Tag: oil drilling
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“Drill-baby-drill” worthless for lowering gas prices says 36-years of data
Slogan might sway elections, has no effect on gasoline prices- Whenever the price of gasoline rises, we hear what is by now a coordinated shout that there needs to be more domestic oil drilling and “damn, the damn bunnies” and the rest of the wildlife too. Thirty seconds thought tells a person that a short…
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Gulf oil spill could hit Louisiana coast Thursday night
Oh yes, let’s drill for a lot more off-shore oil. They have great, green technology now! Although this Administration is not responsible for this huge oil leak, it highlights their boneheaded policy of greatly expanded off-shore drilling. It looks like this could be almost as bad as the 1989 Alaska catastrophe with the Exxon Valdez…
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Good news: Drilling off Alaska can't proceed without further environmental review
Appeals panel rules that the Interior Department didn’t adequately analyze a Bush administration plan to auction off leases in the Arctic seas- Drilling off Alaska can’t proceed without further environmental review. By James Oliphant and Kim Murphy. LA Times. An off-shore oil spill into the Arctic Ocean would be a terrible disaster.
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BLM, NPS to settle? Utah parks may yet escape oil drilling
Lease sale for Dec. 19 might exclude parcels adjacent to national parks- Utah parks may yet escape oil drilling. Land lease » BLM and Park Service may settle their dispute today. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune – – – – Original story in this blog from Nov. 9Utah oil and gas lease sale…
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Do you remember the chant Drill, Drill, Drill?
It was important to drill everywhere even if it would only reduce gas prices by a penny or two over 20 years- That’s were the Republicans were saying just a couple months ago. It was the only solution, they said. In Pocatello, Idaho the price of gasoline is $1.89/gal. $1.75 (11/25). This summer it hit…