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Surging oil prices, bailout anxiety, the demise of the modern investment bank... It's a wonder the Dow didn't fall even further
By Andrew Leonard
September 22, 2008
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Pressure to settle cases means that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration collects less than half the fines it levies. But the real cost comes in worker health and safety.
By Robert Lewis
September 17, 2008
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The "culture of ethical failure" in one Interior Department agency has serious implications for the Republicans' offshore-drilling plans, so why aren't Democrats making it an issue?
By Alex Koppelman
September 11, 2008
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Put away the Quayle and Eagleton comparisons. Palin's for real, and on the key issue of energy policy, she has to be reckoned with
By Andrew Leonard
September 4, 2008
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Offshore, onshore, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- the Republican vice-presidential nominee makes no bones about it: Drill!
By Andrew Leonard
August 29, 2008
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The oil tycoon's support of John McCain for president demonstrates that his heavily advertised plan for wind power is only hot air.
By Joseph Romm
August 28, 2008
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For Muslim women yearning for political power, Allah is not the problem.
By Andrew Leonard
August 26, 2008
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Most economists are still resisting the theory that oil markets were manipulated earlier this year, but some new evidence is testing their resolve
By Andrew Leonard
August 22, 2008
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With crude oil prices $30 below their peak, analysts are suffering whiplash. But no matter how low they go, it won't be for long.
By Andrew Leonard
August 19, 2008
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Busting the myths about cheap and unlimited oil being broadcast by Rush Limbaugh, Jerome Corsi and other dinosaurs.
By Peter Dizikes
August 18, 2008
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Neither candidate speaks with much candor about solving the energy crisis. But the GOP will use U.S. oil drilling as a weapon against Obama.
By Walter Shapiro
August 18, 2008
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China and India battle for a London-based energy company pumping oil in Siberia and Kazakhstan. That's globalization, folks.
By Andrew Leonard
August 5, 2008
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Reality, of the military and petroleum-based variety, forced the administration to change course. Now Bush sounds like Obama.
By Juan Cole
July 31, 2008
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The conservative icon reinvents himself as a supporter of government intervention in the economy. Give me my state-subsidized SUV, or give me death!
By Andrew Leonard
July 29, 2008
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John McCain's plan to counterprogram Barack Obama's Berlin speech by talking about offshore drilling was poorly timed, to say the least.
By Alex Koppelman
July 24, 2008
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T. Boone Pickens, who gave millions to support the Swift Boat Veterans, among other GOP causes, is now focusing on energy independence instead.
By Alex Koppelman
July 23, 2008
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In its latest spot, John McCain's campaign blames Barack Obama for high gas prices, but the ad is less than honest.
By Alex Koppelman
July 21, 2008
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Despite the evidence to the contrary, conservative pundit Larry Kudlow credits a press availability by President Bush with a drop in the price of oil.
By Alex Koppelman
July 15, 2008
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Energy traders scramble to unload their holdings after the organization suggests the world isn't as hungry for crude as it used to be.
By Andrew Leonard
July 15, 2008
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What was the Bush administration's involvement in the recent deals?
By Nick Turse
July 14, 2008
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Some Democratic politicians are talking about a deal on new drilling. But they're not asking for enough in return for their surrender
By Andrew Leonard
July 10, 2008
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More storms, more Mideast turmoil, more fun with the price of oil.
By Andrew Leonard
July 9, 2008
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Same old song and dance: A new record for the price of oil, and more bad employment numbers for the U.S. economy
By Andrew Leonard
July 3, 2008
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The high price of gas is encouraging the world's biggest retailer to buy locally.
By Andrew Leonard
July 1, 2008
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It took awhile, but the market finally realized there's only so much of that black gold to go around.
By Andrew Leonard
June 26, 2008
Paulson plan euphoria fades: Dow down 373
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