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Could the U.S. Actually Become Energy Independent?

Despite cries about high gas prices, the fight over Keystone, and attacks on the administration's energy policies, The New York Times says the United States is actually much closer to energy independence than it has been in decades.

By Alexander Abad-Santos

Mar 7, 2012

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The Problem With 'Standing Tall Against Iran'

Cartoonist Nick Anderson thinks it's a matter of putting your money where your mouth is.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Feb 29, 2012

Iran Is Happy to Sell You Its Embargoed Oil for Gold

Need a sign that the U.S. and European Union embargoes on Iranian oil are working? The sanction-slapped country's central bank governor announced on Tuesday that it will now implement a barter system, accepting gold from its dwindling number of trading partners.

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By Adam Martin and Dashiell Bennett

Feb 15, 2012

Update: Both Sides Deny Iran's Stopped Oil Sales to Europe

Iran is making two bold moves today in its ongoing showdown with the West, by announcing that it will load home-made nuclear fuel rods into a research reactor, and at the same time, that it will cut oil exports to six European countries.

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By Ted Mann

Jan 15, 2012

Oil Shipment Finally Reaches Iced-In Alaska Port

A Russian tanker reached Nome, Alaska, with a shipment of heating oil and fuel for the winter, after an epic ice-breaking journey through the Bering Sea.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Jan 6, 2012

Standoff Over Iran's Oil and Nuclear Program Isn't Going Away

Iran promises more military action in the Strait of Hormuz, western nations try turn up the economic and regular Iranians prepare for the real possibility of war.

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By John Hudson

Dec 29, 2011

What a War Over the Hormuz Strait Would Look Like

The high stakes standoff between Iran and the U.S. over the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-fifth of the world's oil, was inflamed Thursday when Iran's navy claimed to have recorded video of a U.S. aircraft carrier entering the Port of Oman.

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By Dino Grandoni

Dec 28, 2011

Iran Reminds Us That It Controls a Lot of Oil

As the U.S. preps further sanctions against the Iran, the rogue nation wants us to know, by the way, that it controls the Strait of Hormuz, through which, just so you know, a huge chuck of the world's oil supply flows.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 7, 2011