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The Turning Tide for World Oil Supplies ANWR Oil

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According to oil experts, the global oil map is being redrawn. The future of oil will no longer be the Middle East, but will be shifting to the Americas. Projections from the International Energy Agency and experts such as Daniel…

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  • Published // November 8, 2011
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Impacts of a Clean Energy Standard Blog

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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) was requested by Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Ralph Hall to analyze a “clean energy” standard (CES) based on the targets proposed by the White House. That standard requires 80 percent of electricity sales…

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Halloween Crazy: Thoughts from Obama’s Science Advisor Blog

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“Some form of ecocatastrophe, if not thermonuclear war, seems almost certain to overtake us before the end of the [twentieth] century.”
- John Holdren and Paul Ehrlich[1]
Doom and gloom—and falsification of the same—hallmarks the long career of John P….

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  • Published // October 31, 2011
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2010 Annual Energy Review Analysis

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The Energy Information Administration recently released its Annual Energy Review 2010[i], providing comprehensive energy statistics on all aspects of the energy system. In 2010, U.S. energy consumption and production increased for all fuels, except hydroelectric power. Real Gross Domestic Product…

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Fracking Will Enable North Dakota to Overtake California as a Major Oil Producer Blog Oil

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Fracking Will Enable North Dakota to Overtake California as a Major Oil Producer
Even in these difficult economic times, North Dakota has low unemployment and above average GDP per capita. One of the biggest reasons for this is the oil…

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