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What If Solar Were Subsidized Like Oil?
Finally, a useful graphic about fossil fuel versus solar subsidies. From our friends at One Block Off the Grid.
Environment
Chart: Why $4-Per-Gallon Gas Is Damn Cheap
Even at $4-per-gallon, American gasoline is damn cheap compared to most of the world. See how much drivers in other countries shell out per gallon.
Environment
"Drill, Baby, Drill" Fails: American Oil Production Spikes Under Obama, Prices Still Soar
Domestic oil production has risen to the highest level in nearly a decade under Obama. That hasn't stopped the GOP from blaming him for oil prices.
Environment
It's Official: Oil Subsidies Don't Keep Gas Prices Down
Oil CEOs are in Washington, D.C. today, defending the $4 billion they get in government subsidies. Thing is, that cash doesn't make gas any cheaper.
Environment
GOOD Instructions: Things You Didn't Know Were Made of Oil—and How to Avoid Them
More than just car fuel, our dependence on oil includes everyday household products, clothes, and beauty products.
Environment
Chart: Even More Proof We Can't Drill Our Way to Lower Gas Prices
This chart totally debunks the GOP's false claim that the President's policies have anything to do with gas prices.
Environment
Nuclear Accidents and All, Coal Is By Far the Deadliest Energy Source
Take a clear, simple look at how coal, oil, and nuclear compare in terms of deaths per watts produced. Coal is deadliest, and it's not even close.
Culture
The 9 Most Wasteful Things Gulf Bureaucrats Bought with BP Cleanup Funds
What do iPads and Taser guns have to do with cleaning up oil?
Environment
Infographic: Offshore Drilling and Oil Subsidies Don't Impact Gas Prices
High gas prices are being used to make the case to preserve Big Oil tax breaks and expand offshore drilling. Here's why neither makes a difference.
Environment
Schwarzenegger Calls Washington Politicians "Wimps" for Not Standing Up to Oil Companies
The Governator rails on oil companies and Washington "girlie men" who refuse to take on oil companies.
Environment
Moving Planet: A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels
Our good friends at 350.org just announced the plan for their next big global day of climate action. Get the details here.
Environment
House Passes Offshore Drilling Legislation, But It Won't Lower Gas Prices at All
Even George W. Bush's economics adviser says that the act passed today in the House won't bring down the price of gas.
Environment
Sarah Palin, Tea Partier in Name Only, Defends Big Oil Subsidies
Sarah Palin thinks that $4 billion is "just a drop in the bucket." Would her Tea Party supporters agree?
Environment
Chevron Ordered to Pay $8.6 Billion in Amazon Pollution Case
Chevron is being ordered to pay a massive fee for pollution in Ecuador—and the amount will be doubled if the company doesn't apologize.
Environment
Top Twelve American Banks, Coal and Oil Companies Paid Less Taxes Than You
This great infographic shows how the dirtiest dozen American corporations are gaming the system and paying less than you in taxes.
News
Donald Trump Accidentally Admits He'd Commit War Crimes as President
The GOP front-runner said he'd like to pillage all of Iraq's oil for America. Unfortunately for him, that's illegal.
Environment
Why Obama Rejected Keystone XL
Until protesters made the pipeline a national issue, no one in Washington questioned that construction of the pipeline would be approved.
Environment
Transparency: How Much Oil Do We Get From Offshore Drilling?
As the Deepwater Horizon continues to leak oil at a rapid rate, many people are asking whether we should be drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at...
