All Posts Tagged With: "Obama Administration"

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Officials Concerned About Expiring Wind Tax Credit

An aide to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, warned Wyoming government and industry officials this week about the impact of expiring incentives for renewable energy projects.

2Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Energy Plays Key Role in State of the Union

For the third year in a row energy played a central role in President Obama’s State of the Union address, with the president leaning hard this year on the twin themes of increased domestic oil and gas production and the need to invest more in renewable sources.

25Jan2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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GOPers Blast Administration’s Expanding Fracking Regs

The Interior Department is in the process of updating rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands and developing a proposal to require disclosure of chemicals used in the drilling technique. The fear is it will stymie tapping the nation’s huge shale gas and oil reserves.

17Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Obama Pledges Rapid Permits for Seven Major Transmission Projects

The White House said the move will create “thousands” of construction and operations jobs, while transforming the nation’s electric system into a “modern, 21st century grid” that is safer and more secure, giving consumers more energy choices. Two of the projects involve Wyoming.

6Oct2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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What Obama Could Say in His Speech That Would Really Turn The Economy Around

These three little stories—all within the past few weeks, represent the overall attitude of this administration toward businesses that create jobs and revenue. Until the administration decides to work with, and not against, the job creators in the economy, growth will remain flat—or worse.

8Sep2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Renewable Projects Under Pressure From Feds and Environmental Groups

The BLM is removing some of the cheapest and best land for renewable energy projects from the market. What’s more, it drives up the price of the more scarce, available land, making the already thin margins on renewable energy projects even more precarious.

13Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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New Fuel Efficiency Standards for Trucks

Manufacturers will be required to begin selling more fuel-efficient vehicles by 2014, with a larger wave of reductions timed for 2018. The heavy duty truck industry supports the new rules.

9Aug2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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DOE Praises and Promotes Electric Vehicle Market

$25,000, 350-mile-per-charge electric car could be reality within six years, according to the Feds. On Friday, Secretary Steven Chu and local officials in L.A. flipped the switch on the 500th electric-vehicle charging station installed by Coulomb Technologies as part of its ChargePoint America network.

15May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Feds Plan Broad-Based Panel to Examine
Fracking Risks

The subcommittee will work to identify, within 90 days, any immediate steps that can be taken to improve the safety and environmental performance of fracking, and to develop, within six months, recommendations on practices for shale extraction to ensure the protection of public health and the environment.

4Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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BLM Expects to Clear Backlog of Unissued Oil
and Gas Leases in Wyoming

The agency said the backlog totaling 1,501 leases was caused by new policies and concerns over wildlife and the environment in the summer of 2010, particularly the status of the Sage Grouse, as well as the change in presidential administrations.

4Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Two Years Into The Stimulus

LIke it or not, one thing is clear according to a new report:
The Recovery Act is poised to achieve its goal of doubling clean energy capacity over the next two years. Case in Point: Domestic manufacturing capacity for solar photovoltaic modules is forecasted to grow from less than 1 gigawatt a year in 2008 to nearly 4 gigawatts per year in 2012.

3Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Election Does Not Spell Cleantech Doom

I suspect that energy policy will be a topic where this Congress will get something done especially with the President’s increased desire to work across party lines. It won’t be exactly what the president wants and it won’t be exactly what the Republicans want. It will be an old-fashion compromise …

13Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Industry Shifting Gears For
Changed Landscape

Two years after the ascent of Barack Obama signaled strong support for renewable energy, last week’s election results - a Republican-led House and the loss of six Democratic seats in the Senate - present the wind industry with a less-friendly climate.

9Nov2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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In Wake of Gulf Spill, Obama Administration Seeks to Divide Minerals Management Service Agency

Persistent problems have plagued the agency, which has come under fire for ethical lapses and most recently for accelerating permit approvals and incorporating industry practices in the regulations. Salazar’s new move is the latest in his campaign to reform the MMS since he became Secretary of the Interior.

12May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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