Bob McCarty Writes

Moments ago, officials at the American Petroleum Institute issued a cautiously optimistic statement about House Democrats’ decision yesterday to allow the 25-year-old offshore drilling ban to expire.  That statement, which must have involved a bit of a leap of faith on API’s part, appears below:
“We think that lifting the ban on drilling is in the [...]

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In a post published Aug. 15, I highlighted “news” about a supposedly-bipartisan energy plan hatched by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and a “Group of 10″ U.S. senators. Less than 30 days later, my friends at the American Petroleum Institute tell me the group of senators has now grown to include 16 members.  Unfortunately, the [...]

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Two weeks ago, the nation’s news media outlets broke “news” about a supposedly-bipartisan energy plan hatched by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and a “Group of 10″ U.S. senators.  Unfortunately, that plan falls far short of what is needed, according to Red Cavaney.
Cavaney, president and chief executive officer of the American Petroleum Institute, outlined his [...]

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Living in Missouri, I was interested in the results of a new survey about which the folks at the American Petroleum Institute informed me today. That survey found 66 percent of Missouri voters support increased access to domestic oil and natural gas resources.

At the Energy Tomorrow web site, I learned even more about nationwide [...]

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