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June 28, 2010

  • 06/28/10
  • AEA
  • Blog

One Year Later: 365 Days Removedfrom House Passage of Waxman-Markey, Backers of Carbon Criminalization ViewAttachment to Oil Spill Bill as Only Hope. E&E News (6/25, subs. req'd) reports, "One year ago, the stars seemed aligned forCongress to enact a sweeping climate and energy bill. Democrats held largemajorities on Capitol Hill, President Obama touted a cap-and-trade plan as oneof his top legislative priorities, and the House passed a historic bill settingmandatory limits on greenhouse gas...


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Stay Tuned...AEA To Launch New Project to Save U.S. Energy Jobs

  • 06/25/10
  • AEA
  • Can't Make This Up
Thepublic widely acknowledges that the BP oil spill is a disaster ofstaggering societal and economic proportions. While the accident itselfis tragic, its far reaching impact should not include cutting offaccess to our domestic energy resources. Our energy industry helps fuelalmost every aspect of our lives, from powering our businesses toheating our homes.

Withso much at stake in the future of our country’s energy sector, theAmerican Energy Alliance is ready to act. In the coming days, AEA...
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June 25, 2010

  • 06/25/10
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  • Blog

Here's How Senate Dems DescribedTheir Next-Steps Meeting on Carbon Rationing Bill: "Inspirational." "Powerful."Our Favorite: "Thrilling!" But Nothing Actually Decided. E&E News (6/24,subs. req'd) reports, "Senate Democrats left their latest round of energy andclimate talks with what they hailed as a renewed sense of unity -- and littleelse. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and other party leaders called thisafternoon's meeting "inspirational," "powerful" and even"thrilling" but conceded...


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June 23, 2010

  • 06/23/10
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Federal Judge Does Right By theLaw, Right By His Neighbors, in Striking Down Obama Offshore Ban - WithinMinutes, WH Dispatches Pressure Groups to Attack the Judge.  LATimes (6/22) reports, "Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said she would urge theObama administration not to appeal the ruling but to find a way to achieve itsgoal of ensuring safety without harming her state's fragile economy. Theadministration has said it would appeal. Landrieu warned that the moratoriumwould drive rigs from the gulf...


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June 22, 2010

  • 06/22/10
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  • Blog

All Eyes on TheHonorable Martin Feldman. Federal Judge, Appointed by the Gipper, Could Rule asEarly as Tomorrow on Deepwater Drilling Ban. The LATimes (6/22) reports, "Inside New Orleans' federal courthouse Monday,a judge was deliberating the points of law that could determine the fate of theObama administration's six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling. Outside,Lucy Lailhengue was marching up and down Poydras Street with a sign thatoffered a more blunt line of reasoning: "If you support...


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June 18, 2010

  • 06/18/10
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  • Blog

Mutiny: Senior Senate Dem.Demands  Majority Leader "Set Aside"Legislation to Ration Public and Private Use of Carbon-Based Energy. TheHill (6/18) reports, "Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) on Thursday said theSenate should abandon efforts - at least for now - to pass a sweeping climatechange bill and also urged adoption of his plan that would block some EPAgreenhouse gas regulations for two years. "The Senate should be focusing on theimmediate issues before us - to suspend EPA action on...


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June 17, 2010

  • 06/17/10
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  • Blog

Deepwater-Gate: TechnicalExperts Whose Views Were Misrepresented by Salazar Call Obama Ban on CurrentOffshore Exploration "Craziness." WallStreet Journal (6/17) editorializes, "The experts were certainly under theimpression they were reviewing a comprehensive document, as some of therecommendations would take six months or even a year to implement. And thereport they agreed to did address moratoria: It recommended a six-month ban onnew deepwater permits. Yet Benton Baugh, president of...


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June 16, 2010

  • 06/16/10
  • AEA
  • Blog

EPA Did Its Best to Hide It, Butin Agency's Report on Kerry-Lieberman, an Interesting Nugget: Bill Will OnlyReduce Fossil Fuel Usage by FOUR PERCENT over Next 20 YEARS. LATimes (6/16) reports, "Major changes in energy policy - and attendantpolicies on climate change - are hard to bring to fruition because they requiresupport from Congress and a broad array of contending interest groups. So far,even modest steps toward energy independence have proved unacceptable. Case inpoint: EPA said...


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June 15, 2010

  • 06/15/10
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TopBloomberg Reporter (And Head of White House Correspondents Assn) Set to Re-JoinNRDC Staff for Second Time in 4 Years.Politico (6/13) reports, "Bloomberg'sEd Chen is joining the Natural Resources Defense Council. Chen left the LosAngeles Times to join the NRDC in 2006, but then jumped back into the world ofjournalism in 2007 with a job at Bloomberg. In an email obtained by POLITICO'sMike Allen, Chen says: "My regret over leaving one of the world's largest --and certainly the most ambitious...


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June 14, 2010

  • 06/14/10
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  • Blog

Break Out the Flash Cards: AidesSay Markey "Has Been Prepping for Weeks" Ahead of Tomorrow's Annual Show Trialwith Big Five Energy Executives.E&E News (6/14,subs. req'd) reports, "Rep. Chairman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has summoned the topexecutives of Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips and Shell OilCo., as well as BP, to a hearing in his House Energy and EnvironmentSubcommittee tomorrow. While the other executives are unlikely to deliver theharsh rebuke that BP has received from...


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