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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 | admin | 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 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Bird Deaths Haunt Wind Energy —
Interior Puts Forth a Plan

Environmentalists are facing a conundrum: To fight green energy projects that they see as detrimental to their cause or to work with the developers and the authorities to minimize damages. The U.S. Dept. of Interior has made some suggestions that it thinks will help alleviate bird deaths associated with wind energy.

23Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Obama Takes on Anti-Solar Lobby During Nevada Visit

While visiting a solar farm in Boulder City, the President expanded on his “all-of-the-above energy” strategy; one in which solar energy features heavily. He took a tour of Copper Mountain Solar 1 Facility, the largest solar panel based facility in the country.

22Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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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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