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Opinion: We Can't Drill Our Way Out of High Gas Prices

As the price of oil soars above $100 a barrel, Americans are experiencing sticker shock at the pump and economists are concerned about our fledgling economic recovery. Solutions exist that can get us off the oil market roller coaster, but they won't be found in more domestic oil fields. No matter how vocal the drilling...

Swarm of Quakes Rattles Arkansas Residents and Seismologists

Dozens of small earthquakes have rattled towns in Arkansas in the past few days, puzzling seismologists who say the exact cause of the tremors is unclear. The U.S. Geological Service has reported at least 40 earthquakes in the northern Arkansas towns of Greenbrier and Guy this week -- 18 on Wednesday alone. Since October,...

Obama Bans New East Coast Offshore Drilling: 3 Possible Reasons

(Dec. 1) -- Don't drill, baby, don't drill. Reversing its pre-BP oil spill disaster position, the Obama administration announced today that it will not engage in offshore drilling on the East Coast of the U.S. and the eastern Gulf of Mexico region, according to The Associated Press. The original policy, announced three...

What Caused the Earthquake in Oklahoma?

(Oct. 13) -- Sooner shakeup! Residents of Oklahoma were jolted this morning by something entirely unexpected: an earthquake that struck the state around 9 a.m. local time, damaging several buildings, causing minor injuries and rattling people in five other states. The quake was centered five miles east-northeast of Noble...

Greenpeace Activists in Chocolate Sauce Protest Deep-Water Drilling

(Oct. 4) -- Occasionally, you'll hear of people slathering themselves in chocolate sauce because they're feeling a bit kinky -- not because they're making a political statement. Bikini-clad activists in France covered themselves in fake oil to voice a simple message: Oil and water don't mix. Demonstrators from the...