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API: Onerous methane regulations threaten emissions reduction progress

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NERA Economic Consulting found inconsistencies and other issues with calculations the administration used to generate the social cost of methane emissions WASHINGTON, December 4, 2015 – EPA’s proposal for additional methane emissions regulations on oil and gas wells and transmission are duplicative and costly,  Howard Feldman, senior director of regulatory and scientific affairs, told reporters […]

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Ban on West Coast oil tanker traffic not based on evidence

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“The move to place a moratorium on oil tanker traffic likely ends the prospect of constructing the Northern Gateway pipeline…” Troy Media – During the recent election campaign, the new federal government committed to pursuing evidence-based public policy. In the mandate letters delivered to each minister at the end of last week, there’s a sentence

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Carbon tax major blow to Alberta’s investment climate

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Alberta no longer has lowest top income tax rate, when federal and provincial or state taxes are combined, among Canadian provinces, US states Troy Media – Recent policy changes have buried the Alberta Advantage. The latest nail in the coffin comes from the provincial government’s new climate change strategy. For many years, Alberta’s strong investment

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Alberta climate policy development ‘just a matter of talking’

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Alberta climate change policy began with Prentice government EDMONTON _ The new Alberta climate policy is partly rooted in a series of low-profile dinner meetings that took place well before the election of Premier Rachel Notley and her fellow New Democrats. In 2014, the province’s environmental reputation was creating increasing resistance to its energy products

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DOE announces 6 clean energy projects in partnership with Israel

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BIRD Energy projects focus on commercializing clean energy technologies WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources (MIEW) today announced $5.1 million for six newly selected clean energy projects as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. Today’s announcement represents

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283 ISIS oil tanker trucks destroyed by US military over the weekend

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Attack on ISIS oil tankers part of broader oil targeting campaign WASHINGTON _ Accelerating its attacks on one of the Islamic State’s most important sources of income, the U.S. military said Monday it destroyed 283 tanker trucks used by the militants to transport oil from producing fields in eastern Syria to smuggling points. The attack

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Majority of American voters concerned about high ethanol mandates – poll

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According to DOE’s fuel economy website, fuel costs can be significantly higher when consumers use higher ethanol blends WASHINGTON, DC – Seventy-eight 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 (91 per cent of Republicans, 80

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Canada shouldn’t follow Obama’s economic policies – Fraser Institute

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One of central pillars of Liberal fiscal policy, like that of Obama, is increase taxes on high-income earners By Jason Clemens and Niels Veldhuis: Canadians should hope the clear parallels between U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau don’t translate into economic performance. The parallels between the two-term president and Canada’s new Liberal prime

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Report: Environmental Protection Agency Is well-armed and anti-business

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Andrzejewski says EPA has taken on a larger paramilitary role in recent years By Kenneth Artz  A newly released audit of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the Illinois-based watchdog organization Open the Books discovered hundreds of millions of dollars of questionable expenses, including high-end luxury furnishings, sports equipment, ongoing paramilitary purchases totaling $715 million for

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Murkowski blames Obama for Statoil, Shell abandoning Arctic drilling

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Murkowski says problems with regulatory environment for Arctic drilling are responsibility of Obama Administration Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is blaming the Obama Administration for Statoil’s decision to end Alaska operations and give back leases Alaska’s Arctic offshore frontier the company won in 2008. “I am very concerned that, for the second time in as many months,

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