Sort by Project Katrina (Free subscription) - 08/03/2008 - YouTube
After Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast in August 2005, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) purchased more than $85M worth of basic supplies for the storm’s victims. For more than two years FEMA let the supplies sit in warehouses at a cost of $1M/year. During that same two year period local government officials and non-profit [...]
Sort by Say Anything (Free subscription) - 06/24/2008 - YouTube
No, ANWR won’t provide short-term gas relief. But it will help us develop long-term reserves of oil. Because like it or not, our dependence on petroleum isn’t going to change any time soon and there’s no reason why we can’t do what we can to increase our supply of oil while simultaneously seeking out alternatives.
Sort by The Huffington Post (Free subscription) - 07/22/2008 - YouTube
It really is psychological for John McCain. Asked to defend his admittedly paltry gas plan in April, he touted the "psychological boost" of shaving a few cents off the gallon. Asked last month to explain the purpose of an offshore drilling plan that does not even purport to alter the current energy supply, McCain argued that while it "may take some years" to kick in, drilling promises a beneficial...
Sort by Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) - 06/25/2008 - YouTube
John McCain admits that his energy policy consists of nothing other than mind games. “I don’t see an immediate relief,. But I do see that exploitation of existing reserves that may exist, and in the view of many experts that do exist off our coasts, is also a way that we need to provide relief. [...]
Sort by Planck's Constant (Free subscription) - 05/29/2008 - YouTube
Tiny Israel has raised more money for relief efforts than the entire 1.5 billion Muslim world.
Sort by SF Signal (Free subscription) - 06/02/2008 - YouTube
... such, you can't get much more SF unless you added a spaceship captained by a cute kid with a comic relief robot companion. The List Universe supplies us with the top 9 ongoing cult TV shows . Ongoing being an interesting term as not all the shows listed are still airing. Maybe they mean the cult surrouding the show is still going, which pretty much means any show is fair game. And...
Sort by Firedoglake (Free subscription) - 05/02/2008 - YouTube
... opponent, Sen. Obama, opposes giving consumers a break, I understand the American people need some relief." The idiocy of the moratorium, how it will be counterproductive on virtually every single reasonable measure other than crass tactical politics, has been laid out by many others and doesn't need to be laid here other than to emphasize that this is simply ENERGY DUMB! Even with taking...
