…Senate hearing in November, Mary Landrieu, the Democratic senator from Louisiana, said we had to measure the dangers of oil spills against the gains from oil: victory in the second…

…warn of two threats to the US economy — high oil prices and tea partiers (call it the Texas tea party menace). U.S. economic recovery threatened by events in Midwest,…

…largest ever hijacked by bandits. What does one do with such a catch? 1. Hold the crew hostage, similar to a hijacked jet? 2. The oil itself could be sold…

…and alternative fuels to promote energy independence and cut off the flow of oil wealth to repressive dictatorships like Iran. Major components of McCain’s energy policy — Expanding Domestic Oil…

…what Dean Baker said about the “producing another million barrels of oil a day” via ANWR nonsense from President Bush including: Iraq’s average oil output is approximately 1 million barrels…

The GOP was pushing for drilling in ANWAR even when the world market price for crude oil was less than the estimated extraction cost for getting crude oil out of…

…about the resilience of the US economy to high oil prices over the past year. Maybe they’re right… or maybe we just haven’t waited long enough to really tell. Kash…

Oil prices are way down over the past couple of weeks. Today they hovered in the $41-$42 per barrel range, compared to a high of around $55/bbl in October. There…

…the US opposed and sought to displace, survives a recall vote, oil prices fall: NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks gained on Monday as oil prices dipped after reports of…

…they traveled last year. Nevertheless, I find it moderately plausible that people’s driving plans have not yet changed much due to higher gas prices. Does this mean that higher oil…