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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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‘Drill, baby, drill!’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Quality Demands It

November 11th, 2009 · No Comments

According to the folks at Overthinkingit.com, the decline in U.S. oil production is explained by the Hubbert Peak Theory, which states that “the amount of oil under the ground in any region is finite, therefore the rate of discovery which initially increases quickly must reach a maximum and decline.” Makes sense, right? Further, [...]

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Bill Would Put Screws to American Business

November 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Though the attention of most Americans has been diverted by coverage of health care reform, cap-and-trade legislation, and shootings at Fort Hood and in Orlando, at least one other dangerous piece of legislation is creeping its way around the nation’s capitol.  Thanks to a statement from the folks at the American Petroleum Institute, I’m able [...]

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Senators Demand EPA Chief Provide Critical Data (Update)

November 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Four Republican Senators — South Carolina’s Lindsay Graham, New Hampshire’s Judd Gregg and Maine’s Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins — sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson today, asking her to provide critical data requested by Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) during Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearings on climate change Oct. 27.
During those [...]

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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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