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[UK Times] A major offensive involving 300 Sudanese government battlewagons intended to clear space for Chinese oil exploration in Darfur’s far north has begun, according to rebel commanders who have come under attack. Oil companies have been waiting for the Government to secure the region before starting work on seismic surveys. The claims of fresh [...]

From the Washington Post (hardly a “Big Oil” sponsored rag): * Drilling is pointless because the United States has only 3 percent of the world’s oil reserves. This is a misleading because it refers only to known oil reserves. According to the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS), while there are an estimated 18 billion [...]

Great letter to the WSJ. I love the comment on our “fourth branch” of government, as well as the “grave spinning” renewable solution. “The Lawnmower Men” (Review & Outlook, July 19) proves the point that we no longer have only three branches of government. To the executive, legislative and judicial branches we have added bureaucracy. [...]