While the U.S. government continues to debate buying controversial crude oil from Canada, the country up north already has another customer: China.

Last week, Senator Tom Coburn pushed for a vote on a measure to cut subsidies for ethanol. The 45 cent a gallon tax credit for ethanol cost the federal government nearly $5.5 billion last year. Senator Coburn explains the legislation.

Oil prices are up to about $101 a barrel this morning after OPEC decided to maintain its current output levels.

At the latest OPEC meeting in Vienna, Saudi Arabia failed to secure an agreement to lift oil production. The meeting ended in acrimony.

Professor Kent Moors, and author of "The Vega Factor: Oil Volatility and the Next Global Crisis" discusses why OPEC decided to keep oil production levels steady when most analysts were expecting an increase.

Juli Niemann, analyst with Smith Moore and Company, explains if an increase in oil production is really the answer to the global oil problems.

Experts say OPEC might not raise output when it meets, despite Libya's production outage. Saudi Arabia is already compensating for the outage.

Environmentalists around the world are fighting Canada's attempts to export oil from Alberta's oil sands. Now, Canada is fighting back.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is slated to begin output policy talks on Wednesday. Jim Ritterbusch, of Ritterbusch and Associates, explains.

You've probably never heard of camelina. But the fuel could lessen the miltary's use of oil.