Our view on alternative power: Cape Wind battles reflect lack of energy seriousness
Approve project. NIMBY politics only feeds fossil fuel dependence.
USA Today Editorial
January 11, 2010
The steady winds that blow along the nation's coastlines are an untapped energy resource that could reduce the need for coal, oil and natural gas. In fact, one group proposed placing enough windmills… Read more »
In response to the Department of Labor’s report that 85,000 jobs were lost in December and the national employment rate remains at 10-percent, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today in advance of the President’s announcement of government funding to help create green jobs:
“President Obama is responding to today’s… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding Secretary Ken Salazar’s announcement today that the Department of Interior will implement numerous new hurdles to the leasing and development of new oil and gas on federal lands:
“Evidently creating new energy jobs was not one of President Obama’s New Year’s resolutions. If it… Read more »
Secretary Salazar frequently claims that he supports of all-of-the-above energy development and has even stated that promotion of renewable energy on public lands is one of his top priorities.
Yet just yesterday, his National Park Service sided with the anti-energy crowd and struck a blow to the Cape Wind project, the first planned offshore wind farm in the US, by declaring that the… Read more »
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
In the next few days President Obama will venture to Copenhagen, Denmark to attend the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which began last week. One of the discussed goals of this conference is the creation of a universal climate… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent a follow-up letter to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar seeking answers as to why the Department decided to terminate the profitable royalty in-kind (RIK) program for collecting oil and gas royalties. A recent Department of Interior report showed that the program generated over $106 million in benefits for the… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after joining members of the American Energy Solution Group in a press conference to oppose the President’s job-killing energy policies and express concerns (see letter) with his upcoming trip to the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen:
“Earlier this morning, President Obama… Read more »
The Department of the Interior just released the FY 2008 Royalty-In-Kind (RIK Report), which showed that the federal government made $106 million by taking oil and natural gas royalty in-kind. This report comes on the heels of Secretary Ken Salazar’s September announcement that the Department of the Interior would end the RIK program, despite five years of taxpayer benefits from this… Read more »
Tomorrow, President Obama will host a Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth at the White House where he promised he will “consider all good ideas to encourage and accelerate job creation.” However, it appears that the White House neglected to invite a wide range of officials from America’s all-of-the-above energy sectors to attend this event.
Since a diverse group of American energy… Read more »
