Press "Enter" to skip to content

Posts tagged as “oil”

Big Oil Front Group Hosts Pro-Keystone XL Meeting in Pierre January 27

Oh look: free breakfast and baloney from oil industry shills: Consumer Group to host South Dakota Pipeline Safety Breakfast Industry experts to converge in Pierre, South Dakota to discuss critical safety issues surrounding the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline…

Rep. Latterell Detached from Reality on Money, Oil, Inflation

From what alternative-universe dystopia is Rep. Isaac Latterell blogging? The Tea (party and town) Republican prefaces his Monday commentary on proposals to raise taxes to fix South Dakota roads with two servings of red herring: But as the Federal Reserve…

Noem Votes For Keystone XL Again, Nebraska Court Fails to Block

Yesterday Rep. Kristi Noem and the U.S. House voted for the tenth time to usurp executive authority and force immediate federal approval of the Canadian tar sands pipeline and eminent domain land grab known as Keystone XL. Rep. Noem retreads…

War on Energy? Obama Fuel Standards Help Lower Gasoline Prices

Pat Powers keeps using the phrase "war on energy," as in, "the Obama Administration[']s EPA continues to prosecute their war on energy production." Hey, Pat, buy gas lately? I saw $2.19 per gallon yesterday. If these gas prices are a…

Keystone XL Business Case Slipping on Oil Slide, Plus Rail and Irony

Which foreign imperialist will get squashed by low oil prices first, Vladimir Putin or TransCanada and its no-long cost-effective Keystone XL pipeline? ..."the political debate is not paralleled by the realities" in the market, said Sandy Fielden, director of energy…