Posts Tagged ‘Oil’

Obama administration gives wind farms a pass on eagle deaths, prosecutes oil companies

Written on May 14th, 2013 by alpineskino shouts
CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. – The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping ...
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Keystone XL and Natural Gas Provide Energy Trade Opportunities

Written on May 7th, 2013 by kalelno shouts
Jim West/ZUMA Press/Newscom In June 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama said, “If we continue to let our trade policy be dictated by special interests, then American workers will continue to ...

Israel: We Will Always Be a Friend to Cyprus

Written on May 7th, 2013 by kalelno shouts
At a meeting with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu promised that Israel would continue to maintain good ties with Cyprus, regardless of its newly-rekindled relationship with Turkey. ...

INFOGRAPHIC: Obama’s Red Tape Rising

Written on May 1st, 2013 by kalelno shouts
Regulatory costs skyrocketed in the first term of the Obama Administration, which added nearly $70 billion to the already excessive annual burden of government do’s and don’ts. Virtually every aspect ...

Heritage Analysts: What We Saw in Venezuela

Written on April 10th, 2013 by kalelno shouts
LEO RAMIREZ/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom The situation encountered by Heritage analysts on the ground in Venezuela last week was of a country that has been looted and is falling apart—literally and figuratively. ...

New EPA Regulations Mean Higher Gas Prices

Written on April 1st, 2013 by kalelno shouts
Newscom It’s no secret that the White House, regardless of Administration, releases unpopular news on Friday afternoons. On the popular television drama West Wing, the fictional Bartlett Administration calls it ...

Keystone XL: Parallels to the Alaska Pipeline

Written on March 11th, 2013 by kalelno shouts
Jim West/ZUMA Press/Newscom As the U.S. commemorates the 40th anniversary of passage of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline Authorization Act of 1973, it is worth remembering the challenges the project overcame and ...

Climate Protestors Rally Against Keystone XL Pipeline

Written on February 20th, 2013 by kalelone shout
Supporters of President Obama’s continued obstruction of the Keystone XL pipeline and more government controls to prevent climate change attended a “Forward on Climate” rally on February 17 in Washington, ...

Iran Suffers Another Accident: $40 Million Platform Unit Sinks In Gulf

Written on January 30th, 2013 by kalelno shouts
A $40 million engineering structure belonging to Iran’s South Pars gas field, which was to be used in offshore platforms, sank into the Gulf as it was being installed, media ...

It’s Time to Stop Picking Winners and Losers in the Energy Industry

Written on January 28th, 2013 by kalelno shouts
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom Representative Mike Pompeo (R–KS) hopes his new bill calling for the repeal of all energy tax credits on both conventional and renewable energy sources will level ...
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