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SHOCK! Offshore Drilling Moratorium Would Cost United States 175,000 Jobs Per Year Through 2035

July 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments

During a 45-minute conference call with journalists this morning, Jack Gerard shared some startling predictions about the future health of the nation’s oil and natural gas industry if the Obama Administration gets its way in adding more regulation and increasing taxes on offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.  The biggest one of all is [...]

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Putin to Talk With Bush About Bridge to Alaska

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Almost a year ago, Bloomberg News broke the news of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grandiose plans to build a tunnel linking his nation and Alaska. Today, news about the bridge-building project is back. The UK’s Times Online reports that former KGB spy chief Putin plans to share his bridge-building plan with President George Bush when [...]

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ALERT: Russians Plan Tunnel Link to Alaska

April 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Here’s a disturbing piece of news from Bloomberg.com. I describe it as “disturbing,” because it’s about a project that involves giving Russia — currently under the increasingly-dictatorial leadership of former KGB chief-turned President Vladimir Putin — improved access to the United States. Seriously, does this country really need a third point of access — effectively [...]

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