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Canada's Tar Sands: Looking for Oil in All the Wrong Places

December 22, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
dirtyfuels, oil, oiladdiction, tarsands

Everyone realizes that America is dangerously addicted to oil.  What people need to know is that if crude oil is cocaine, tar sands oil from Canada is crack.  It doesn't make any sense to replace one with the other --...continued

Liquid Coal a Crude Substitue for Oil

October 24, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
dirtyfuels, liquidcoal, liquifiedcoal, oiladdiction

The coal industry has a dream -- that one day our cars and trucks will run on liquefied coal.  They tout this as a way to free America from its addiction to oil -- 60% of which we export from foreign...continued

Don't Believe the Offshore Drilling Hype

October 23, 2008

Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
ocs, offshoredrilling, oiladdiction, oildrilling

Last month I blogged about Congress letting the federal moratorium on drilling the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) expire.  This came in the face of political pressure triggered by high gas prices over the summer. The economic troubles have sparked a...continued

Rob Perks
Rob Perks
Director, Center for Advocacy Campaigns
Washington, D.C.
I run NRDC's Center for Advocacy Campaigns. Our shop exists to guide NRDC's policy and...
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