KREX News Room | August 23, 2011 | Reposted from News Channel Five [vodpod id=Video.15322840&w=425&h=350&fv=] People across our state are placing the blame for high gas prices solely on the backs of oil companies. In a new survey, the vast majority of people say the only way to bring prices down is to crack… Read more »
During Wednesday’s fielding hearing led by Reps. Lamborn and Tipton, both the Congressmen and witnesses repeated century-old rhetoric in an effort to promote oil shale as a “environmentally responsible” energy option. And while we managed to fill up our Bingo sheet, we hardly won anything – the hearing resulted in the same failed ideas on… Read more »
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT RUNNING ON EMPTY IDEAS Koch Brothers front group Americans for Prosperity brought their latest attempt to distract Americans from the billions that oil and gas companies – like the one the Kochs’ own – receive every… Read more »
On Wednesday, the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will host a field hearing on oil shale in Grand Junction, Colo. For nearly a century, oil shale has been promoted as the miracle fuel, but it has yet to become commercially viable, let alone become a realistic option to meet America’s growing energy needs…. Read more »
Eight out of 10 Coloradans would crackdown on speculation and market manipulation to fight high oil prices. DENVER – Coloradans blame market speculation and oil companies for high gas prices, and the vast majority say the best way to bring prices down is to crackdown on market manipulation, according to an internal poll released today…. Read more »
Shutting out public health perspectives is becoming common place, this time its being done by the federal government On Monday the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board’s (SEAB) Natural Gas Subcommittee issued several recommendations to, “improve environmental safety and performance from extracting natural gas from shale formations.” Initial reaction to the report is mixed and that’s… Read more »
Last night on CNN, President Obama responded to Mitt Romney’s position that “corporations are people,” and singled out oil and gas corporations – identifying them as companies and not people who deserve government handouts. “Well, if you tell me that corporations are vital to American life, that the free-enterprise system has been the greatest wealth… Read more »
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT LITTLE VICTORY IN PERMITTING LAWSUIT The Department of Interior’s (DOI) effort to make public land drilling more predictable was setback when the in a suit over the use of a bureaucratic tool known as “categorical exclusions”… Read more »
The Department of Interior’s (DOI) effort to overhaul public land drilling was setback when the court (WEA) in a suit against the limited use of categorical exclusions to expedite onshore drilling. According to The Hill, WEA “alleged the policy ran afoul of a 2005 energy law that required the exemptions.” The limited use of categorical… Read more »
Lisa Linowes is the Founder and Executive Director of Industrial Wind Action Group, a group dedicated to “counteract misleading information” and provide “residents, as well as government officials, the information to make informed decisions” about wind energy projects. However, the organization routinely promotes discredited problems and messengers instead of credible sources. On their website, the… Read more »
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