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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...

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...

Opinion: It's Time to End Our Oil Addiction

(July 30) -- This month, I took a boat tour of the Gulf Coast to see the BP oil disaster up close along with fellow athletes from hockey, football and other sports. After listening to heart-wrenching stories from families whose livelihoods are now gone because of the disaster, we toured wetlands covered with thick oil....

Bike Riders Strip Naked in Protest

(June 15) -- Some dream of the Tour de France. For others, it's the "Tour Sans Pants." Cyclists around the globe jumped out of their trousers and on to their bikes for the World Naked Bike Ride last Saturday, an annual gathering in which bikers celebrate the human body while protesting against cars and oil dependence....