All Posts Tagged With: "Obama Administration"

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Majority Thinks Global Warming, Clean Energy Should be Priorities

Six in 10 Americans want the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions regardless of other countries’ emissions efforts, according to the survey. The study also shows only half of Americans have heard of the Keystone XL pipeline. Among those who have heard of the pipeline, 63% support the project.

23May2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Interior Issues New Drilling Rule on Public Land

Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said. But environmental groups said the proposal was weaker than last year’s plan.

20May2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil CEO Blasts Obama’s Energy Security

President Barack Obama’s latest proposal to use oil royalties to pay for research into alternative energy touched a nerve with Chris Faulkner, CEO of Dallas-based Breitling Oil & Gas. He sees this as government intervention, picking winners and losers, rather than letting the free market take its course.

28Mar2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Overdue Energy Efficiency Standards Costing
U.S. Billions

Despite his rhetoric about climate change, President Obama’s Administration continues to delay implementation of energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment that are among the most successful ways to quickly cut energy consumption and contribute to economic growth.

18Feb2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Obama Administration Delays Hydraulic Fracturing Rule

The decision to replace last year’s proposal with an entirely new draft rule — and take public comment on the initiative — forces a major delay in the final regulations, which are set to be the first major federal rules governing the hydraulic fracturing process key to unlocking oil and gas nationwide.

22Jan2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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This is What Recovery Looks Like

President Obama’s Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner recently offered an interesting assessment of the state of the U.S. economy – one worth remembering as we debate the future of energy policy in Colorado. “The economy now is actually looking quite resilient,” Geithner told NBC News, before adding that two of the biggest reasons are domestic oil and gas production and domestic manufacturing.

6Dec2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Who Obama and Romney Listen to on Energy

It’s hard to imagine two people less alike than Harold Hamm and Heather Zichal, the top energy advisers to the presidential candidates. Who exactly are Hamm and Zichal? What influence do they wield? And what do energy and environmental insiders think about them?

2Nov2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Giant Wyoming Wind Project Could Have
Bird Issues

Environmental groups say the area is prime habitat for the greater sage grouse, a ground bird that the federal government calls “an icon of western sagebrush ecosystems” and that is under consideration for Endangered Species Act listing.

18Oct2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Two Views on ENERGY CLAIMS in the
Presidential Debate

The Western Energy Alliance challenges President Obama’s role in increased oil and natural gas production — especially on public lands. While Heather Taylor-Miesle of the NRDC Fund says Governor Romney distorted the truth about the Administration’s position on green energy.

4Oct2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Groups File Protests Of Interior Solar Plan

Few such protests in and of themselves induce an agency to change course on a project, but they do bolster the protestors’ case should they decide to file suit over the project once the Secretary issues a formal Record of Decision.

3Sep2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Governor Calls for State Energy Policy

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead told the annual convention of the Petroleum Association of Wyoming that both the state and nation are challenged because there is no federal energy policy. But he also said “Our hands aren’t entirely clean,” he said. “We’re working on the state’s energy policy. We don’t
want to be in a reactive mode …”

23Aug2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Salazar: U.S. Needs Federal Fracking Rules

State level oversight of hydraulic fracturing or fracking is not sufficient and criticism leveled at the Obama administration for its proposed rules is not valid, Salazar told Reuters in an interview. The Secretary said states are at very different levels with the rules.

12Jul2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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A Tale of Two Conferences — The World Renewable Energy Forum and DUO Oil and Gas Collide in the Mile High City

Speaking at the World Renewable Energy Forum in Denver today, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu called on Congress to extend tax credits that support the nation’s alternative energy industry. Next door, they talked unconventional shale and jobs.

17May2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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WEA Study Cites Lost Benefits From Delayed Utah, Wyoming Projects

Outstanding projects delayed for more than three years in the two states represent 22,835 proposed wells, or about 1,631 wells/year, the study said. “Federal government delays to these projects are preventing the creation of 64,805 jobs,
$4.3 billion in wages, and $14.9 billion in economic impact every year,” it said.

10May2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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