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Energy Exec Says ‘E-mails Helped Our Cause’

November 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Asked whether he thinks the tables could be turned on climate change alarmists after e-mail evidence of manipulation of climate change data by UK researchers surfaced last week, Mike Carey isn’t ready to declare victory.  The president of the American Council for Affordable and Reliable Energy does, however, see value in those e-mails coming into [...]

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Tags: Coal · Coal Industry · Oil and Gas Industry · St Louis Tea Party 11-28-09

Sunoco Oil CEO Says U.S. Policy Threat to Refiners

November 19th, 2009 · No Comments

In my continuing effort to offer extensive coverage on fossil fuels-related subject matter such as the oil and natural gas industry, climate change and cap-and-trade legislation, including Waxman-Markey and Kerry-Boxer, I point you to the exchange above between Sunoco Inc. CEO Lynn Eisenhan and U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) at the WSJ’s CEO Council.
In short, [...]

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Tags: Cap and Trade Energy Tax · Cap-and-Trade Legislation · Global Warming and Climate Change · Oil and Gas Industry · The Wall Street Journal

Barack Obama Breaks Energy-Related Promises

November 12th, 2009 · No Comments

In a post one year ago today, I opined about the nation’s energy future under then-President-Elect Barack Obama:
While Americans wait for Barack Obama to take office, the nation’s energy future hangs in the balance.  Still, amidst so much uncertainty, a review of the president-elect’s statements and actions in recent months offers an ever-so-slight [...]

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Tags: Cap and Trade Energy Tax · Cap-and-Trade Legislation · Costs of Goods and Services · Gas Prices · Oil and Gas Industry

Major Media Outlets Ignore Report on Energy

November 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Members of the mainstream media — people who call themselves “journalists” — seem to have paid absolutely no attention to a Congressional Research Service report on energy released Oct. 27 — this, despite the fact that two energy-related measures (i.e., the Kerry-Boxer and Waxman-Markey) are at the center of heated debate now taking place on [...]

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Tags: Mainstream News Media · Oil and Gas Industry

Climate Change Bills Take Aim at ‘Red’ States

November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Five times in as many weeks, I’ve published posts containing alarming details of what lies in store for Americans should the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill become law.  Today, I point readers to a Heritage Foundation blog post, because of the ominous message it delivers in its opening sentence:
Unless they had explicitly named them, the Senate’s [...]

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Tags: Global Warming and Climate Change · House of Representatives · John Kerry · U.S. Senate