Bob McCarty Writes

The non-partisan Reform Institute’s National Energy Symposium drew more than 45 corporate executives, policymakers and industry experts to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to openly discuss the nation’s energy, environmental and economic challenges.  It appears, however, that representatives of the nation’s largest oil and natural gas exploration and production firms (a.k.a., the “fossil fuelers”) were strangely missing [...]

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The findings of a new study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute indicate that the Windfall Profits Tax — or any similar tax proposal — likely would cause severe job loss, reduce household income and slow economic growth. In other words, it could be exactly the wrong medicine for our ailing economy.
Although it appears President [...]

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Thanks to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), legislation that will further hinder our nation’s ability to become energy independent (i.e., depend less upon foreign sources of oil and natural gas) is one step closer to becoming law.
There are at least a couple of provisions — and perhaps more — in the just-passed Omnibus Public [...]

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In a news release this afternoon, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives provided members of the news media with the text of an open letter they delivered to Speaker Nancy Pelosi on behalf of the American people and the Republican Conference requesting that she reconvene the House and allow a vote to provide relief [...]

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made a show out of calling upon Americans to call President George W. Bush and demand he fix the problems causing the price of fuel to skyrocket. In reality, the slightly-out-of-date chart above shows who is largely responsible for skyrocketing gas prices today.
If you’re fed up with [...]

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