Anna Aurilio

The president has the power to pick up a pen and require car companies to raise fuel-efficiency standards.

The president has the power to pick up a pen and require car companies to raise fuel-efficiency standards.

Big energy lobbyists may be cheering the bill's enactment, but ordinary Americans had better hold fast to their wallets. As read more

Big energy lobbyists may be cheering the bill's enactment, but ordinary Americans had better hold fast to their wallets. As gasoline prices careen out of control, the bill keeps America speeding down the wrong road toward more oil consumption, more drilling, and more pollution.

Basically, the opponents of this project have lost in the court of public opinion. So they've gone behind closed doors.

Basically, the opponents of this project have lost in the court of public opinion. So they've gone behind closed doors.

These oil companies are making profit hand over fist as consumers are suffering.

These oil companies are making profit hand over fist as consumers are suffering.

We're hoping the reconciliation bill does go away. It's becoming very controversial.

We're hoping the reconciliation bill does go away. It's becoming very controversial.