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Smoke and CO2: How to Spin Global Warming

2008-10-12T22:49:43Z

Recently, it was reported that the rate of carbon dioxide emission during the last seven years exceeded even the IPCC's worst-case scenario. Both Barack Obama and John McCain have offered their support to global warming legislation in the past.

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Strike out Exxon!

2008-10-12T22:32:45Z

www.strikeoutexxon.org

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Democracy Now Headlines, Tues, Aug, 19, 2008

2008-08-27T21:06:21Z

Headlines

* 10 French Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
* Judge Rules Aceh Villagers Can Sue Exxon for Human Rights Abuses
* Algerian Bombing Kills 43
* White House Praises Musharraf as Pakistani President Resigns
* 12 Killed in Bomb Blast at Pakistani Hospital
* US: Russia Is Playing a "Very Dangerous Game"
* Obama Expected to Name Running Mate this Week
* Pelosi Proposes to Expand Offshore Drilling as Part of Energy Bill
* Judge Reduces Charges in Killing of Mexican Immigrant
* Peru Declares State of Emergency Following Indigenous Protests
* China Approves No Permits to Protest at Olympics
* Cheney Aide Considered for Top Energy Dept Position
* More Headlines...

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What the 'Fed' has been up to lately

2008-10-12T22:33:21Z

www.ninaground.com
This is what the Federal Reserve has been up to lately.
We get into the SDR or special drawing rights. This also explains what has been going on with venezeula.

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Exxon John

2008-09-08T01:47:18Z

"Exxon John... There's pain at the pump for Americans these days, but Exxon John follows the oil company's ways... Big Oil's profits soar? Exxon John says 'four billion more...'

Tax breaks for Big Oil? Most say 'No.' Not Exxon John with lobbyists running his show... There's two million reasons Exxon John likes Big Oil: they've given him two million bucks to protect their spoils... The future in energy is alternatives they say, but that's not Exxon John's way... Exxon John, when it comes to Big Oil, more of the same while the rest of us toil... Exxon John."

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Newsbreak - No Profits For Old Men

2008-08-08T22:33:04Z

A bad break for a group of struggling businessmen.

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GOP Is Losing The Off-Shore Drilling Argument

2008-08-07T00:46:45Z

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Second Biggest Bank Failure in History

2008-08-27T11:45:38Z

Afshin Rattansi talks to Prof. Peter Morici from the University of Maryland about how Americans have government intervention to worry about and other Hayekian themes, even as America's biggest lenders hit the buffers and IndyMac Bancorp becomes the biggest bank failure in history.

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Exxon Mobil takes over "green" park in DC

2008-10-12T22:32:45Z

At the same time that Exxon is raking in record-breaking profits from $4-a-gallon gasoline, it's also spending its money sponsoring climate deniers, promoting the fossil fuel industry, and advertising at Nationals Park. Not only is Exxon the dominant advertiser at the new stadium, the oil giant even sponsors the 7th-inning stretch. Don't believe us? Just watch this short video of Exxon at the new ball park

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Gas Prices & the Middle Class Squeeze -ASK THE EXPERT

2008-10-12T22:44:58Z

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/gas_food.html

How are rising gas prices affecting household budgets? Is there an end in sight to the middle-class squeeze? And how can we ease the strain on America's families? Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Christian Weller answers the call in the latest installment of CAP's ASK THE EXPERT series.

This summer is the summer of pain. Families across America are struggling with higher prices for gas and food along with record unemployment rates, flat wages, and the deepening housing crisis. In April 2008, gasoline prices easily shattered an inflation-adjusted record that had stood since March 1981, and they have only continued to soar since then, hitting new record highs almost weekly. Ever-higher food prices, which rose 22.7 percent from March 2001 to April 2008, are taking another bite out of families' wallets.

The aggregate figures show that this is not an isolated case:

Gasoline spending currently rivals record highs from the early 1980s. In the first quarter of 2008, families spent, on average, 4.0 percent of their after-tax income on gasoline, the highest level since the fourth quarter of 1983.

Higher gasoline expenditures are especially painful to people in rural areas. Families living in rural areas have an average commute to work that is four miles greater than urban families. Also, in 2006, rural households spent 6.8 percent of their average annual expenditures on gasoline and motor oil, while urban households spent 4.4 percent.

Increased gasoline expenditures disproportionately affect lower-income families. The second lowest income quintile devoted 5.4 percent of their average annual expenditures to gasoline and motor oil in 2006, while the highest income quintile devoted just 3.7 percent.

Minorities are particularly affected by soaring prices at the pump. In 2006, Hispanic households devoted 5.4 percent of their average annual expenditures to gasoline and motor oil purchases, while black households devoted 5.0 percent, and white households devoted 4.5 percent.

Families are faced with the challenge of trying to make adjustments to their budgets as prices rise and incomes fall. But personal savings are already close to zero, and families have borrowed record amounts to make ends meet in recent years. That leaves little room to shift around expenses and no savings to dip into as times are getting tough. It also makes borrowing more money difficult, since many families already have large bills to pay to their creditors.

Families will therefore have to cut back on other spending as gasoline and food prices soar.

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Democracy Now Headlines- Thurs. June 26 2008

2008-07-18T16:37:48Z

Today's Headlines

* U.S. Attacks Kill 8 Iraqis, Including Family
* Supreme Court Cuts Exxon Damages for Alaska Oil Spill
* Justices End Executions for Child Rape
* Internal Probe Faults Security Gaps at U.S. Nuclear Sites
* Amnesty International Erects Gitmo Cell on National Mall
* Canadian Judge: U.S. Treatment of Khadr Amounts to Torture
* Judge: NSA Not Compelled to Disclose Spying on Gitmo Attorneys
* Senate Begins Debate on FISA Bill
* Obama, Clinton to Hold Joint Rally
* South Koreans Protest as U.S. Beef Imports Set to Resume
* Mandela Criticizes Mugabe on Political Crisis
* Cuba Approves Lung Cancer Vaccine
* U.S. Mayors Call for Shunning Bottled Water
* Countrywide Shareholders Approve Bank of America Deal
* Intelligence Estimate Warns on Global Warming

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Wake Up World - 6/16/08 - Newsbreak 3

2008-06-26T14:36:30Z

Emily Rackcheck brings us a check of the morning's news, including the verdict of one of the most significant trials our time, and a desperate plea to halt the disappearance of a great American treasure.

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Re: Gas Prices At All Time High -How To Save Money On Gas

2008-06-20T01:34:06Z

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Big Oil Is Back - Back In Iraq

2008-06-27T18:40:24Z

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Wake Up World - 6/16/08 - Newsbreak 3

2008-06-24T10:36:31Z

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The REAL McCain: Big Oil Fuels the Straight Talk Express

2008-10-12T22:51:35Z

Gas prices are hitting all-time highs. Our country is in the midst of a recession thanks in part to our crippling dependence on oil, so what's John McCain's plan? Will he hold the corporate leaders of the energy industry accountable when he addresses them today in Houston? Probably not, considering they are some of his biggest fund-raisers.

The Center for Responsive Politics finds that McCain has accepted over $1 million from the oil and gas industry. Many of McCain's top advisers have lobbied for big oil, which is why he now acts in their best interests, opposing environmental legislation and alternative energy plans. And that's exactly why we want everyone to know The REAL McCain.

McCain is desperate to distance himself from President Bush. But according to the Center for American Progress Action Fund, McCain has received millions in donations from the same oil, coal, nuclear, chemical, utility, and auto companies that helped the Bush administration create its energy plan—a plan that has raised gasoline to $4 a gallon.

Here's what you can do: Send this e-mail to ten of your friends, family members, and colleagues. Tell them to send it on to ten people they know. And don't forget to Digg it! Spread the word that McCain is taking major contributions from wealthy oil executives like Bob Mosbacher, just one of the special interest leaders he'll be addressing in Houston.

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Read the full transcript of the debate shown in the video here.

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Is Gasoline Too Expensive? Head On Over To Mexico

2008-06-25T18:46:51Z

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The Energy Crisis Is Real 1979 Jimmy Carter

2008-10-12T22:41:24Z

If Only We Had Reelected Him over Arms for the Hostages Reagan we wouldnt be in the Quagmire we are in today and when he left office the national debt was only 995 billion also just some food for thought

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Episode 18: It's the oil, habibi (2/9/08)

2008-10-12T22:20:10Z

George Bush may be an incompetent president, but he sure knows how to take care of his friends.

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The Business of Biofuels -ASK THE EXPERT- Jake Caldwell

2008-08-12T10:27:57Z

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/02/biofuels_diversity.html

Jake Caldwell of the Center for American Progress discusses some the common arguments surrounding the deployment of biofuels.

THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org

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ZapRoot 025 | Glow in the Dark Cats

2008-10-12T22:48:21Z

Exxon posts sets a new record for profits in 2007, the Water Cube embraces the idea of bubbles, and scientists clone cats that glow in the dark.

Crude oil prices close at over $100 a barrel

2008-02-19T18:48:00Z

The Bush administration says the long-term outlook for the U.S. economy is bright... but I guess he missed this:

Oil futures shot higher Tuesday, closing above $100 for the first time as investors bet that crude prices will keep climbing despite evidence of plentiful supplies and falling demand. At the pump, gas prices rose further above $3 a gallon.
There was no single driver behind oil's sharp price jump; investors seized on an explosion at a 67,000 barrel per day refinery in Texas, the falling dollar, the possibility that OPEC may cut production next month, the threat of new violence in Nigeria and continuing tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela.
The fact that there was no overriding reason for such a price spike could be a bad omen for consumers already bearing the burdens of high heating costs and falling real estate values. Many recent forecasts have said oil demand growth this year will be less than initially expected, yet prices continue to rise. That suggests they may continue rising as the weakening dollar attracts new investors to the futures market.

We shouldn't be such Gloomy Gusses! If you're Exxon, everything is just peachy.

Water Fuel Car

2008-06-12T15:33:33Z

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ZapRoot 023 | The Ooze Invades New York

2008-10-12T22:48:22Z

Americas largest oil spill seeps up from the New York sewer system and we talk about easy ways to save water. ZapRoot, helping you go green.

New York Magazine Ooze Story
http://nymag.com/news/features/32865/

Gaiam Low Flow Showerhead
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Bricor Showerhead
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Roadrunner Showerhead
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Sink Aerator
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Controllable Flush System
http://www.gaiam.com/product/eco-home-outdoor/bathroom/accessories/controllable+flush.do

Sink Positive
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Exxon Made $75k a Minute Last Year

2008-06-11T21:29:23Z

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