By issuing an endangerment finding on CO2 today, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson effectively placed an economy-wide tax on energy use. How can this be? Because 85 percent of the U.S. economy runs on fossil fuels that emit carbon dioxide, according to a Heritage Foundation post today. Among those issuing immediate responses to the EPA actions [...]
EPA Endangerment Ruling Threatens All Americans
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments
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Big Oil, Big Labor Form Historic Partnership
June 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Saying the ultimate goal of the partnership is to secure more and better-paying jobs for Americans in the oil and gas industry and for more Americans in every region of the country, American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard announced this morning the formation of a historic partnership his organization that represents some 400 [...]
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Poll: Most American Voters Favor Offshore Drilling
February 24th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Most American voters support increasing access to domestic offshore oil and natural gas resources and would oppose any new laws or regulations that blocked development of those national resources, according to a poll released today. The poll, conducted by Harris Interactive and commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute, found that 61 percent of Americans who [...]
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Paulson Bailout Deal Cheating Taxpayers
November 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
While many fear Tuesday’s election could launch Barack Obama’s much-talked-about plan to redistribute the wealth, an Oct. 29 report in The Nation suggests that the redistribution has already begun: The swindle of American taxpayers is proceeding more or less in broad daylight, as the unwitting voters are preoccupied with the national election. Treasury Secretary Hank [...]
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