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...nuclear powerEuphoria over new U.S. oil production is soaring, as North Dakota replaces Alaska as our number two oil producing state. Visions of our energy independence, proclaimed by presidents since Richard Nixon, dance before us. The reality...
...clean energyEuphoria over new U.S. oil production is soaring, as North Dakota replaces Alaska as our number two oil producing state. Visions of our energy independence, proclaimed by presidents since Richard Nixon, dance before us. The reality...
...natural gas production in western North Dakota has spurred that state's economy to make it the second largest oil producing state in the nation, behind Texas.Nebraska's unemployment rate is 4.0 percent, while South Dakota's is a 4...
...not only Bush who risks being overwhelmed by an energy crisis. Most Republican congressional leaders come from oil-producing states, and they make it clear they favor what is expected to be the centerpiece of the Bush energy proposal -- more...
American drivers wince as they pull up at the pump to pay $3 and more for a gallon of gasoline. Our leaders respond by asking OPEC to produce more oil. Congress passes a ludicrous bill making it illegal for oil producing countries to manipulate prices by withholding "our oil" from the market.
...to put Minnesotans to work on bridge and road repair projects and industry price increases simply go to foreign oil-producing states. "I'm convinced we need not only a gas tax but manna from heaven," Doty said. Ward didn't specifically...
...country before prices spiked in June. He said more than a third of the transfers went to Texas and Louisiana, oil-producing states that already has big reserves. He said imports to the region remained about the same as the previous year.
...coal -- a list topped by Wyoming, West Virginia and Kentucky -- Bush won 12. He also won 12 of the 15 largest oil-producing states (losing only California, Illinois and New Mexico). Likewise, Bush won 13 of the 16 states that produce the...
...Israel's offensive into Palestinian territories. Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Muslim oil-producing states should halt supplies to countries supporting Israel. "I suggest, only for one month, as a symbolic gesture...