CBC News: Joe Oliver says Keystone is in ‘national interest of both our countries’
The Hill, OpEd by Congressman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo). It’s time to take action to create more than 1 million new American jobs and generate $1.5 billion in new revenue. This would significantly boost our economy and help to further remove us from the grip of foreign oil. The president wants to continue to keep our offshore energy resources locked up, but this week, the House will take significant action to set it free. We owe it to the American people to remove the barriers that block access to our resources and to take the steps necessary to help put us on a path toward greater energy security.
Below is more fallout from our story yesterday on President Obama’s circumvention of Congressional jurisdiction in creating a new roadblock to economic recovery. -dh
Consumer Energy Alliance (i.e. which we have consistently supported), gives the most thorough analysis we have been able to find–HERE. While the analysis lists ‘potentially good’ aspects of Obama’s climate change statement, the majority of the analysis leads a reader to conclude that Obama’s initiative bodes very badly for energy consumers, the economy and/or provides a tremendous amount of uncertainty. Today, in Anchorage, Consumer Energy Alliance President David Holt (NGP Photo) will brief the Regulatory Commission of Alaska on his organization’s consumer mission and will be a Keynote speaker at the Resource Development Council for Alaska’s Annual Meeting. We hope to provide his presentation in tomorrow’s report. -dh
American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle released the following statement in response to comments by President Barack Obama regarding the Keystone XL pipeline during his speech today on new regulations and other administrative actions affecting America’s energy future:
"Make no mistake, the President has killed the Keystone XL pipeline today. And while he can continue to pretend to have it both ways, his ‘no increased emissions’ standard would kill any energy project that requires a federal sign off, including renewables. The chosen ones need not worry, however, since his hypocrisy is limited to hydrocarbons. Fortunately, the path the President has chosen to pursue his agenda — fiat and executive action — will only require another president to undo it with the stroke of a pen. The only question is what harm the American economy will endure while we wait for another occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."
Wall Street Journal. The Independent Petroleum Association of America, which represents small and midsize oil and gas producers, said in a statement that the speech was contradictory. "The president accepts the many benefits of increased use of natural gas such as jobs, cleaner air and less reliance on foreign energy," said IPAA president Barry Russell in the statement. "Yet at the same time his continued proposal to increase taxes on the industry will strip away capital that could decrease American natural gas and oil production" by up to 25%, he said.
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Barrasso: Americans Can’t Afford Obama’s National Energy Tax – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) spoke about how Americans cannot afford President Obama’s national energy tax. Senator Barrasso also pointed out that the President’s new plan completely contradicts Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy’s pledge to the Senate that the agency is not working on developing regulations for existing power plants.
Jun 25, 2013 — Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks  |
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Supreme Court To Take Up Obama’s Cross-State Pollution Rule – The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it would review a lower court’s decision last year about an Obama administration air-pollution regulation that limited emissions between neighboring states.
Jun 25 – McClatchy-Tribune Regional News – Brian Dowling The Hartford Courant |
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EPA brings King Coal to a crawl – Continued scrutiny by the Environmental Protection Agency over the King Coal Highway corridor could have adverse ramifications on future coal synergy agreements, highway supporters said Monday.
Jun 25 – McClatchy-Tribune Regional News – Charles Owens Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. |
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