The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Saturday delayed a decision on whether to cut the cartel's oil output, but demand that is falling in the United States and unexpectedly weak in China makes it likely that the group will lower production at its Dec. 17 meeting in Algeria, analysts and OPEC ministers said. ...more

November 30, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The welcome sign is going out to oil and gas companies off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. ...more

September 27, 2008

Dropping her opposition to a vote on coastal oil exploration, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday that the House would consider expanded offshore drilling as part of broad energy legislation when Congress returns next month. ...more

August 17, 2008

The different paths John McCain and Barack Obama have taken to support expanded offshore drilling for oil demonstrate how each would govern as president, their supporters said Sunday. ...more

August 4, 2008

Your editorial on offshore drilling was so full of egregious errors of fact and logic one scarcely knows where to begin a reply. But let's start with a summary of your view: Oil exploration in the Gulf is bad because an oil spill will forever scare away 85 million tourists, costing the state economy $65 billion annually, and throw a million people out of work. Besides, the oil companies might export the oil in the same way they have "pipelined" all of our Alaskan oil to Japan. ...more

June 26, 2008

As gas prices set another record by going above $4.02 a gallon on Monday, a Pennsylvania congressman planned to ask a House subcommittee this week to allow oil drilling off the Florida Gulf Coast. ...more

June 10, 2008

President Bush is considering new measures to help stimulate the battered economy, the White House said Friday as unemployment and oil prices soared and Wall Street sank. ...more

June 7, 2008

Offshore oil drilling, the budget squeeze and the declining economy were among the topics at an annual breakfast where local lawmakers shared with the community highlights of the recent legislative session. ...more

May 31, 2008

Everywhere I go these days, talking about the global energy predicament on the college lecture circuit or at environmental conferences, I hear an increasingly shrill cry for "solutions." This is just another symptom of the delusional thinking that now grips the nation, especially among the educated and well-intentioned. ...more

May 28, 2008

PLANT CITY Offshore oil drilling, the budget squeeze and the declining economy were among the topics at an annual breakfast where local lawmakers shared with the community highlights of the recent legislative session. ...more

May 22, 2008