Strategic Petroleum Reserve protects against supply disruptions that could cause price spike This week’s budget deal between the White House and top lawmakers sells off a chunk of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to raise general revenue for the government’s coffers and offset part of the budget deal’s cost. Like many, I have argued […]
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From the board rooms of corporations involved in the project or competing with Alaska to the potential buyers of the gas, the eyes of the world are truly on Alaska this October I was reminded recently, while viewing a short film produced by the Consumer Energy Alliance, of the marvel that is our Trans-Alaska Pipeline
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Exxon Mobil says it has active research program into lower-carbon emission technologies, carbon capture and storage, advanced engines Exxon Mobil is counter attacking after months of allegations by environmental activists that it knew about climate change impacts as early as the 1980s and covered up the information. The company released a statement say that media and environmental activists’
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Who is doing more to confront climate change: activists or a company that finds, produces and markets fossil-fuel energy? This week, one of America’s most well-known oil and natural gas companies made a strong case for the latter, highlighting its decades of scientific research in climate science. The company – ExxonMobil – also issued a
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Declining methane emissions argue against draconian regulations proposed by Environmental Protection Agency New data released by the U.S. EPA show that methane emissions from oil and natural gas systems have fallen for at least the third year in a row, even as domestic production has boomed. According to the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), methane
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Climate change debate at Paris in Dec. is really a proxy for debate about population growth, economic/ social well being, capitalism According to an ongoing temperature analysis conducted by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), the average global temperature on Earth has increased by about 0.8°Celsius (1.4°Fahrenheit) since 1880. Two-thirds of the warming has
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EPA ozone emissions limits an Obama campaign promise WASHINGTON – Facing a court-ordered deadline, the Obama administration is preparing to finalize stricter emissions limits on smog-forming pollution linked to asthma and respiratory illness. The move fulfills a long-delayed campaign promise by President Barack Obama, but sets up a fresh confrontation with Republicans already angry about the administration’s
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Just a few years ago, many Americans felt hopeless that the U.S. would ever reduce its dependence on foreign energy. Relying on suppliers from unstable nations that don’t share our interests, consumers felt the effect of pricing volatility, violence and political instability hitting them at the gas pump with prices reaching $4.00 per gallon. For
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) draconian rules are contradictory, costly, and will damage energy industry The American economic system has made the United States the world leader in abundant and low-cost energy, thanks in no small part to contributions from Texas. But new rules from the U.S. EPA pose a direct threat to our oil and natural
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Ending oil restrictions will allow Iran to generate more funds to promote unrest in Middle East Even though opponents of the Iran nuclear deal can’t win in Congress, they aren’t going to go quietly. And a key point for them is that oil money currently frozen by economic sanctions will be used to sponsor more
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