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Support of fracking, pro-energy candidates strong among voters – EID

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Republicans polled in Midland, TX were weighted significantly less in Gallup poll than Republicans polled in New York City Ahead of the Democratic presidential debate tonight in New York, anti-fracking activists have been ramping up their rhetoric to put pressure on the candidates to support a ban on fracking. But considering that recent polls and […]

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EPA’s greenhouse gas report overstates oil and gas emissions – API

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“Industry-led efforts to reduce emissions through investments in new technologies and equipment are paying off.” – API Methane emissions from oil and natural gas production fell even as US production rose dramatically, according to EPA’s latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory released late Friday, but API is raising concerns over the new Environmental Protection Agency methodology. “EPA has made a

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IPAA: Obama administration’s offshore rule reduces safety, hurts offshore energy production

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IPAA and a number of its industry trade partners shared the expertise of over 300 engineers and technical experts from more than 70 companies in their formal comments WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Obama Administration’s final offshore well control rule could reduce offshore worker safety and hurt future U.S. offshore energy development, according to Dan Naatz,

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API cautions Obama Administration: Offshore well control rule could harm safety

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Gulf of Mexico area is one of the most important American regions for energy resources, infrastructure The American Petroleum Institute repeated industry concerns Wednesday to the Obama Administration that the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (BSEE) Well Control Rule may have unintended negative consequences for safety and affect future offshore energy projects. “The Well Control Rule

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Poll: Majority of American voters concerned about high ethanol mandates

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76% concerned that diverting corn to energy production rather than food could result in higher food costs, contribute to world hunger Seventy-seven per cent of registered voters are concerned that breaching the ethanol blend wall could drive up the cost of gasoline for consumers and reduce the nation’s fuel supply (85 per cent of Republicans, 75

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Hillary Clinton defends ‘money from people who work for fossil fuel companies’

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PURCHASE, N.Y. _ Hillary Clinton gave a spirited defence Thursday of her campaign proposals and her lead in the Democratic primaries after she was disrupted by a group of Bernie Sanders supporters ahead of her home state’s primary. A few minutes into Clinton’s remarks on the campus of Purchase College, about 20 Sanders supporters shouted,

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Stanford researchers repackage EPA’s discredited Pavillion fracking study

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“If the EPA believed its own data were not sufficient to make it through peer-review, then why should we trust the conclusions of another research team that simply repackaged the same flawed results?” UPDATE (3/29/2016; 2:30 pm ET): The Casper Star-Tribune and Greenwire have both reported that the lead researcher of the Stanford Pavillion study,

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