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Bush approves offshore drilling to spur on Congress

There has been a US ban on offshore oil drilling for the past 27 years, and George Bush Sr. signed off on an executive order echoing the ban in 1990. Originally, the ban was agreed upon to protect the beaches and tourism economies of coastal towns, and now global warming has been added into the mix. With one stroke of the mighty pen, George Jr. has undone his father's order by lifting the ban on offshore drilling, but the move means nothing unless Congress also lifts its separate ban. The Bush Administration is trying to put pressure on ... Read more →

White House threatens to veto energy bill again Lascelles Linton

Recently we reported that the CAFE issue was largely settled in the energy bill. On CSPAN Monday, Edmund Andrews of the New York Times even dared to say Dingell "lost." Do not underestimate the ...

US Official: US, China will likely sign biofuels pact Dec. 12 Lascelles Linton

In Beijing for Chinese talks on supporting renewable energy, Alexander Karsner, an assistant U.S. energy secretary, said the US and China are discussing signing an agreement to cooperate on the ...

President to visit GM and Ford hybrid plants Sam Abuelsamid

George Bush has not been particularly friendly to the Detroit based car-makers of late. He repeatedly put off meetings with the car-maker chiefs in the latter part of 2006. But the White House has ...

There will be no "historic shift" in the State of the Union speech from President Bush Jeremy Korzeniewski

There has been speculation in the last few days that President Bush would, in his State of the Union speech, announce a historic shift in the U.S. climate change policy. It seems that this is not the ...

Bush approves offshore drilling to spur on Congress 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There has been a US ban on offshore oil drilling for the past 27 years, and George Bush Sr. signed off on an executive order echoing the ban in 1990. Originally, the ban was agreed upon to protect the beaches and tourism economies of coastal towns, and now global warming has been added into the mix. ...

White House threatens to veto energy bill again 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently we reported that the CAFE issue was largely settled in the energy bill. On CSPAN Monday, Edmund Andrews of the New York Times even dared to say Dingell "lost." Do not underestimate the power of the Dingell side, you have no idea of the power he possesses. Don't believe me? Let's keep in ...

US Official: US, China will likely sign biofuels pact Dec. 12 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In Beijing for Chinese talks on supporting renewable energy, Alexander Karsner, an assistant U.S. energy secretary, said the US and China are discussing signing an agreement to cooperate on the research and production of biofuels. The pact might be announced officially at the US and Chinese ...

President to visit GM and Ford hybrid plants 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

George Bush has not been particularly friendly to the Detroit based car-makers of late. He repeatedly put off meetings with the car-maker chiefs in the latter part of 2006. But the White House has announced that the president will be making a road trip on Tuesday, paying a visit to two of the ...

There will be no "historic shift" in the State of the Union speech from President Bush 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There has been speculation in the last few days that President Bush would, in his State of the Union speech, announce a historic shift in the U.S. climate change policy. It seems that this is not the case. This topic will certainly not help any of the feelings of Tony Blair or Angela Merkel, ...


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