in session until a ban on offshore drilling is lifted. The text of the nonprofit group’s news release appears below: CHESAPEAKE, Va., July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Unsure of the economy and feeling a bite at the pumps, [...]
Congress Should Delay Recess, Lift Drilling Ban
July 23rd, 2008 · 7 Comments
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Call Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Now!
July 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made a show out of calling upon Americans to call President George W. Bush and demand he fix the problems causing the price of fuel to skyrocket. In reality, the slightly-out-of-date chart above shows who is largely responsible for skyrocketing gas prices today. If you’re fed up with [...]
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Legislation Needed Now to Allow More Drilling
June 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Skyrocketing gas prices seem to be dominating news headlines alongside discussions about the propriety of increasing oil and natural gas exploration efforts in the United States. Raised in the oil patch of rural Oklahoma, I’m understandably drawn — like a moth to a flame, I am — to those headlines and discussions. So here’s my [...]
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Despite Earnings, ExxonMobil Deserves Better
July 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Today, I expect many in the blogosphere will be put off by my words below. Why? Because I stand on the side of ExxonMobil and others in the petroleum and natural gas industry when I say they deserve better treatment from journalists, politicians and members of the public at large. I was reminded of my [...]
Tags: · Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, Class Warfare, Democrat Presidential Candidates, Earnings Reports, Energy Independence, Environmental Defense, ExxonMobil, ExxonMobil Earnings Report, Fossil Fuels, Greenpeace, High Gas Prices, Investor Relations Department, Mexico, Oil Exploration, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Political Rhetoric, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela
Rudy Issues Campaign ‘Talking Points’
June 18th, 2007 · No Comments
Having spent the bulk of my 20-plus years of professional life in the business of public and media relations, I’ve prepared and used “talking points” on many occasions. Talking points are particularly useful when dealing with members of the news media and with members of constituency groups, especially when the issues being discussed are potentially [...]
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