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Gas Price Predictions Haven’t Panned Out – Yet

December 28th, 2010 · No Comments

A CNN Money article published yesterday included a prediction about gas prices made by John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil.  He said that Americans could be paying $5 per gallon of gasoline by 2012.  In response, this designer of “Will Work for Fuel” merchandise says, “Tell me something new.” Since President Barack Obama took [...]

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Trade Group Cites Increase in Demand for Petroleum Products as Sign of Stronger Economy

December 17th, 2010 · No Comments

The Obama Administration has been anything but friendly to the oil and natural gas industry during the past two years; still, if a news release (below) received from the American Petroleum Institute this morning is any indication, people in the “oil patch” see an ever-so-slim sign of optimism in rising demand for their products: WASHINGTON [...]

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Even Yellowstone National Park Can’t Pass New Environmental Standards Proposed by EPA

November 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Even Yellowstone National Park won’t be able to meet clean air standards in new EPA proposals. But that’s not all, according to folks in the energy industry.  The video below, from the Energy Tomorrow Blog, offers details worth sharing about clean air, ethanol in gasoline and more. CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., and [...]

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Oil and Natural Gas Group Files Suit Against EPA (Update)

November 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Three months ago, I warned about Obama’s EPA Blending Politics and Science.  One month ago, I reported on an EPA decision that could do more harm than good.  Today, I’m backed up by the folks at the American Petroleum Institute, a group that represents more than 400 oil and natural gas companies. According to a [...]

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Ethanol Decision Could Do More Harm Than Good

October 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Two months ago, I warned you about President Barack Obama’s EPA blending politics and science.  Now, according to an EPA news release issued Wednesday, the “blending” process appears to be complete: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today waived a limitation on selling fuel that is more than 10 percent ethanol for model year 2007 [...]

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Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion Renews Fears Among Homeowners in Subdivision Near St. Louis

September 13th, 2010 · 7 Comments

Though natural gas pipeline explosions like the one that leveled a neighborhood and left several people dead in San Bruno, Calif., Sept. 9 are rare, having petroleum product and natural gas pipelines running through her yard still makes Shelley Miller of St. Peters, Mo., nervous and scared. “I started shaking from the inside out,” said [...]

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Recommended Reading: ‘CLIMATISM!’

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Just over a month ago, I received a review copy of Steve Goreham’s new book,”CLIMATISM!” After finally finding time to give it the once-over, I can only describe it as “recommended reading” for anyone interested in the truth about global warming climate change GLOBULL WARMING. Approximately 400 pages, CLIMATISM! Science, Common Sense, and the 21st [...]

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