The Christian Science Monitor notes that an ad promoting the benefits of clean energy projects and attacking big oil companies for blocking their development has been rejected by ABC. The ad was supposed to air on September 26th during 20/20 but that same morning it was nixed. ABC refused to discuss its reasons for rejecting the ad with the Christian Science Monitor. Might it have something to do with the tyranny of  oil?

On GRITtv we look at how the politics of oil have shaped the ’08 election. Oil money still speaks loudly and both candidates have received their fair share of campaign contributions from the powerful lobby. That said, McCain has been the recipient of significantly more oil money and the Republican Party has placed offshore drilling and oil extraction at the center of its platform. “Drill Baby, Drill,” is now part of the political lexicon. Here to unpack the role of the oil industry in American politics and U.S. foreign relations is Antonia Juhasz, a visiting scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies and the author of The Tyranny of Oil.