Wyoming Warming?
By Steve Milloy Sunday, February 12, 2012
Wyoming lawmakers want state regulation of greenhouse gases.
The Billings Gazette reports:
North Dakota’s Oil Production Increases by 55% In One YearBy Institute for Energy Research Saturday, February 11, 2012
North Dakota’s Department of Mineral Resources has announced the oil production numbers for 2011 and the results are pretty stunning. Oil production in North Dakota jumped by 55 percent from December 2010 to December 2011. Total oil production for 2011 was 35 percent higher than 2010.
The Real Anti-Energy Agenda: The NYT’s Joe Nocera Finds It OutBy Institute for Energy Research Saturday, February 11, 2012
Anti-energy environmental groups, ensconced in Washington, DC, have a vastly different agenda from the one embraced by the great majority of consumers, voters, and taxpayers in North America.
Inhofe Oversight of EPA’s $2.26 Billion in Uncommitted Funds OngoingBy EPW Blog Friday, February 10, 2012
Link to Letter
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Washington, D.C. - Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, sent another oversight letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson asking EPA to explain why the agency has $2.26 billion in its Superfund Trust Fund that remains uncommitted. In a May 2011 letter, Senator Inhofe asked Administrator Jackson a series of questions addressing these unobligated funds, but Administrator Jackson’s reply left two of the most important questions Senator Inhofe posed unanswered. In today’s letter, Senator Inhofe asked Administrator Jackson again to answer these specific two questions that she failed to answer in her previous letter.
Greek Debt Crisis Exposes Green Subsidies Scam
By Peter C. Glover Friday, February 10, 2012
If the debt crisis is a tragedy for the people of Greece, the EUs bailout attempts look increasingly comedic. A second bailout, worth ‚€130 billion ($171 billion), is currently under negotiation to enable Greece to stump up €14.5 billion ($19.1 billion) by the March 20 deadline to avoid defaulting on its bond repayments.
NPR Adds More Excuses for SolyndraBy Institute for Energy Research Friday, February 10, 2012
Much to the chagrin of supporters of government intervention into the energy markets, the Solyndra scandal won’t go away. Because it’s such a big story, the defenders of the Obama Administration can’t simply ignore it. Instead they have been offering a host of ever-shifting excuses for the colossal failure. In this post I’ll walk through a recent example of a “Fresh Air” NPR interview.
New Nuclear Reactors in Georgia To Create 5,800 JobsBy EPW Blog Thursday, February 9, 2012
Washington, D.C. - Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, welcomed the news today that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) concluded its mandatory hearing for Southern Company’s license application to build two new reactors at their Vogtle plant in northeastern Georgia. These new reactors will create 5,000 construction jobs as well as 800 permanent jobs.
Petroleum Imports and Exports: What’s the Story?By Institute for Energy Research Thursday, February 9, 2012
“If we want to wean ourselves from foreign oil, why would we allow a pipeline to be built for 1,700 miles to manufacture petroleum products to be shipped overseas?” Reid told reporters after the weekly Senate Democratic policy lunch. “That’s the purpose of this.”[ia]
IER to Markey: Greater transparency at Interior Dept. needed
By Institute for Energy Research Thursday, February 9, 2012
WASHINGTON DC—The Institute for Energy Research called for greater transparency at the Department of Interior in a letter yesterday to Secretary Ken Salazar, and today IER follows up with a letter to Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), asking him to join efforts to promote a more accountable government through revamped data publication practices for energy resources on federal lands.
Inhofe Blasts Evangelical Environmental Network’s Claim that EPA’s Agenda is “Pro-life”By EPW Blog Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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Link to Cornwall Alliance Press Release: Pro-Life Leaders Call for End to Misleading Environmentalist Campaign
Washington, D.C. - Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, blasted the Evangelical Environmental Network’s claim that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rule is somehow “pro-life.” Rev. Mitchell Hescox, President and CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network, testified today on this subject before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
That jobs thing sure didn’t last longBy Paul Driessen Wednesday, February 8, 2012
President Obama “is focused like a laser on putting people back to work,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) assured us last fall – echoing repeated statements by President Obama and Administration officials who “can’t wait” for Congress or others to take action and create jobs.
Air pollution not correlated with asthma hospitalizationsBy Steve Milloy Wednesday, February 8, 2012
This report is an update and extension of our original October 2011 research and report about air quality and hospital admissions for asthma in Los Angeles. Our data now cover the period 2010-2011.
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