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 how they mirror the challenges facing the Keystone XL Pipeline today. An 800-mile engineering marvel, the Alaska Pipeline was completed in two years and two […]
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, D.C., sponsored by the Sierra Club and other environmentalist groups. The pipeline would transport oil from Canada to the gulf coast. The Center for Industrial […]
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 said on Wednesday, as reported by AFP. The equipment was built by Maritime Industrial Company (SADRA), an affiliate of the industrial wing of Iran’s Revolutionary […]
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 the playing field for energy producers and consumers and prevent the government from picking “winners and losers.” The Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act (EFEPA) […]
After being sworn-in this weekend, President Obama will soon receive a second shot at approving the Keystone XL pipeline that will bring oil down from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries. Last year the President rejected the permit application at a time when America desperately needed jobs, and when his own State Department concluded that the […]
Islamist terrorists have abducted at least two foreign nationals in eastern Algeria, according to the UK Foreign Office. One person was killed during the attack on an oil in the town of In Amenas, according to local media reports. The installation is jointly operated by BP, Algeria’s Sonatrach state oil company, and Norway’s Statoil firm. There […]
Please watch this video as soon as possible. It could save you thousands of dollars if you take heed. I warned some time ago that the EPA was approving E-15 gas. Now it is appearing in service stations. If your car is older than 2012, at least a dozen manufacturers have now warned that it will […]
(CNSNews.com) – The top 10 states with the highest state taxes on a gallon of gasoline are blue states — meaning they voted for President Barack Obama in 2012 — with the exception of two states that, however, were blue in the 2008 election and then turned red this year. According to data analyzed by […]
A small British company has produced the first “petrol from air” using a revolutionary technology that promises to solve the energy crisis as well as helping to curb global warming by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Air Fuel Synthesis in Stockton-on-Tees has produced five litres of petrol since August when it switched on a […]
The U.S. State Department has departed from its policy of damning visits to Gaza and said the Qatari emir’s historic tour to Gaza and meeting with de facto Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh was a “humanitarian mission.” The emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, was the first foreign leader to visit Gaza since Hamas wrested control […]
