Media Matters - Energy Policy

Media Matters - Energy Policy http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/energy_policy This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Energy Policy en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Wash. Post repeated McCain criticism of Obama for energy bill vote without noting Obama's stated reasons for voting for bill http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080008 The Washington Post uncritically reported Sen. John McCain's comment that Sen. Barack Obama voted for an "energy bill on the floor of the Senate loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies." However, the Post did not note that Obama has said he voted for the bill because it included extensive investments in renewable energy or that the bill actually resulted in a net tax increase for the oil and gas industry. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080008 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:07:17 EST Hannity did not challenge McCain's false claim that Alaska "provides 20 percent of America's energy requirements" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809180023 On his radio show, Sean Hannity did not challenge Sen. John McCain's false claim during an interview that Alaska "provides 20 percent of America's energy requirements." In fact, according to the most recent figures of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Alaska is responsible for "just 3.5 percent of the country's domestic energy production," and only 2.4 percent of the energy the U.S. consumes. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809180023 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:27:04 EST Fox News' Gallagher repeated debunked seepage myth http://mediamatters.org/items/200809160004 On Fox News' The Live Desk, Trace Gallagher repeated a debunked oil drilling myth, claiming that "more oil seeps through the ground off the coast of California than is ever spilled out there. So you're going to have much more environmental damage." In fact, according to a County of Santa Barbara report, "The evidence is clear that, far from being invisible against a background of seeps, major spills can have far greater and qualitatively different impacts on the environment than do seeps." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809160004 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:43:36 EST Morning Joe uncritically aired McCain's false claim that Palin is "governor of a state that 20 percent of our America's energy supply comes from" http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150004 On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough uncritically aired video of Sen. John McCain falsely claiming that Sarah Palin is "governor of a state that 20 percent of our America's energy supply comes from." In fact, as Factcheck.org noted, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Alaska is responsible for "just 3.5 percent of the country's domestic energy production," and only 2.4 percent of the energy the United States consumes. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809150004 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:28:02 EST Wash. Times uncritically repeated McCain campaign's statement that Obama "voted in lockstep with President George W. Bush nearly half the time" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150008 A Washington Times article uncritically repeated an assertion by Sen. John McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds that "[i]n the Senate, Barack Obama has voted in lockstep with President George W. Bush nearly half the time" and did not mention that, according to Congressional Quarterly, McCain voted with the Bush administration 95 percent of the time in 2007 and has voted with Bush 90 percent of the time over the course of Bush's presidency. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808150008 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:35:41 EST CNN's Beck didn't challenge former oil exec's assertion that ANWR drilling would "probably" produce oil in "two to three years" http://mediamatters.org/items/200808120003 On his CNN Headline News program, Glenn Beck did not challenge former Shell Oil president John Hofmeister's assertion that drilling in ANWR would "probably" produce oil in "two or three years." In fact, the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration concluded that any benefit from drilling in ANWR would not impact the U.S. oil supply for at least a decade. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808120003 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:56:52 EST Limbaugh: "Nature cleaned up itself" after Exxon Valdez oil spill http://mediamatters.org/items/200808080006 On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh said of the environmental effects following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, "[N]ature cleaned it up faster than we ever could." However, an NOAA research chemist reportedly said "very little of the oil actually disappeared," while scientists employed by the state and federal governments recently reported that the effects of the oil spill remain. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808080006 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:25:33 EST Media report GOP attacks on Obama's energy comments without noting that EPA, McCain surrogates agree with Obama http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050008 The New York Times and The Washington Times uncritically reported that the McCain campaign "ridiculed" Sen. Barack Obama for encouraging people to properly inflate their tires to increase fuel efficiency without noting that the practice has been to shown to reduce fuel consumption or that two Republican governors and McCain surrogates have referred to the fuel economy benefits of properly inflated tires. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808050008 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:48:38 EST Gingrich repeatedly mischaracterized Obama's energy policy http://mediamatters.org/items/200808010007 On Hannity & Colmes, Newt Gingrich ridiculed Sen. Barack Obama for encouraging people to properly inflate their tires and falsely suggested that that constituted Obama's only "energy strategy." In fact, Obama has proposed a "Plan for a Clean Energy Future," which includes proposals to "invest $150 billion over 10 years in clean energy," "improve energy efficiency 50 percent by 2030," "support next generation biofuels," and "double fuel economy standards within 18 years." And, Gingrich's ridicule aside, the Department of Energy and the EPA, as well as Republican governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Charlie Crist, have all referred to the fuel economy benefits of properly inflated tires. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808010007 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:26:07 EST Fox News' Jarrett failed to challenge Energy Secretary's false claim that no "oil or gas [was] spilled" during Katrina, Rita http://mediamatters.org/items/200807300006 Fox news host Gregg Jarrett did not challenge the false assertion by U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman that "[w]hen we had Katrina and Rita, the two worst hurricanes in at least in recent memory, in '05, some three years ago, there was not one case where we had a -- a situation with oil or gas being spilled in the environment." In fact, according to a 2007 report prepared for the U.S. Minerals Management Service, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita resulted in 124 spills from outer continental shelf structures with a total volume of more than 17,000 barrels of petroleum. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807300006 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:50:40 EST CBS' Reid didn't note that experts, including Energy Dept., have rebutted assertion that expanded offshore drilling "will bring prices down" http://mediamatters.org/items/200807290003 CBS' Chip Reid stated, "[Sen. John] McCain says he now supports increased offshore drilling, as do 73 percent of Americans, because, he says, more oil supplies will bring prices down," and went on to claim, "[Sen. Barack] Obama says offshore drilling harms the environment, and looks to the past, not the future." But Reid provided no indication that Obama has directly rebutted the suggestion that "increased offshore oil drilling ... will bring prices down" by pointing to the conclusion of "most experts, even within the Bush Administration," that doing so would not affect gas prices for many years. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807290003 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:36:55 EST Times reported that Dems argue "coastal exploration would have no immediate impact on gas prices," but not that the Energy Dep't agrees http://mediamatters.org/items/200807250007 The New York Times reported that "leading Democrats" argue "that allowing additional coastal exploration [for oil] would have no immediate impact on gas prices." But the article did not note that it is not only "leading Democrats" who have pointed out that access to currently off-limit areas would have no immediate impact on prices: The U.S. Department of Energy has estimated that allowing the congressional and executive moratoriums on certain off-shore drilling to expire in 2012 "would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807250007 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:48:14 EST On Meet the Press, Brokaw attributed proposal for gas-tax holiday to Clinton, but not McCain http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210005 On Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw asked Al Gore if, on the subject of renewable energy, "Hillary Clinton reset this debate when she said there should be a summer holiday on the federal gas tax." But Brokaw did not mention that Sen. John McCain also proposed a gas-tax holiday or that one of his top advisers still touts the plan as "the best stimulus package we can have right now." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210005 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:29:57 EST Wash. Post, LA Times failed to note Energy Department's assessment of effect of offshore drilling on oil prices http://mediamatters.org/items/200807150007 The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times each reported that "Democrats and environmental groups" say that allowing new offshore drilling would not have an effect on oil and gas prices in the next several years. They did not note that it is not just Democrats and environmental groups that say this: The Bush Energy Department has determined that production from offshore drilling "would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030" and that such production is expected to have an "insignificant" effect on "average wellhead prices." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807150007 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:35:47 EST Wash. Post headline -- "Offshore drilling backed as remedy for oil prices" -- undermined by article itself http://mediamatters.org/items/200807140005 The Washington Post ran an article under the headline "Offshore Drilling Backed as Remedy for Oil Prices," but the article itself noted that "the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration [EIA] said that .... 'Because oil prices are determined on the international market, however, any impact on average wellhead prices is expected to be insignificant.' " The article also noted that the EIA said that "access to the Pacific, Atlantic, and eastern Gulf regions would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807140005 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:46:10 EST