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Hedge funds play major role in gas price hikes
Arizona Republic 05/15/06 Oil workers in Nigeria are shot and killed by militants. Venezuelan politicians urge tighter controls of foreign oil companies. Tensions mount over Iran's fledgling nuclear... ...
Greg Palast: “Armed Madhouse"
Is the war in Iraq for oil? Yes, it's about the oil, but not for the oil. In my investigations for Armed Madhouse, I ended up with a story far more fascinating and difficult than I imagined. We didn't... ...
Gas tax a bonanza for state
San Francisco Chronicle 05/11/06 Oil companies aren't the only ones raking in the money because of rising prices at the fuel pump. The coffers of state and local governments are seeing big gains as a... ...
Foreign policy, monetary policy and gas prices
The Free Liberal by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) 05/11/06 The burning issue in Washington today is high gas prices, and it won't go away anytime soon. Americans are not happy about paying $3 per gallon at... ...
Firms Harvesting Energy From Public Land May Owe US
As soaring prices prompt huge increases in gas and oil drilling on public land, an ad hoc posse of state governments, Indian tribes and individual "bounty hunters" is charging that big energy companies... ...
The Real Oil Story: The Oil in Iraq
By Walter Simpson Oil is pretty slippery stuff. The press is playing up $3 a gallon gasoline, record oil company profits, and the $400 million retirement package for Exxon’s former CEO. But these stories... ...
Clearcut Borneo to Build China
http://www.nytimes.com/200 6/04/29/world/asia/29indo. html By JANE PERLEZ Published: April 29, 2006 LONG ALONGO, Indonesia — For as long as anyone can remember, Anyie Apoui and his people have lived... ...
IT'S TIME FOR CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE OF GAS PRICES
ACTION PAGE: http://www.usalone.com/sta cey/pnum287.php The last time Congress held any hearings on gas prices they didn't even put the oil company executives under oath. Those executives didn't even... ...
It's a lie that sacrificing our nation's greatest wildlife sanctuary will solve our problems at the gas pump
The Bush White House and Congressional leaders are exploiting rising gas prices to ram through legislation that would destroy the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. These front men for Big Oil are doing... ...
Tell Congress to Tell Bush and Cheney not to Attack Iran
Victory! No-Permanent-Bases Amendment Passes Both Houses! Your efforts paid off. The Senate, like the House, passed an amendment to the supplemental spending bill banning the use of any of its funding... ...