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• 08/01/2011 -- Rhetorical dodge hides sinkhole for taxpayer dollars
  In the sleight-of-hand on display throughout the US showdown over fiscal policy, no one has performed the rhetorical dodge better than President Barack Obama.
• 07/22/2011 -- US oil production gains change the energy landscape
  The Independent Petroleum Association of America has called attention to a stealthy trend changing the energy landscape: US production of crude oil and gas liquids is increasing.
• 07/15/2011 -- Tapping oil hoard effective, IEA says; But was it right?
  The International Energy Agency has responded to critics of its June announcement of a 60-million-bbl withdrawal of oil from strategic storage by saluting market liquidity and proclaiming, “We take a resolutely positive view so far.”
• 07/08/2011 -- Role of compromise limited in basic conflicts of value
  In the US budget showdown, an industry poised to be compromised should not welcome a spirit of compromise.
• 07/01/2011 -- Energy error list longer after move to tap stored oil
  The surprising June 23 announcement about release of strategically stored oil really shouldn’t be surprising. Governments bollix energy all the time.
• 06/24/2011 -- Despite welcome GHG ruling, big issues still open
  The June 20 US Supreme Court ruling in a case involving greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by electric power companies was good for the oil and gas industry but far from everything needed.
• 06/17/2011 -- Global warming consensus melts in its own heat
  Credibility of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, embodiment of the ballyhooed consensus about humanly induced global warming, has suffered another blow.
• 06/10/2011 -- Saudi Arabia due company as OPEC supply powerhouse
  As the eminent force in the Organization of Exporting Countries, Saudi Arabia in recent years has managed supply at the margin of the oil market virtually alone.
• 06/03/2011 -- OPEC won't hike output (but will increase quotas)
  Days before an unusually interesting meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, a reminder is in order. OPEC does not produce oil.
• 05/27/2011 -- Pawlenty comes out swinging on ethanol subsidies
  Tim Pawlenty has committed the cardinal sin of politicians seeking their party’s nomination for the US presidency. Hooray for Tim Pawlenty.