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Oil Industry Awaits Assurances on Drilling Ban

September 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

During a conference call with bloggers Friday, American Petroleum Institute President Red Cavaney elaborated on his organization’s cautiously optimistic position on the future of the oil and natural gas industry.
“I think we should temper any enthusiasm with a sort of realistic look about what lies ahead,” Cavaney said, speaking 48 hours after House Democrats announced [...]

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Blogger Calls for Americans to ‘Drill Congress!’

May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

I typed the words, “energy independence,” in a Google News Search and found articles about algae, wind and other renewable sources of energy being touted as solutions to the current crisis that has Americans paying record-high prices for fuel. While I agree that some renewable sources of energy — corn ethanol excluded — hold [...]

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Myanmar Rulers Stubborn Like Democrats

May 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

News reports during the past 24 hours reveal that a 46-year-old stubborn streak running through the hearts of government leaders in Myanmar closely resembles one that’s been embedded in the bleeding hearts of Congressional Democrats for nearly three decades.
Myanmar Rulers Stubborn
Members of the ruling junta in Myanmar (a.k.a., Burma) have refused the vast majority of [...]

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