November 3, 2008
Mike Carey, president of the Ohio Coal Association (OCA), today issued a statement blasting Sen. Barack Obama for his anti-coal remarks made in January, which were pubilshed this weekend at this and other news and opinion websites. The statement can be considered as close to a declaration of war a b...
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A shock video reveals Obama’s true views...
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After we and many other news and opinion websites reported about statements made by Sen. Barack Obama about the coal industry and energy prices in general, several major American media picked the story up. CBS News reported about the statements Obama made to the San Fransisco Chronicle in January of...
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Speaking to the San Francisco Chronicle in January this year, Senator Barack Obama said that he would put a new “cap and trade system in place that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody else’s out there” if he would become president. Every single person who would w...
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In the same interview in which Sen. Barack Obama said that he would cause coal-burning power plants to go bankrupt, he also said that, as president, he would purposefully cause energy prices to “skyrocket.” The two statements combined could make Obama’s position rather problematic ...
go to article »October 31, 2008
October 30, 2008
Campaigning in Florida on Wednesday, Senator John McCain promised Floridians that he would allow more offshore drilling as president. Additionally, McCain said, he would make sure that more oil revenues would go back to the coastal states. Although he would not force any state to drill in its coasta...
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Author and former CIA case officer Robert Baer said in an interview published Wednesday that the main problem with Iran is not its nuclear project but its imperial aspirations. According to Baer, Iran has used an “anti-colonial” message to make itself more popular in the region. The Mull...
go to article »October 29, 2008
Oil companies are having the time of their life right now: ‘Record crude prices this summer are translating into huge profits, as BP and Occidental Petroleum showed Tuesday.’ Sadly for them, it may all come to an end: ‘But some energy companies are bracing for tougher times, keepin...
go to article »October 28, 2008
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