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• US demands Afghan ‘bribery court’

  
  PID News — Authority: 139
  We suspect that the hundreds of millions of American taxpayer dollars being paid to the Taliban by the CIA and US military for "protection" wont be included in this bribery investigation. -- PID
  9 hours ago

• Rwanda, Uganda, Congo, and, oil and natural gas

  
  ::Colored Opinions:: — Authority: 125
  On January 22, 2008, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) reported that "the Democratic Republic of Congos 1998-2003 war and its aftermath had caused more deaths than any other conflict since World War Two, " and that "war, disease and malnutrition are killing 45,000 Congolese every month in a conflict-driven ...
  14 hours ago

• Peak Oil Already Here: Key oil numbers were distorted by U.S. pressure says whistleblower

  
  Climate Change: The Next Generation — Authority: 140
  Peak Oil Already Here:  Key oil numbers were distorted by U.S. pressure says whistleblower by Terry Macalister, The Guardian , November 9, 2009 The world is much closer to running out of  oil  than official estimates admit, according to a whistleblower at the International  Energy  Agency who claims it ...
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• French oil giant Total pleads guilty

  
  Fire Earth — Authority: 136
  Total UK, a subsidiary of French oil giant Total SA, pleads guilty to 2005 UK explosion chargesTotal UK pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching the UK’s Health and Safety Act and one of causing pollution.A major explosion at the Buncefield oil storage facility in Hertfordshire on December 11, 2005 devastated the ...
  2 days ago

• Former US diplomat could make ‘hundreds of millions’ off Iraqi oil fields

  
  PID News — Authority: 139
  A former US ambassador who played an instrumental role in the drafting of Iraq’s constitution stands to make “hundreds of millions” of dollars from an oil deal he struck that was only possible because of a constitutional provision he helped push through, news reports say.A story first broken by the Norwegian ...
  2 days ago

• Origins of ‘Islamophobia’ in US Imperialism and Neo-Colonialism

  
  BlueBloggin — Authority: 532
  by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy‘Islamophobia’ in the U.S. is a top down phenomenon encouraged and exploited by the right wing. It is easier to whip up war fever if the populace is irrational, mindless, or unduly fearful of an entire class, religion or even race. A crooked, corrupt or illegitimate state is ...
  3 days ago

• Barack Obama Breaks Energy-Related Promises

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 544
  In a post one year ago today, I opined about the nation’s energy future under then-President-Elect Barack Obama:While Americans wait for Barack Obama to take office, the nation’s energy future hangs in the balance.  Still, amidst so much uncertainty, a review of the president-elect’s statements and actions in ...
  3 days ago

• Commodities Casino Keeps Rolling

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 159
  by Matt Taibbi True/Slant.com HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–Sunoco Inc. (SUN) swung to a third-quarter loss on a host of charges and continued weak demand for oil-based fuels and chemicals. Those difficulties are expected to continue amid the economy’s weakness, said Chief Executive Lynn Elsenhans. ...
  4 days ago

• Medved Calls Conservatives Who Denigrate Lindsey “Stupid”

  
  The Pink Flamingo — Authority: 439
  Michael Medved is, in The Pink Flamingos humble opinion, the top radio talking head. He is conservative, but he is a shining example of a conservative with Vulcan logic. He can see both sides of a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  5 days ago

• Removing Coal River Mountain

  
  Climate Change: The Next Generation — Authority: 140
  Removing Coal River Mountain by Rob Perks (Director, Center for Advocacy Campaigns, Washington, DC), Switchboard , October 26, 2009 The message was like a punch in the gut: "The blasting has begun." Coal River Mountain in southern West Virginia, heretofore Americas "most endangered" mountain, is now under ...
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• Oil and Gas Company Wants You to Write Congress About the Undue Hardship Clean Energy Legislation Will Place on the Oil and Gas Industry

  
  EnviroKnow — Authority: 536
  Via Stephen Webster we learn of this ad that is being displayed at Valero gas stations in Austin, Texas: And you wouldn’t know by looking at the ad itself, but ‘Voices for Energy’ campaign is paid for by Valero. The site itself is a simple ’send a letter to Congress’ tool, which includes this ...
  6 days ago

• Oil Majors are Coming Back to Iraq

  
  Jutia Group — Authority: 573
  Businessweek: In June many of the world’s biggest energy companies walked away from bidding on potentially rich oil fields in Iraq. While they liked the billions…
  6 days ago

• Time For Some Blunt Talk

  
  DownWithTyranny! — Authority: 635
  The Republicans never even tried to take part in a serious health care debate. When they controlled Congress and the White House they did nothing (but create the donut hole and transfer billion of dollars from American families to their donors at Big Pharma). And once Obama was elected president, the GOP stance was ...
  6 days ago

• Grand Old Party of Teabaggers and Business has Infringed Energizer Bunny Trademark for a Decade

  
  ePluribus Media — Authority: 512
  Yesterday Dailykos diarist, the girl, hit the recommended diary list with her post of the powerful impact one person may produce in the simple act of shining bright light into the dark space created by deception. The inherent power over an adversary that is achieved by lying is particularly odious in application ...
  1 week ago

• Shell Oil to Pay California $19 Million for Environmental Violations

  
  EnviroKnow — Authority: 536
  Raw Story : Shell Oil Company will pay California more than 19 million dollars because of environmental violations at service stations throughout the state, officials said.The agreement, filed Friday in a California state court, requires Shell to pay 17.8 million dollars in civil penalties as well as 1.7 million ...
  1 week ago

• Greenpeace Demands Answers, Balance in Newsweek’s Pay-to-Play Forum with Big Oil

  
  BASIL & SPICE--LIVING GREEN! — Authority: 129
  Washington, DC — Greenpeace Executive Director Phil Radford today pressed Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham for answers on the magazine’s financial ties to Big Oil companies and for balance in an upcoming “pay-to-play” forum about climate legislation that currently includes only one panelist, Big Oil’s top ...
  1 week ago

• Renewable Energy Fails And The Lights Go Out - This guy is so wrong in so many ways it is hard to count

  
  Energy Tough Love Blog — Authority: 125
   It is jam band Friday - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irZi18VR31M This is a perfect example of an Oil and Gas shill. Actually at this point I guess I should call him a Carbon front man. Ever notice how it’s always a man? He ignores the subsidies paid to the Oil and Gas business right now, which are huge. He ...
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• Power To Spare

  
  Outer Continental Shelf — Authority: 99
  Posted 11/05/2009 07:33 PM ET Leadership: As Palin jousts with Biden on energy independence, the government reports that we lead ...
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• Power To Spare

  
  Wishy-Washy Politicians — Authority: 129
  Posted 11/05/2009 07:33 PM ET Leadership: As Palin jousts with Biden on energy independence, the government reports that we lead the ...
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• Power To Spare

  
  Speciality Sites 24-7 — Authority: 137
  Posted 11/05/2009 07:33 PM ET Leadership: As Palin jousts with Biden on energy independence, the government reports that we lead the ...
  1 week ago

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