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McCain's Costly Environmental Flip-Flops

ZP Heller, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Election 2008. September 23, 2008.
How can McCain fix our energy crisis when he's in Big Oil's pocket?

McCain's Green Economy: Drill, Baby, Drill

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Election 2008. September 19, 2008.
McCain's Big Oil Agenda Today on Meet the Bloggers (1pm ET, 10am PT)

Health Care or Offshore Drilling? You Decide

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. August 13, 2008.
It's time to ask your representative: are you going to be with us on health care reform, or working to preserve the broken system?

The Republicans' Plan for Offshore Drilling: It's a Drillusion

A Siegel, Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! AlterNet: PEEK. August 7, 2008.
The Republicans' plan of offshore drilling is held up by misconstrued facts and faulty logic.

McCain Thinks Energy Crisis is a Laughing Matter

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. August 5, 2008.
John McCain's Obama tire gauge joke falls flat.

Obama Goes on the Offense on Energy

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. August 4, 2008.
Obama is pushing back, hard at McCain's Drill Here, Drill Now mantra.

If We Drill in the U.S., We Don't Get the Oil

Cenk Uygur, Huffington Post. August 1, 2008.
The oil that comes from offshore drilling will belong to the multinational firm, like Exxon-Mobil and will go to world markets, not us.

Offshore Drilling Won't Help, But "Green Stimulus" Can

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. August 1, 2008.
A "green stimulus" package would give the economy a lift while simultaneously reducing energy consumption.

Offshore Drilling: We Have a Choice of Simple Confusion or Outright Lies

Adam Siegel, AlterNet. July 29, 2008.
The Democrats are merely a little confused about how to address America's energy crisis. The Republicans simply lie about it.

Harry Reid Knows How to End the Energy Crisis

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 26, 2008.
This week's "Meet the Bloggers" focused on Big Oil.

AlterNet's Weekly Zeitgeist: Phony Drilling, Afghan Escalation, Never-Ending Financial Crisis and Much More

Don Hazen, AlterNet. July 18, 2008.
From Bush's oil hoax to the New Yorker's sorry attempt at satire, our Zeitgeist list tracks the progressive issues of the week.

Bush Joins In: Says Economic Woes Are All in Our Heads

Blue Texan, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. July 15, 2008.
Energy crisis joins the recession as things that the GOP think are all in our heads.

The Three Biggest Myths the Bush Administration Wants You to Believe About Offshore Drilling

Faiz Shakir, The Progress Report. July 15, 2008.
Conservatives are preying on concern over gas prices by propagating false myths that drilling for oil off our coasts will lower the cost of gas.

As Facts Emerge, the False Promise of Offshore Drilling Becomes Clear

Bill Scher, Campaign for America's Future AlterNet: PEEK. July 15, 2008.
Beware, poll-driven politicos -- facts are facts, and the facts are emerging.

Why We're Suddenly Paying Through the Nose for Gas

Michael T. Klare, The Nation. June 21, 2008.
Oil companies, speculators and OPEC played their part, but ruinous Bush Administration policies have compounded the crisis.

McCain Debates McCain on Impact of Offshore Drilling

Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. June 19, 2008.
The latest in a long line of flip-flops.

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