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		<title>393.  Oh, and another Bureau of Land Management shady deal in the West</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/11/393-oh-and-another-bureau-of-land-management-shady-deal-in-the-west/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 17, 2008, the Interior Department announced another final rule to go into effect on January 17, 2009, three days before President-Elect Obama&#8217;s inauguration.  This one would open up 1.9 million acres to exploitation of oil shale deposits in Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado.  Shale remains both a dirty and largely unproven technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>392.  BP receives a slap on the wrist from Justice Department</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 25, 2007, oil giant BP agreed to pay $373 million in fines to settle 3 different investigations against it.  In February 2004, BP tried to corner the US market in propane and stick its customers with higher prices.  To avoid a criminal prosecution, it agreed to pay $303 million in fines.
On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>391.  The Bureau of Land Management and shady deals in Utah again</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/11/391-the-bureau-of-land-management-and-shady-deals-in-utah-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management is set to open public lands to drilling near 3 National Parks in Utah.  Bypassing usual input from the Parks Service which would delay the process into the next Administration, the BLM will auction leases in the area on December 19, 2008.  Consider it a parting gift by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>382. More corruption in the government’s oil leasing programs</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/382-more-corruption-in-the-government%e2%80%99s-oil-leasing-programs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the 2008 election, Republicans pushed oil drilling in offshore deepwater areas and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).  Such drilling would do little to alleviate our country&#8217;s long term energy needs.  Oil companies already hold millions of acres under lease which they have not developed.  Nor are there oil rigs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>367. War, oil, oil companies, and Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/367-war-oil-oil-companies-and-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1971, Iraq nationalized its oil industry.  It replaced the Iraq Petroleum Company which was made up of the precursors to BP, Total, Shell and a consortium of American oil companies including what was to become Exxon Mobil and folded their assets into the Iraq National Oil Company.  On June 30, 2008, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>365. Speculation in crude oil futures markets</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/365-speculation-in-crude-oil-futures-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/10/365-speculation-in-crude-oil-futures-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Incompetence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When George Bush was inaugurated on January 20, 2001 the NYMEX near futures crude oil contract was $32.19/bbl (see also item 308).  On September 10, 2001 (markets closed for 3 days because of 9/11), the price had declined to $27.63.  In succeeding weeks, due to international cooperation and support, the futures price actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>187. Deregulation of energy companies</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/09/187-deregulation-of-energy-companies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/09/187-deregulation-of-energy-companies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Public Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935 is one of those acts which no one has ever heard of and since its repeal which went into effect on February 8, 2006 in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 it is likely no one ever will.  PUHCA kept regulated energy companies from moving into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>182. MTBE (gas additive)</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/09/182-mtbe-gas-additive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/09/182-mtbe-gas-additive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2000 the EPA announced plans to phase out over 4 years the gasoline additive MTBE which had been found to be contaminating ground water supplies.  These were canceled when Bush took office.  As a result, MTBE is still in use but, due to law suits against oil companies, state bans, and lack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>172. Oil lease fiascos</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/09/172-oil-lease-fiascos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-candidate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Johnnie Burton, director of the Minerals Management Service since 2002 resigned May 7, 2007 after an Interior Inspector General report of December 2006. During her tenure, she reduced audits and depended on self-reporting by energy companies resulting in underreporting and underpayment of royalties.
The first auditor Bobby Maxwell who noticed a problem had his job eliminated. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>135. Ethanol (a political fuel)</title>
		<link>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/09/135-ethanol-a-political-fuel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.netrootsmass.net/2008/09/135-ethanol-a-political-fuel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugh's List of Bush Scandals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bush&#8217;s ethanol program will not solve America&#8217;s energy problems. It is a boon to corn state farmers and the politicians who represent them but depletes soil that would be better reserved for food production. It also led to an increase in the price of corn, other grains, and food generally, and it set the stage [...]]]></description>
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