 Google images Gas isn't like a rare bottle of wine that fetches a high price just because it's rare. But at the same time, no one can agree what drives gas prices. Demand for gasoline in the U.S. is at its lowest point in more than a decade; domestic oil production is at an eight-year high. TAGGED: Nebraska, Alberta, Bill McKibben, Obama administration, canada, New Hampshire, tar sands oil, Keystone XL pipelineRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| Calgary, Alberta -- This is the heart of Canada's tar-sands boom, whose promoters, including the current governments both here and in Ottawa, Canada's capital, claim is Canada's economic future. Whether it is ... more ›› |
| While refinery workers of the United Steelworkers held demonstrations in Washington Feb. 15 to protest the closure of two Philadelphia area refineries and the likely closure of a third in June, their leader continued his support... more ›› |
| Under President Barack Obama, while we still lack a formal energy program that's been developed in Congress, there's little question that we're now operating under a de facto energy program created by presidential fiat. more ›› |
| In a recent Sunday talk show, House Speaker John Boehner described the Keystone XL oil pipeline as “the epitome of a shovel ready job project.” Though it’s tempting to dismiss that characterization out of hand... more ›› |
| The U.S. State Department announced on January 19th that they would deny the current application for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry petroleum from Canada's oil sands through the Midwest to refineries in Texas. It... more ›› |
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