Tag: Jack Gerard
Competing ‘energy transition’ visions of Big Oil, EPA
Energy transitions take 50 to 75 years, regulators need to be patient Outgoing EPA head Gina McCarthy says the clean energy transition can’t be stopped. API head Jack Gerard says the real energy transition is from coal to natural gas. Who’s right? Both of them, as it turns out. My go to expert on energy transitions […]
Ahead of Presidential debate, energy is priority for American voters – API
“Whatever the outcome tonight, the American people have already cast their ballot for energy” WASHINGTON – API President and CEO Jack Gerard highlighted the importance of American energy ahead of the first presidential debate. Gerard’s full remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Monday’s press conference call are available on API’s website. “When it comes to […]
Oil/gas industry’s Dakota Access pipeline strategy is risky and likely to fail
Alliance of Native Americans and environmental groups could spell big trouble for industry, a la Keystone XL fiasco Energy Transfer Partners and the American Petroleum Institute have just made a huge strategic mistake with their handling of the Dakota Access pipeline protests. When the protests were just starting, there was opportunity for the pipeline company […]
American model of substituting natural gas for coal should be promoted by Obama in Paris
Power generation emissions have fallen dramatically because of American model, will fall more under Clean Power Plan Barack Obama doesn’t often take advice from Big Oil, but the American Petroleum Institute has an idea ahead of the COP 21 conference in Paris next month that the President should seriously consider. As American Energy News reported last […]
Use natural gas for power generation not coal, API tells world leaders
Fracked natural gas could be answer for Asia, which is building hundreds of new coal power plants using old technology Substituting natural gas for coal power generation, which has proven so successful in driving down American GHG emissions, should be a model for the world, says the American Petroleum Institute. API CEO Jack Gerard urged […]
Energy should be top issue of 2016 American election campaign
Texas Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick says America needs a national energy strategy. Election is the perfect time for debate about energy With the introduction of the Clean Power Plan, President Barack Obama has inserted energy squarely into the 2016 election campaign. Now, the candidates need to tell us where they stand. There is a very good argument […]
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