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House Republicans May Subpoena White House Over Solyndra
Tweet Share on Facebook October 28, 2011 Comment (1)After eight months investigating the half-billion dollar Solyndra loan guarantee, House Republicans are turning the heat up even more on the Obama administration.
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Obama Administration Must Open 'Energy Highways'
Tweet Share on Facebook October 28, 2011 CommentThomas Pyle is the president of the Institute for Energy Research.
In a number of small towns and big cities across the United States, economic growth is returning. Thanks to the development of new energy highways, pockets of prosperity are even brighter in some areas than in the pre-recession era.
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East Coast Oil Infrastructure Remains Vulnerable
Tweet Share on Facebook October 26, 2011 CommentHurricane Irene's arrival in late August was a wake-up call. When that storm struck on the East Coast and worked its way north through mid-Atlantic and New England regions it reminded us of the vulnerability of the East Coast's oil infrastructure and its dependence on Gulf Coast refining to meet consumption that far exceeds local production.
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Big Oil's Windfall Profits Help Middle Class, Report Says
Tweet Share on Facebook October 26, 2011 Comment (3)The country's top oil companies, like ExxonMobil and Chevron, are expected to announce high third-quarter profits this week. And to accompany the good news for the industry, congressional Republicans who back it can expect a whole round of political attacks, especially regarding the much-debated tax incentives for major producers.
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Even Cuba Understands What's to Gain from Off-Shore Drilling
Tweet Share on Facebook October 20, 2011 Comment (5)Daniel Kish is the senior vice president for policy at the Institute for Energy Research.
One year ago, the Obama administration ended it's blanket offshore drilling ban. But it replaced its drilling moratorium with a permitorium. The bureaucrats said they were allowing drilling, but they granted very few permits and it took months to issue a permit for new drilling.
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Perry: Dismantle the EPA
Tweet Share on Facebook October 14, 2011 Comment (5)Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is calling for Congress to "dismantle" the Environmental Protection Agency in its current form and open up restricted areas of Alaska, the American West, and the Gulf of Mexico to oil drilling, a move that he claims will create $1.2 million jobs nationwide. The key, and so far only, plank to his economic plan was unveiled Friday morning outside of Pittsburgh.
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Obama Pushing a Stealth Cap-and-Trade Policy
Tweet Share on Facebook October 13, 2011 Comment (1)Thomas Pyle is the president of the Institute for Energy Research.
The United States has the world's largest energy resources, in part because we have the world's largest coal reserves. In fact we have 50 percent more coal than Russia, the country with the next largest reserves. But coal use in the United States is under assault.
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Lowering State Gas Taxes Not as Good of an Idea as It Seems
Tweet Share on Facebook October 13, 2011 Comment (2)Patrick DeHaan is a senior analyst at gasbuddy.com.
As state revenues across the United States have taken a harder hit than even Floyd Mayweather can deliver, state officials are looking for more revenue, and getting quite creative in their plans how to resolve the crisis.
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Obama Has Not Learned from Solyndra Scandal
Tweet Share on Facebook October 6, 2011 Comment (6)Thomas Pyle is the president of the Institute for Energy Research.
Despite the ongoing Solyndra scandal, the Department of Energy pushed nearly $6 billion in new loan guarantees out the door Friday—the last day the Section 1705 loan program was available. The move has people wondering, does the administration just not care about the will of the American people anymore? After all, how can the president have no regrets amidst the widespread public outrage over its $500 million loan to the politically-connected, but now-defunct Solyndra?
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Amid Keystone Controversy, Another Energy Project Moves Forward
Tweet Share on Facebook October 6, 2011 Comment (1)Gregg Laskoski is a senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com.
Often when there's a possibility of something being built somewhere someone inevitably opposes the idea and exercises his or her Constitutional rights to oppose it, protest it, or even prop up a Hollywood actress to make some noise too. That's democracy and it's a healthy part of the process.
