Sudan has struck a deal with South Sudan over oil payments in a dispute that brought to the two countries to the brink of war. A spokesman from Sudan said a “reasonable understanding” had been reached, but that more further on security were needed. The two countries came close to all-out war in April, when [...]
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Pres. Jimmy Carter Calls Pres. Obama Out on Administration’s International Human Rights Violations
**UPDATED BELOW** At a time when popular revolutions are sweeping the globe, the United States should be strengthening, not weakening, basic rules of law and principles of justice enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But instead of making the world safer, America’s violation of international human rights abets our enemies and alienates our [...]
Juan Cole on Iran and U.S. Embargo
**updated** “These are the most crippling sanctions that have been placed on any country since the case of Iraq in the 1990s. …the U.S. is now engaged in a blockade of Iranian petroleum…. – Juan Cole on “The Alonya Show” Speaking of Iran, the ultimate insider on Iran David Ignatius writes about the Iranian nuclear [...]
The Keystone Democrats
“API supports the Senate approval of Amendment 1537 to authorize the building of the Keystone XL pipeline,” said a press release that landed in reporters’ inboxes at 4:50 p.m., about 30 minutes after the vote. The headline cheered: “Bipartisan Senate majority approves building Keystone XL pipeline.” – Oil industry jumps gun on Keystone vote Oops. [...]
Just Call Him Barack Obama, The Israeli Hawk
“It felt like pandering.” – Steve Clemons Clemons is talking about the interview Pres. Obama gave to his colleague Jeffrey Goldberg. Coming just before the annual AIPAC meeting, how could it not be presidential pandering? For me, it just seemed like the same old political game from a man who knows better, but who is [...]
Obama Playing Defense Over Gas Prices & GOP Attacks
How did it come to this? How badly has the Obama administration handled promoting what’s actually been happening on energy production on their watch? It couldn’t have been worse. The graph here is from the Wall Street Journal, from back in August 2011. Here’s an excerpt from the report: 1,069: The number of rigs drilling [...]
BP Cap in Place, So Far No Oil Flowing
This is the first sign we’ve had that BP is getting a real handle on the oil flow. What is called “shut in” tests are under way. Cautious optimism, emphasis on cautious. BP said Thursday that it has stopped oil from leaking out of its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. The gusher has [...]
Is Obama Already Bored with a Dying Gulf, Dead Dolphins and Dying Whales?
Thank the gods for Huffington Post. At least they’re keeping the BP blowout up front, as the hurricane season brings “oil surf.” Meanwhile, nobody but cable hosts are screaming about energy. Is there anything more important? Pres. Obama’s already on to immigration tomorrow. Everyone is working towards what media talking heads are now calling the [...]
Mass Die Off in Gulf
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s message has been loud and clear, using language such as “We will only be winning this war when we’re actually deploying every resource,” “They (the federal government) can provide more resources” and “It’s clear the resources needed to protect our coast are still not here.” But nearly two months after the governor [...]
Republican Right Doubles Down on Oil Spill Crazy
GOV. BARBOUR: Well, the moratorium. The skill–the spill’s a terrible thing, but the moratorium is a, is a terrible thing that’s not only bad for the region, it’s bad for America. – “Meet the Press” Beyond Joe Barton’s sympathy for BP, which is shared by conservatives across the spectrum, the right is upset about what [...]
Joe Barton Is the Republican Energy Policy
originally posted at Huffington Post “I don’t know about that,” (Rand) Paul said, when asked about Barton’s statement during an appearance on WVLK-AM radio on Friday. “I don’t want to pile on him. … I know what that feels like. What I will say is I have never liked the tone of the president when [...]
Minds Like Michelle Malkin Gave us the BP Blowout
… Fully 87% favor including a provision in comprehensive energy legislation to require utilities to produce more energy from wind, solar or other renewable sources. More than three-quarters (78%) favor tougher efficiency standards for building and major appliances. By greater than two-to-one (66% to 29%), the public supports including limits on carbon dioxide and other [...]
Dem Senators to BP: Set Up $20B ‘Special Account’
BP took measures to cut costs in the weeks before the catastrophic blowout in the Gulf of Mexico as it dealt with one problem after another, prompting a BP engineer to describe the doomed rig as a “nightmare well,” according to internal documents released Monday. The comment by BP engineer Brian Morel came in an [...]
The Teflon Whiner
“In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11.. I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come.” – Pres. Barack Obama If only Pres. Barack Obama had personally reacted as if the [...]
Dead Birds on the White House Lawn
cross-posted on Huffington Post “If you have 1,000 dead birds that you’ve collected, you have 10,000 that have died and sunk off shore. … There’s a massive bird kill, sea turtles, porpoises that haven’t even been calculated, so this thing is enormously impactful and devastating.” – Rick Steiner, Marine Conservationist (on “Countdown”) How can anything [...]
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