All Posts Tagged With: "Obama Administration"

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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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New Vehicle Fuel Standards Announced by Obama Administration

The final rules place the national average for all vehicles at more than 34 miles to the gallon, far above current levels. It’s a move expected to accelerate the next generation of efficient engines, hybrids and electric vehicles.

1Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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EPA: No Plans for Own Carbon Trading Program

The Obama administration has no plans to set up a “cap-and-trade” program for greenhouse gases under existing law if Congress doesn’t pass legislation doing so, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in remarks at the National Press Club in Washington.

9Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Politics of Natural Gas: Ignoring the Obvious

Expanding its role in the nation’s energy landscape should be a policy priority because it is one of the least expensive and biggest payback options on the table. It makes more sense for the $8 billion heading to the nuclear industry to be spent, instead, on developing more natural gas fueling locations, and converting city, county and state fleets to CNG power?

17Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Barrasso Says Obama’s Budget Will Hurt Job
Creation in West

While Obama and members of his administration were quick to describe the budgetary taxes and regulations as part of their battle against Big Oil, the truth is that these measures directly hurt American workers and kill red, white and blue jobs. This couldn’t come at a worse time.

11Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil Bigs to Obama: Get Real

The CEO of Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia, lashed out at the Obama administration Thursday, lamenting the oversupply of “rhetoric” from major oil-consuming nations regarding energy independence. Without naming the U.S. president directly, Khalid Al Falih couldn’t have been clearer who he was referring to.

28Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Like Herding Cats! — Federal Agencies and Obama Administration Attempt to Streamline Grid Siting Requirements for Renewable Projects

Many proposed renewable energy and transmission projects have been delayed by the bureaucracy of authorization within multiple federal agencies, leaving in doubt the ability to reach to goal of doubling clean power generation by 2012.

11Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Energy Companies Could Face Targets on Their Backs — and Their Tax Returns

The President’s budget proposal would raise an estimated $31.5 billion over 10 years from increased taxes on oil and gas companies. The administration essentially pledges to repeal nearly every tax benefit currently enjoyed by the oil and gas industry, plus impose a new levy on offshore oil and gas production.

11Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Barrasso Takes on Obama Administration Over
Oil, Gas and Coal Issues

The Senator told the association he has an amendment to a bill concerning transmission lines that says if more than a certain percent of your state is owned by the federal government, then eminent domain shouldn’t be used. Instead government land should be used for those transmission lines. Under the proposed amendment, Wyoming would qualify.

15Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil Companies Dig in on Tax Issue

Billed as a way to make multinational corporations pay their fair share to Uncle Sam, the measures could add millions to the tax bills of some of the largest oil and gas companies, on top of the billions the industry says it already pays each year in taxes.

1Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Editorial: Obama’s AML Plan Must be Defeated

Make no mistake: This is money that’s owed to the state by the federal government. A tax on coal to help clean up abandoned coal mines has been in place since 1977. Coal states including Wyoming were promised half of the money collected, but didn’t receive it.

14Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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