Today, the House Natural Resources Committee approved three bills with bipartisan support that will create jobs, streamline government red-tape, and make America less dependent on foreign critical and strategic minerals.
Critical and strategic minerals are vital to our everyday lives and are essential components of renewable energy, national defense equipment, medical devices,… Read more »
Today, the Full Committee on Natural Resources is holding a markup on 18 bills including legislation that will help develop critical and strategic minerals. Critical and strategic minerals are fundamental components of technologies and everyday items ranging from cell phones, building materials and motor vehicles to personal hygiene products.
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Members of the House Natural Resources Committee introduced two bills to protect and expand U.S. onshore energy production on federal lands. The bills would remove government roadblocks and hurdles that delay American energy production, promote production of our oil shale resources, and ensure that oil and natural gas resources in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) are… Read more »
The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up:
Associated Press: “Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths”
Associated Press – Ben Neary: “Western lawmakers push to restore mineral funds”
Reuters – Alex Lawler: “IEA urges swift U.S. decision on allowing crude oil exports”
Associated Press: “Ark. mountain snail dropped from endangered… Read more »
The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up:
Politico – Darren Goode: “Key natural gas rules may be in the pipeline”
Associated Press – Dina Capiello: “Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths”
Bloomberg: “Gasoline rises most in three months at U.S. pumps”
Wall Street Journal – Ben Kesling: “The Few, the Proud, the Tortoises:… Read more »
The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up:
Associated Press: “Oil industry: BLM is preventing job creation in Calif. by postponing oil, gas lease auctions”
Elko Daily News editorial: “Amodei, GOP to tackle Endangered Species Act”
Greenwire – Phil Taylor: “House GOP forms working group to overhaul ESA”
Fuel Fix –… Read more »
The Natural Resources Morning News Round-up:
The Hill – Julian Hattem: “Interior’s fracking rules in cross hairs ahead of upcoming release”
Bloomberg – Mark Drajem: “Fracking Rule Draws Republican Critics as U.S. Readies Changes”
Platts: “Federal fracking rule will slow US oil, gas production: officials”
CNN – Steve Hargreaves:… Read more »
Interior’s fracking rules in crosshairs ahead of upcoming release
By Julian Hattem
Lawmakers from both parties are pouncing on the federal government's attempt to regulate hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas extraction method also known as fracking, even before the draft rules have been released.
At… Read more »
Remember this?
“We can’t afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a shortage, and driving prices higher.”
— President Obama, April 17, 2012
According to a recent research study by professors at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, oil speculation has little effect on oil price volatility. This study said… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources launched a profile on Instagram. It will feature behind-the-scenes photos of Committee events and hearings, as well as pictures of national parks, forests, American energy, rivers and lakes, fish and wildlife and many other topics under the Committee’s jurisdiction.
To follow us online http://www.instagram.com/natresources or via the… Read more »
