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Energy Choices

News Release Content

Energy Policy: Bush's Rush to Drill Yields a Dry Hole

Increased Drilling on Public Lands Has Little Effect on Prices and Foreign Dependency

Biofuels and Bad Weather: America’s Food-to-Fuel Gamble

It’s Time for Congress to Revisit the Ethanol Mandate

Government Report Focuses on Agriculture as 'Dead Zone' Culprit

Heavily Subsidized Crops Largest Contributor of Nitrogen to the Gulf of Mexico; What Will be the Environmental Impact of Increased Ethanol Production?

Power Drain

Big Ag's $100 Million Energy Subsidy
Some of America's richest and largest farms are paying pennies for the vast amounts of electricity needed to deliver irrigation water to California's arid Central Valley.

Press Release - Enforcing Mileage Standards

Enforcing Mileage Standards Based on Real-World Testing Would Cut Oil Imports 20 Percent
First-Ever Calculations Show Real MPG Tests Would Save More Than 1.3 Times Saudi Oil Imports Per Year

News Release: Gas Price Calculator Puts Price Tag to Consumer Anger Over Gas Prices

At $3 Per Gallon the Average Family Will Spend $4,060 on Gas This Year, Up $1,880 from Before Iraq War
(WASHINGTON, May 4) — Americans in 50 metro areas will pay $83 billion more for gasoline this year at $3 per gallon, compared to the prices they paid in February 2003 — and even more if prices continue to rise as expected, says a new Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysis that calculates the increased cost of gasoline per family in the 50 largest metro areas.

Press Release

National Transportation Policy At Odds With National Security
Drivers in Southern Cities with Few Transit Options Send Most Gas Dollars to Middle East