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Drawn and Quartered
Peter Bromhead / Dominion-Post Wellington and Sunday-Star Times / Auckland, New Zealand.The Rag Blog / Posted July 5, 2008
World Petroleum Congress : Pointing the Finger
OPEC: It’s the speculators!By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / July 4, 2008 The world economy depends on cheap oil. So when it disappears it isunderstandable that there is dissension and finger pointing among thesellers. Nevertheless, when the guys … Continue reading
Bush Urges Expanded Drilling Of Alaskan Wildlife
Hole in one! Workers near Alaska’s Lake Teshekpuk take a core sample from a grizzly bear cub. Image courtesy The Onion.Drilling of polar bears, grizzlies, porpoises plannedWASHINGTON, DC — Following a recent ruling by a U.S. District Court that blocked … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Ecology, Energy, Environment, Fauna, Humor, Nature, Satire
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Two For The Road : Heading For The Exit Lane
By 2012 there should be roughly 10 million fewer vehicles on the road in America… We stand at a turning point for US transport. Real gasoline prices have already surpassed the peak levels that followed the second OPEC oil shocks, … Continue reading
Two For the Road : Killing Off the Small Town
A road going to Leeton, Missouri, population 619. Photo by jelene’s photostream.High Gas Prices Threaten to DrainSmall Towns’ PopulationsBy Donald Bradley / June 28, 2008 LEETON, Missouri – In this small town south of Warrensburg, directions usually begin with, “From … Continue reading
Jim Hightower : Surprise! It’s About the Oil
Bush’s Iraq Oil Grab By Jim Hightower / June 30, 2008 Out of the question. Don’t be silly. Never was a factor. Such are the absolutes that George W, Cheney, Rummy and other Bushites have employed whenever anyone has suggested … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, George W. Bush, Imperialism, Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Jim Hightower, Oil Companies
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Draw!
Dario Castillejos / Imparcial de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.The Rag Blog / posted June 28, 2008
Exxon Valdez – An Inevitability, Not an Accident
Court Rewards Exxon for Valdez Spillby Greg Palast / June 26, 2008 Twenty years after Exxon Valdez slimed over one thousand miles of Alaskan beaches, the company has yet to pay the $5 billion in punitive damages awarded by the … Continue reading
The Earth : Love It Or Lose It, Solar Energy Dept.
Photovoltaic electrical generation array.Solar Power to the RescueBy Paul Spencer / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2008 Paul Spencer is a former Austin activist and staff member of sixties/seventies underground newsppaper The Rag, who has been running for president … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Ecology, Economy, Energy, Solar Energy, Sustainability
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Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence
Living off the fat of the landBy Barbara Ehrenreich / June 24, 2008 Everyone talks about our terrible dependency on oil — foreign and otherwise — but hardly anyone mentions what it is. Fossil fuel, all right, but whose fossils? … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Energy, Humor, Liposuction, Obesity, Satire
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Let the Oil Execs Answer to the Facts
James HansenPut oil firm chiefs on trial, says leading climate change scientistBy Ed Pilkington /June 23, 2008 James Hansen, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, will today call for the chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to be … Continue reading
Protesting High Fuel Prices, Samarindan-Style
East Kalimentan is in Indonesia. The report below is exactly as dragono has written it. Sealed Lips for Fuel Price..by dragono / June 23, 2008 Seven students of Universitas Mulawarman in Samarinda (capitol of East-Kalimantan), continues the protest upon the … Continue reading
