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Background:
The House Republican Conference confirms that “the newest significant refinery began operating in 1977.”
The Energy Information Administration’s profile on Singapore.
The Congressional Research Service reports:
“Hurricanes Katrina and Rita shut down oil and gas production from the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of… Read more »
On Thursday, President Obama kicks off his tour of Asia, which includes stops in Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. During his travel, we’ll send out postcards from U.S. Energy sources to President Obama to highlight specific examples of international energy development that should be included in his Administration’s energy strategy.
As you can see in the map… Read more »
Today, Josh Gerstein of Politico has a piece entitled “Obama: Time to get to work on jobs.” He states:
“President Barack Obama on Monday pushed his economic advisers to come up with job-generating ideas that can be hustled up to Capitol Hill.”
Well, it’s about time. Since January, Republicans have hustled job creation suggestions to the White House – but unfortunately, not many of us… Read more »
Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04), Congressman Bill Cassidy (LA-06) and 67 bipartisan Members of Congress sent a letter to Nancy Sutley, Chairwoman of the President’s Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, expressing concerns that the Task Force’s Interim Report is not balanced and could be used to block offshore energy development and job… Read more »
Tomorrow, President Obama will speak at the Desoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Florida.
While the President regularly says he supports “comprehensive” energy development, the Florida branch of the Solar Energy Industries Association actually recently announced support for a concrete, common-sense way to develop a wide range of American energy resources.
As the New York Times… Read more »
This morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats will host an economic forum on job creation, featuring a panel of economic and financial experts. In advance of this forum, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement and questions:
“Without a doubt, energy policy has a tremendous impact our economy. The U.S. energy… Read more »
Earlier this week, the New York Times wrote an editorial regarding the Obama Administration’s recent decision to block energy development in Utah and its upcoming decision regarding offshore drilling on America’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Unfortunately, the piece was so misleading that a simple letter to the editor would not fully address all of the New York Times’ inaccuracies and… Read more »
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Background:
A Postcard from the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, June 2, 2009.
On October 9, 2009 the White House announced that President Obama and Cabinet Members will travel to New Orleans on Thursday, October 15.
In August, the Wall Street Journal reported that “the U.S. is going to lend billions of dollars to Brazil’s state-owned oil… Read more »
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Highlights:
The Obama Administration’s Hypocrisy on All-of-the-Above Energy Development
“After Americans experienced four dollar gasoline last summer, there was a larger understanding that we need to utilize the resources we have here within our country -- namely, the Outer Continental Shelf and federal lands and in Alaska. When this administration came in, the… Read more »
