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June 10, 2010
  • 06/10/10
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(Deep-) Watergate: Experts Askedto Review/Inform Salazar's Offshore Report Say Deepwater Moratorium Rec WasAdded After the Fact - And They Oppose It. WallStreet Journal (6/10) editorializes, "In the wake of the oil spill,President Obama asked Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to produce a report on newdrilling safety recommendations. Then on May 27 Mr. Obama announced a six-monthdeep water drilling ban, justifying it on the basis of Mr. Salazar's report, atop recommendation of which was the...


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June 9, 2010
  • 06/09/10
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Rocky KOs Jackson: EternallyJunior Democratic Sen. from West Virginia Says He'll Stand with HisConstituents and Vote For Murkowski Resolution. DowJones (6/8) reports, "Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D., W.Va.) on Tuesday brokeranks with Democratic party leaders and indicated that he would support aneffort by Senate Republicans to overturn new rules to curb greenhouse-gasemissions. The defection on the Obama administration's cornerstoneenvironmental policy represents a blow to the White House, which...


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6/8/10
  • 06/08/10
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  • Blog

FacingSpecter of 40,000 Residents Out of Work Because of His Decision, Obama Moves toRe-Open Shallow Offshore - Too Bad 70% of the Oil Comes from Deepwater.  Wall Street Journal (6/8) reports, "TheObama administration, facing rising anger on the Gulf Coast over the loss ofjobs and income from a drilling moratorium, said Monday that it would move torelease new safety requirements that would allow the reopening of offshoreexploration in shallow waters. Gulf Coast residents, political leaders...


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6/7/10
  • 06/07/10
  • AEA
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Sage Advice from John Stossel at IER Energy Forum: Want Folks to Support Energy Development in America? Remind Them That Access = Affordability. Oil & Gas Investor (6/4) reports, “Stossel says that explaining that more Louisiana Gulf Coast residents are employed by the energy industry than the fishing industry will fall upon unpiqued ears. Instead, he says, emphasize that U.S. energy production contributes to Americans’ access to cheap energy. Oil is produced from thousands of feet below...
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6/2/2010
  • 06/02/10
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  • Blog

Kubrick Would’ve BeenPerfect for This: EPA’s Lisa Jackson Asks Avatar Director James Cameronto Advise Her on How to Stop Leak in the Gulf – No Joke. Associated Press (6/2) reports, “Top kill" didn't stop the Gulf oil spill. How aboutsomething "titanic"? Federal officials are hoping film director JamesCameron can help them come up with ideas on how to stop the disastrousoil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The "Avatar" and "Titanic" directorwas among a group of scientists and other experts who met...


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6/1/2010
  • 06/01/10
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  • Blog

Envy with Green:Graham May Have Made the Right Political Choice in Backing Out of KGL,But Lindsey Makes It Clear His Heart Is Still Invested in CriminalizingCarbon. Greenwire (5/28, subs. req’d) reports, “A key Senate Republican voice on climatelegislation is floating yet another alternative way to price carbonemissions by focusing just on power plants. Sen. Lindsey Graham(R-S.C.) said yesterday that the electric utility industry is most inneed of a market signal for pricing greenhouse gases,...


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Fmr. U.S. Rep. John Peterson to Join American Energy Alliance’s Board of Directors
  • 05/26/10
  • AEA
  • News
Washington, DC – Former Pennsylvania congressman and long-time energy advocate John E. Peterson joined the board of directors of the American Energy Alliance (AEA), a Washington, DC-based advocacy organization that promotes market-based solutions to meet our nation’s growing energy demands. Peterson will join the board immediately, taking an active leadership role in AEA’s state and federal advocacy efforts leading up to the November mid-term elections. “Affordable, homegrown energy...
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5/18/10
  • 05/18/10
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  • Blog

Kerry-LiebermanLikened to Mr. Potato Head – Cosmetic Features Can Be Rearranged, Butthe Concept Remains Wholly Intact (“Risk” and “Operation” Come to MindToo). Wall Street Journal (5/18) editorializes, “Despite the most creative rhetoric this side ofObamaCare, voters have figured out that "cap and trade" involvesartificial carbon rationing and vast new energy taxes. So the main goalof John Kerry and Joe Lieberman has been attempting to disguise thesetruths in the climate bill they released to...


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FOIA Request Submitted to EPA on Senate Climate Bill
  • 04/28/10
  • AEA
  • News
Washington, DC - Following numerous press reports that SenatorsJohn Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.)submitted their climate change legislation to the Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) for analysis, the American Energy Alliance filed a Freedom ofInformation Act (FOIA) request with the EPA to obtain a copy of thelegislation. "The American people have the right to know what's in thisbill," said Thomas J. Pyle, president of AEA, a market-based energy...
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AEA Statement on Senate Climate Change “Postponement”
  • 04/26/10
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  • News
Washington, DC - The American Energy Alliance(AEA), a non-profit organization that educatesand engages the public on benefits ofmarket-based energy policy, today congratulated Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)for siding with his constituents and opting out of one of the most economicallydamaging pieces of legislation this country has ever seen. "Senator Graham has spent nearly six and a halfmonths negotiating behind closed doors with big business, special interests andrent-seeking lobbyists...
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