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EPA Endangerment Ruling Threatens All Americans
"By issuing an endangerment finding on CO2 today, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson effectively placed an economy-wide tax on energy use. How can this be? Because 85 percent of the U.S. economy runs on fossil fuels that emit carbon dioxide, according to a Heritage...
Opportunities Missed at White House Jobs Summit
"EDITOR’S NOTE: Because I was unable to participate in the American Petroleum Institute conference call with reporters this morning, I offer space for covering that call to API’s Jane Van Ryan. By Jane Van Ryan Guest Blogger American Petroleum Institute President Jack... Oil Industry, Labor Unions Form Historic Labor-Management Group
The American Petroleum Institute and 15 labor unions announced today the historic creation of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee, which will work to promote job retention and growth. In a... API: Major Labor-Management Announcement Coming Tomorrow (Update)
Officials at the American Petroleum Institute inform me that API President and CEO Jack Gerard and representatives of 15 labor unions will make a major labor-management announcement during a call-in news conference Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Eastern. In an e-mail from API, I... Gasoline Prices to Approach $5 Per Gallon by 2010!
If experts in the oil and gas and financial services industries are on target, Americans should expect to see fuel costs rise during the remainder of 2009. In particular, they should expect to see gas prices... 2009 Energy Bill Will Punish Oil Consumers
American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard issued back-to-back statements today related to the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. About the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate on the... If Passed, Cap-and-Trade Bill Will Cost You Dearly
The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill will hit consumers of petroleum fuels especially hard by dramatically increasing the costs of goods and services as noted in the graphic at right, according to two groups... API Slams EPA’s Proposed Endangerment Finding
Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, issued the following statement today, slamming the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gases: "“The...I Learned So Much at the Piceance Basin
I spent Tuesday evening and most of the day Wednesday learning from Williams employees about their ground-breaking work in the natural gas business on Western Colorado's Piceance Basin. Operating some 30 minutes... Oil Industry Leader Sends Message to Congress
American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard sent a letter to members of Congress Friday. Below is the text of that letter with helpful links added (by me): "Dear Member of Congress: As the Congress... Colorado’s Piceance Basin Overflowing with Oil Shale Resources
U.S. Geological Survey officials said in a news release today that oil shale resources in Western Colorado's Piceance Basin are more than 50 percent larger today than they were in 1989. "For the first time in 20... Oil Exec Warns of Gas Lines, Civil Unrest and More
Two days after Gary Luquette met with members of the House Natural Resources Committee, the president of Chevron North America Exploration and Petroleum Company warned that gas lines, price hikes, fuel shortages and... Grassroots Effort Results in Proposal to Open New Offshore Areas
A pro-drilling grassroots effort launched launched Sept. 9 appears to have paid off, according to my friends in the oil and gas industry. On Friday morning, officials with the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service announced the agency is proposing to open... World’s Deepest Offshore Drilling Rig Takes Root
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi would do Americans a favor by learning more about the Perdido Regional Development Spar and discarding her misguided talking points about how it would take 10 years or more to... Google App Engine: Cashing in on the user data
"Google's announcement of its App Engine has naturally generated a lot of buzz, as well as some fear, uncertainty, and doubt. There is the concern that Google will corral even more user data via its App Engine, becoming a kind of 21st century data and advertising baron, as...NowPublic on Facebook
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