Tag: Energy
Tag: Energy (page 4)
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Bipartisan Group of U.S. Senators Working to Repeal Section 526
Last week a bipartisan group of senators – Sens. John Barasso (R-Wyo.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Heidi Heitkamp (D.-N.D.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) – introduced S. 1026,…
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If You Watch Baseball, You Support Oil and Natural Gas
As baseball season gets into full swing, our friends at the American Energy Alliance developed a neat graphic showing just how important petroleum-based products are when it comes to…
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Celebrating Earth Day
Earth Day was first observed on April 22, 1970 as the brainchild of former Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-WI). One of the leading proponents of environmentalism and conservation at the time,…
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The Energy Link: Energy Producing States and Social Mobility
On this blog, we have previously explored the apparent links between energy production and economic growth, rising incomes and lower unemployment rates. With the caveat, of course,…
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West Virginia and Arkansas Engage on EPA’s Clean Power Plan
The Clean Air Act notably identifies states as being first among equals to the federal government when implementing environmental regulations. Indeed, the preamble of the Clean Air Act states…
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NERA: EPA Ozone NAAQS Regulation Could Cost $140 Billion per Year
In late 2014, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule that would further ratchet down national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ground level ozone from…
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New Website Launch: How the EPA’s Clean Power Plan Proposal will Affect the States
CleanPowerPlanFacts.com, a new website released today by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) will help illustrate how the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan will…
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EPA Climate Regulations Expected to Hit Manufacturing Sector Especially Hard
A short paper recently released by the Heritage Foundation takes a look at the expected manufacturing job losses as a result of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan.
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Natural Gas: Saving More and Emitting Less
Earlier this week, the American Gas Association released its 2015 Playbook. The report shows that natural gas continues to deliver safe, affordable, and reliable energy, while also providing environmental…
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More Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Woes
This week the Department of Energy announced plans to pull funding from the FutureGen 2.0 project in western Illinois. FutureGen is a coal-fired power plant currently under construction that…
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West Virginia Becomes First State to Repeal RPS
Earlier this week West Virginia’s Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed House Bill 2001, making the state the first in the nation to repeal its alternative energy mandate. The…
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Atlantic Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration May Soon Be a Reality
Big news today out of the Interior Department: much of the Atlantic coastline from Virginia to South Carolina will soon be opened up for oil and natural gas…
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Resolution to Repeal Section 526
Resolution to Repeal Section 526 WHEREAS, Section 526 attempts to prohibit agencies of the government of the United States from purchasing transportation fuels that are derived from alternative or…
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Resolution in Support of Lifting Federal Restrictions on Crude Oil Exports
Resolution in Support of Lifting Federal Restrictions on Crude Oil Exports WHEREAS, in response to the 1973 oil crisis, Congress passed the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of…
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Do Skyrocketing Electricity Rates in New England Foretell Consequences of Clean Power Plan?
The New York Times ran an interesting article a few days ago discussing the skyrocketing electricity prices residents of New England are being forced to pay even before the…
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New Report Assigns Dollar Values to Recent EPA Regulations
Ever since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Clean Power Plan proposal this past June, a number of analyses have been conducted to try and determine the…
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Lawsuits Filed in Response to Fracking Ban in Denton, TX
In what many pundits have described as a “wave election,” many candidates who embraced and campaigned on the principles of free-markets and limited government saw great success this past…
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Fracking in Illinois
Big news today out of Illinois: fracking can soon begin. Today, the 12-member Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules adopted regulations that govern hydraulic fracturing within the state,…
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Resolution In Support of Expanded Liquefied Natural Gas Exports
Resolution In Support of Expanded Liquefied Natural Gas Exports Summary The United States is currently experiencing a potentially transformative energy boom, including in natural gas. Unfortunately, our cumbersome…
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Polar Vortex Highlights Grid Reliability Concerns
One of the chief concerns about the EPA’s recently proposed Clean Power Plan is the effect that the regulation would have on electric grid reliability. We’ve written before about…