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Here’s some not-so-good news for motorists in the Golden State at the beginning of the workweek: Gas prices in California have soared to record levels, rising 50 cents in the span of seven days. But relief may soon be on the way.
Posted on Oct 8, 2012
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By Bill McKibben, TomDispatch —
Along with “fivedollaragallongas,” the energy watchword for the next few months is: “subsidies”—a word representing at least $10 billion in freebies and possibly as much as $40 billion annually in freebie cash for an energy industry already making historic profits.
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Did you know that it was actually jumping gas costs, and not deceptive lending practices on the part of mortgage financiers and deregulation madness on Wall Street, that got us into the recessionary quandary in which the majority of Americans still find themselves?
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Brian Fairrington, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Dec 27, 2011
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This is great news: Crude oil prices continued to slide Friday as dealers awaited a report on the U.S. job picture. But the average price of gas at the pump remained at a painful $3.99 per gallon.
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With gas prices still rising, House Speaker John Boehner has broken from traditional GOP rhetoric to voice his support for ending tax breaks to the oil industry.
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Exxon Mobil made $10.9 billion last quarter, but investors were disappointed that the world’s biggest oil company had only its second-biggest quarter ever. With a product that is harder and harder to find, shareholders who demand even bigger windfalls and consumers who are about ready to revolt, you almost have to feel sorry for the oil companies. No, you really don’t.
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Now that England’s streets and sidewalks have been outfitted with an elaborate closed-circuit TV system, British police are using footage from London’s Haymarket district in trying to track down the party behind Friday’s attempted car bombings.
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Check out these moving portraits of people who can no longer visit family or friends, who can no longer take their children to the movies, even—all because of the stratospheric gas prices.
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