Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
10
:05
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President-elect Barack Obama is beginning to create his cabinet and assess roles within the upcoming administration.
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August 12th, 2008 at 10:30 am
T. Boone Pickens, a Texan oil tycoon, has made it his mission to promote massive new investment toward alternative energy sources. Pickens discusses his plan and efforts to make energy independence a central issue in the fall campaign. Watch or read the report.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
On Tuesday, July 29, 2008, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was indicted for failing to disclose gifts he received from VECO Corporation, an Alaska-based oil services company. On Friday, August 1 …
Nightly Business Report/NewsHour
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:52 am
Sales plunged at the nation’s big automakers as American consumers steered away from gas-guzzling trucks and SUV’s and into more fuel-efficient cars. It’s a trend analysts say is here to stay. Read more about the dismal month for U.S. automakers on Nightly Business Report and NewsHour.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:10 am
Oil and all the ramifications of rising prices continue to be a source of international urgency. On Thursday, June 26, oil went beyond $140 a barrel before closing slightly lower. …
May 28th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
In New York City, the average cost for a gallon of gas is now at around 4 dollars and 14 cents, well above the national average of 3 dollars and …
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
The early days of oil were nearly the opposite of today in that the supply was almost infinitely greater than the demand. For thousands of years, humans utilized oil as a lubricant, adhesive, and many other purposes — including for medicinal use. But through the early 19th century, large-scale production and use of oil was unknown. So how, then, has oil become the defining resource of our time? GO
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:17 pm
If the present era of human civilization is seen in terms of its defining technologies and resources, humans are now living in the “oil age.” In numbers: the world currently uses roughly 75-80 million barrels of crude oil per day. How is such a massive need met, here and abroad, year after year? Explore EXTREME OIL’s guide to the science behind oil production. GO
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Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
07
:02
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Just two days after the judge declared the trial of three men suspected of involvement in Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder would be open to...
Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
06
:42
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Jeff Seelbach
Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia, spoke in New York on Tuesday as part of the Columbia University World Leaders Forum. Morales, the...
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