WASHINGTON, D.C. –House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo-top) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Energy and Minerals Subcommittee legislative hearing on H.R. 2150, the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act:  “Chairman Lamborn, thank you for holding this hearing on my bill, H.R. 2150, the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act.  Just last week, I had the privilege of traveling to Alaska and touring, among other areas, the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.  I was fortunate to have Don Young (NGP photo-middle) and Alaska Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) accompany me on the trip to show me their extraordinary state.

Victoria Times-Colonist by Sheldon Alberts.  OMAHA, Nebraska — Executives with Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. on Wednesday charged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with misrepresenting facts about its proposed Keystone XL pipeline and "overstepping" by seeking more information from Canada about plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the northern Alberta oilsands.

Los Angeles Times (6/15/11) reports: It isn’t too often that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a pro-environment Democrat from California, and Sen. Tom Coburn, a "drill, baby, drill" Republican from Oklahoma, agree on energy issues. Yet when it comes to the ethanol tax credit, an egregious form of corporate welfare that unites liberals and conservatives in opposition nationwide, they are of one mind. 

Wall Street Journal (6/16/11) reports: The continuing high price of crude oil risks creating a hard landing for the world economy, the International Energy Agency’s Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said Thursday