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More domestic production won't lower gas prices
The argument for increasing oil production in the U.S. to decrease gas prices at the pump has sparked passionate debate, but it undervalues the influence of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). In recent years, OPEC has shown an...Tags: International Organizations, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, Globalization, Exports
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Atlantic offshore oil & gas exploration gets hearing
The Obama administration's move to open the mid- and South Atlantic coasts to offshore oil and gas exploration is scheduled to get a public airing in Annapolis on Wednesday. The Annapolis session is one of a series being held from Florida to New Jersey...Tags: Cape Canaveral, Ken Salazar, Petroleum Industry, Annapolis, U.S. Department of the Interior
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U.S. oil production can destroy OPEC
University of Maryland business professor Rafael Corredoira's claim that higher domestic oil production won't affect prices is flat wrong ("More domestic production won't lower gas prices," April 20). The only way that a cartel, such as OPEC, can exist...Tags: International Organizations, Saudi Arabia, Petroleum Industry
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More domestic drilling won't solve our energy problems
To letter writer Chuck Campbell, I say: Good luck with increasing U.S. oil production, which peaked in the 1970s and led to an ever increasing fraction of imported oil to fuel your SUV ("Increased domestic oil production is crucial for the United States,"...Tags: Petroleum Industry
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As gasoline prices rise, Obama takes aim at alternative-energy critics
With rising oil prices creating a drag on the economy and his re-election effort, President Barack Obama mocked Republican critics of his alternative-energy policy Thursday, comparing them to the "cynics and naysayers" who didn't believe the Earth was...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Barack Obama, Solar Energy, Wildlife, Annapolis
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More drilling won't lower high gas prices
Gov.Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s column on American energy independence is flawed in several respects ("Road to energy independence goes through ANWR and Keystone," March 11). He argues we need to drill for more oil, construct a distribution pipeline and...Tags: Petroleum Industry
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Gas drilling study fee debated
A study of how or whether to allow a controversial drilling method for extracting natural gas in Western Maryland cannot be finished without funding, state officials told lawmakers Tuesday. O'Malley administration officials joined environmentalists in...Tags: Natural Gas, Petroleum Industry, Garrett County, Energy Resources, Natural Resources
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A few questions for Bob Ehrlich
In response to Robert Ehrlich's last column ("Wondering aloud: thoughts on religion and politics, energy and athletics," March 4), Mr. Ehrlich I'm paying attention and I too wonder: Why would the saber rattling in the Middle East make the Keystone...Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Petroleum Industry, Lobbying
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The driving force behind high gas prices: me
Gasoline prices continue to climb, and the Republican presidential candidates would have us believe that this is the direct result of President Barack Obama's energy policies. They say that if only he would get out of the way of the oil companies and...
Tags: Barack Obama, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Energy Resources, Gasoline Industry, Passenger Cars
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The danger of inflation is real
We have been hearing claims by our federal government that there is low to no inflation in this economy. The Federal Reserve continues an "easy money" policy, cranking up the printing presses at the U.S. Mint when the government needs more money to...Tags: Federal Reserve, Finance, Petroleum Industry, Inflation and Deflation
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GOP energy policy running on empty
The recent Senate vote on the Keystone XL Pipeline ("Senate rejects GOP effort to advance oil pipeline," March 9) demonstrates the pathetic Republican energy policy. First, it advocates opening up more offshore sites for oil drilling leasing despite the...Tags: U.S. Senate, Conservation, Standards, Energy Saving, Petroleum Industry
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Obama to discuss energy in Prince Georges County
Baltimore Sun reporterLARGO -- A crowd of hundreds at Prince George's Community College is awaiting the arrival this morning of President Barack Obama, who is due to deliver the latest in a series of addresses on energy as rising oil costs create a drag on the economic...Tags: Natural Gas, Barack Obama, Douglas F. Gansler, Martin O'Malley, C. Anthony Muse
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