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Kerry-Boxer Bill Kills American Jobs, Increases Energy Costs and Undermines Energy Security

October 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Details of the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill now the subject of hearings in the U.S. Senate bring to mind one question, “Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?” Unfortunately, this morbid humor offers little about which to laugh.

In a post three days ago, I warned you about what my friends in the oil [...]

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Labor, Oil Leaders Fighting to Save American Jobs

October 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Four months after announcing the formation of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee, the group’s leaders announced today they have written to senior members of Congress to encourage them to support tax policies that will protect and encourage the development of quality U.S. jobs, while at the same time fortifying our nation’s energy [...]

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Boxer-Kerry Climate Change Bill Faces Opposition (Update)

September 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments

The headline of a Roll Call article describes the climate change legislation being introduced today by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) as “Radioactive.”  Many in the nation’s capitol agree.
At the American Petroleum Institute, President Jack Gerard offered some choice words for the measure serving as the Senate counterpart to the House’s similarly-destructive [...]

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Higher Fuel Prices, Job Losses to Follow G20 Commitment to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies

September 25th, 2009 · No Comments

President Barack Obama just outlined steps he and other G-20 world leaders at the Pittsburgh Summit 2009 have decided to take to change the world in many economic areas, including energy.  Most notable to me was his mention of “phasing out fossil fuel subsidies.”
If you think that eliminating subsidies is getting rid of some form [...]

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Secretary Salazar to Kill Royalty-in-Kind Program, Rob $6.6 Billion Non-Tax Revenue from Uncle Sam

September 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Just when you begin to think President Barack Obama and his band of idiots can’t possibly do anything worse than they did the day before comes news from the American Petroleum Institute: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has announced that he plans to terminate the royalty-in-kind program.
“The Royalty-in-Kind program, which collected $6.6 billion in oil and [...]

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