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U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- The government estimated Thursday that up to 4.3 billion barrels of oil can be recovered from the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota and Montana, using current technology. The U.S. Geological Survey called it the largest continuous oil accumulation.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 30, 2007 @ 10:34am neoform

MSNBC -- Oil prices fell below $90 for the first time this month on expectations that OPEC will increase output next week and fading concerns that a pipeline fire in the U.S. will disrupt supplies. Light, sweet crude for January delivery fell $1.85 to $89.16 a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 30, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Locally harvested crab and seafood will be back on Bay Area menus just in time for Christmas, but that oyster barbecue might have to wait. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger lifted the ban on crabbing and fishing in San Francisco Bay on Thursday after studies.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 15, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- As cleanup crews struggle to pick up the oil that ebbs and flows in San Francisco Bay, wildlife experts worry about the 1.6 million shorebirds and waterfowl that come here every winter like clockwork for the good food and the mild climate. Over the pas.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Sep 16, 2007 @ 3:07am neoform

Times Online -- AMERICA’s elder statesman of finance, Alan Greenspan, has shaken the White House by declaring that the prime motive for the war in Iraq was oil. In his long-awaited memoir, to be published tomorrow, Greenspan, a Republican whose 18-year tenure as hea.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 4:42pm neoform

USA Today -- The flood engulfing homes to the rooftops carried an extra curse Tuesday as a slick of 42,000 gallons of thick crude oil floated downstream with the mud and debris, coating everything it touched with a slimy, smelly layer of goo. VIDEO: No break in Kan.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 25, 2007 @ 9:38am neoform

Yahoo News -- According to a nationwide online survey released today, 72 percent of the American public does not know that conventional plastic is made from petroleum products, primarily oil. The survey was conducted by national online market research firm InsightExpre.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Feb 4, 2007 @ 10:57am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Crude oil is still polluting Alaskan waters almost 18 years after the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground, according to a study by US government scientists to be published in two weeks... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 10, 2007 @ 9:28am mrmdc

Forbes -- President Bush lifted the drilling ban Tuesday for Alaska's Bristol Bay, clearing the way for the Interior Department to open the fish-rich waters to oil and natural gas development... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 6, 2006 @ 8:37am neoform

CBS News -- Almost every time a company drills for oil or gas on federal property, it's supposed to pay a royalty or tax to the government, CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports. But CBS News has learned from a Congressional source that t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 9, 2006 @ 8:41pm neoform

Foreign Policy -- Democrats: Eager to bring accountability back into government? Here's a suggestion. Find out what happened to the nearly $9 billion dollars of Iraqi oil funds and reconstruction cash missing in action since the beginning of the war... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 1, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- California moved a step closer to permanently protecting its shores from offshore oil drilling Monday when the House approved legislation to ban development in federal waters along all 76 miles of Sonoma County's coastline and off the southern tip of Mend.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 29, 2008 @ 8:05am neoform

SF Gate -- Coast Guard officials who boarded the Cosco Busan to determine how much oil had spilled into the San Francisco Bay had trouble communicating with the Chinese-speaking crew - and ultimately had to use drawings and hand gestures. The new detail, containe.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 8, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- A crane with a worker aboard fell off Pier 70 in San Francisco today, spilling a small amount of oil into the water, authorities said. The unidentified man was not hurt, fire Lt. Mindy Talmadge said. The 100-ton crane, owned by BAE Systems, was on a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 21, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Thanks to an overwhelming response from Good Samaritans after the San Francisco Bay oil spill, volunteers are needed this weekend to clean only a few beaches in Marin County, while expert decontamination crews work on harder-to-reach rocky areas around An.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Nov 19, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Five years ago, a tanker carrying more than 11 million gallons of No. 6 oil - the same gooey substance the Cosco Busan spilled into San Francisco Bay - smacked head-on into the Casco Bay Bridge in Portland, Maine. The accident in Portland's harbor caus.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 15, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- It was standing-room only on both sides of the bay for hundreds of oil spill volunteers clamoring to learn the secrets of picking up goop. Hundreds more would-be volunteers were turned away on Wednesday from the training classes in San Francisco and Be.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 9, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

SF Gate -- Surfer Meghan McNertney watched from shore as the oil-soaked sea duck flapped wildly in the waves that pounded Rodeo Beach on the Marin Headlands. The exhausted bird, known as a surf scoter, struggled onto the sand and flopped down, only to be swept un.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Sep 30, 2007 @ 4:59pm neoform

New York Times -- The Exxon Valdez disaster is certainly the most notorious oil spill in the United States — a single, terrible accident that poured 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound 1989, causing grievous damage to Alaska’s waters and beyond. B.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 5, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

USA Today -- Think gas is expensive? It's even more expensive on hot summer days. Gasoline expands as temperatures rise. That means motorists get less energy from a gallon of so-called "hot fuel" than from a cold one. When Brent Donaldson, a restaurant owner in Kan.. Read More