New study finds economic benefits of permanently lifting federal OCS ban WASHINTON, DC— In advance of tomorrow’s House Natural Resources Committee hearing on “State Perspectives” of offshore drilling, the American Energy Alliance (AEA) will release a new study that reveals the extensive short-term and long-term economic benefits Americans stand to gain if Congress permanently lifts the moratoria on energy exploration and production in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). According...
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President-elect Obama recently gave a speech detailing his plan to spend nearly $1 trillion on a stimulus package that would add 600,000 new employees to the government payroll while doing nothing to provide for America’s energy future.

Yesterday, Congressional Democrats followed the President elect’s lead and released their own $825 billion plan to juice the economy. Like the President-elect’s plan, the Congressional plan does nothing to lower energy prices or provide real long-term...

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President-electObama recently announced a 21st Century New Deal. He plans to quicklyspend billions on make-work projects in an effort to stimulate theeconomy. As we have reported earlier, his nominee for Director of theOffice of Management and Budget apparently disagrees with this kind ofattempt to stimulate the economy. But Obama is undaunted in recklesslyspending taxpayer dollars. For example, here's what he said aboutenergy:

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California’s Air Resources Board (ARB) is voting today on their plan to reduce California’s greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 (about a 25% reduction). Sadly, ARB is ignoring the glaring flaws in its economic analysis.

One thing that is obvious about California’s plan is that it will be very expensive. The only way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is either to use less coal, oil, and natural gas, or to switch to more expensive and less reliable technologies. Any plan to reduce...

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WASHINGTON – This morning, the nonprofitAmerican Energy Alliance(AEA) placed a full-page advertisement in the Capitol Hill newspaper RollCall, squarely targeting lawmakers opposed to expanding offshore energyproduction. The ad, featuringfour identical pictures of a clear ocean horizon as seen from the shore­­,shows that beautiful beachesand prosperous offshore energy projects—even those as close as 12...
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For Immediate Release:Thursday, November 13, 2008

Contact:Trice Whitefield (703) 516-2173 [email protected]

Energy Group’s Ad Shows Congress Bigger (Offshore) Picture

Offshore energy projects can jumpstart U.S. economy by creating thousands of jobs

WASHINGTON – This morning, the nonprofit American Energy Alliance (AEA) placed a full-page advertisement in the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call , squarely targeting lawmakers opposed to expanding offshore energy production....
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All across America, motorists are rejoicing as gasoline prices plummet. Low gasoline prices are a bright spot in an otherwise dismal economic picture.  But amazingly, the out-of-touch editors of the Washington Post think that the masses should not have access to affordable gasoline or inexpensive go-anywhere transportation options.

The editors opine :

[Higher gas taxes] would stimulate the market for new fuel-efficient cars; defund mischief-making petro-states; and cut carbon emissions. Not...

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In the December 5^th Wall Street Journal, KimStrassel discusses the boot that may soon drop on the U.S. economy as a result of current discussions within President-elect Obama's transition team.  Ms. Strassel has quickly distinguished herself as one of Washington's most insightful analysts of the big picture, and on the issue of what makes the economy grow – energy – she has once again hit the nail directly on the head. The premise of the piece is that the left has thus far beendenied much in...
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The American Energy Alliance recently sent comments to EPA on EPA's plan to regulate greenhouse gases. We will continue to fight against ideological fringe groups to who are working to dramatically increase the cost of energy in America.

This past summer, EPA released an "Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" (ANPR) that outlined how it might go about shoehorning the ability to regulate carbon, at best (outright criminalize it, at worst) into the authority already assigned to the EPA by the...

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