On November 28, The Wall Street Journal published an editorial that misrepresents facts about our nation’s energy infrastructure. Here’s our response: The Wall Street Journal’s Nov. 28 editorial, “The Non-Green Jobs Boom,” misrepresents the truth about America’s energy industry. The simple fact is that energy development is not a zero sum game between oil and drinking… Read more »
Drilling activity is at its highest level in 24 years, and the U.S. is about to become a net exporter of gasoline for the first time in 62 years. So naturally some energy companies are worried about their government handouts. According to Wyofile, Chesapeake Energy and other oil and gas companies are now talking about their… Read more »
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT U.S. IS EXPORTING OIL According to The Wall Street Journal, the United States is set to become a “net exporter of petroleum products in 2011 for the first time in 62 years.” The report comes at… Read more »
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT OIL SHALE PROFESSOR SAYS LAMBORN’S BILL TOO MUCH, TOO SOON Phil Taylor wrote a preview piece about oil shale for E&E News, ahead of Friday’s hearing on Rep. Lamborn’s Black Sunday Bill. In the piece,… Read more »
On Friday, Rep. Doug Lamborn’s Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will again meet to discuss energy’s “fool’s gold,” oil shale. For a century, the oil and gas industry, and the politicians they support, have turned to the rock that burns whenever they want to distract from high oil prices or tout a new “jobs… Read more »
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT TELLING THE REAL STORY ABOUT OIL SHALE Last week, a former elected official and representatives of sportsman and conservation groups flew into Washington, DC. Their mission was to educate members of Congress and the administration about… Read more »
The Public Lands Team at Think Progress posted a great report last night on today’s House Natural Resources Committee meeting today to discuss drilling. It turns out this is the committee’s 20th meeting on this topic. Again they’re ignoring the fact that U.S. drilling activity is higher now under the Obama administration than at any… Read more »
A closer look at those in power who are friendly to the fracking industry (Part 3 of 3) Picking your friends is an important task and for the hydraulic fracking industry. It means selecting folks to be part of a close nit group. When the Huffington Post published our Facebook fracking graphic, it showed that… Read more »
A closer look at those in power who are friendly to the fracking industry (Part 2 of 3) Facebook isn’t just a social network it’s a great way to tell stories. When our friends over at the Huffington Post posted our fracking Facebook post, it didn’t just serve as a social commentary on the… Read more »
A closer look at those in power who are friendly to the fracking industry (Part 1 of 3) When Tisha Conoly-Schuller of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association said the way to make fracking cool was to get the fracking community on Facebook, it served as a reminder that there are some interesting friends… Read more »
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