Bob McCarty Writes

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) made a lot of good points during a Fox Business interview with Stuart Varney this morning. Most importantly, Senator Inhofe explained that the Kerry-Lieberman Global Warming Bill is basically another form of cap-and-trade legislation and that it’s dead before it hits the U.S. Senate. On offshore drilling in the wake of [...]

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As so-called “cap-and-trade” legislation winds its way through Congress, many Americans want to know how they their country’s energy future might be impacted if the legislation becomes law.  Because the mainstream media isn’t being too honest about the topic, they have to find alternative sources of information, including the blog you’re reading now.  Another good [...]

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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 [...]

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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 glimmer [...]

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During the past month, I’ve published four posts about the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill and the detrimental impact it will have on the country if passed.  Today, I offer two videos from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearings on the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill.  If you’re like me, they will make you wonder [...]

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The headline of a Roll Call article describes the climate change legislation being introduced today by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) as “Radioactive.”  Many in the nation’s capitol agree. At the American Petroleum Institute, President Jack Gerard offered some choice words for the measure serving as the Senate counterpart to the House’s [...]

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File this under “never would have guessed it.” In a piece published today at Right Truth, writer R.J. Godlewski unwittingly provides the evaluatory “tools” needed to connect the future of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility with President Barack Obama’s relentless assault of the nation’s oil and natural gas industry. Before I continue riding this train [...]

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