Gristmill (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
By Joseph Romm With Bush going to Saudi Arabia to beg -- again -- for lower prices, the media is gaga over a confrontation that has about as much significance as a Rocky Balboa fight. Even the venerable NYT just published an article, " Bush Rebuffed on Oil Plea in Saudi Arabia ," that opens, "With the price of oil hitting record highs, President Bush used a private visit with King Abdullah to make...
The Agonist (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | RIYADH, Saudi Arabia | May 17 NYT - [T]he White House said the United States will help the Saudis develop civilian nuclear power, as well as new infrastructure to safeguard its energy supplies. With the price of oil hitting record highs, President Bush used a private visit to King Abdullah’s ranch here Friday to make a second attempt to persuade the Saudi government to increase...
Climate Progress (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
With Bush going to Saudi Arabia to beg — again — for lower prices, the media is gaga over a confrontation that has about as much significance as a Rocky Balboa fight. Even the venerable NYT just published an article, “Bush Rebuffed on Oil Plea in Saudi Arabia,” that opens, “With the price of oil [...]
Hoffmania! (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
You want oil, little man? Borrow some more money and pay up. And another Bush myth of controlling Saudi oil evaporates into fart gas. With the price of oil hitting record highs, President Bush used a private visit to King...
