Posts Tagged: Checks and Balances Project

Public health voice absent from fracking study
2011-08-17
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 »
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2011-07-26
THE BALANCE SHEET | July 26, 2011 Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT LET’S PLAY PIN THE PRO-DRILLING AMENDMENT ON THE SAFETY BILL Last Thursday, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) started his birthday by filing pro-oil and gas amendments to S.917 at the… Read more »
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Five things to consider about the Yellowstone Pipeline leak
2011-07-8
Nearly a week has passed and thousands of gallons of crude oil have poured into the Yellowstone River in Montana. The spill has placed attention on America’s often overlooked and aging pipeline system. As the media continues to cover ExxonMobil and its ruptured pipeline, here are a few things to consider about pipelines in the… Read more »
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Please sir, I want some more
2011-06-9
Wednesday, American Petroleum Institute (API) President (and the oil industry’s chief Oliver Twist impersonator) Jack Gerard held a conference call to announce, “a new API advertising and grassroots campaign to address solutions to a struggling economy.” Gerard claimed if the government opens millions of acres of American land for drilling, then Big Oil can meet… Read more »
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Discrepancies between oral, written testimonies on oil shale
2011-06-7
James Bartis, senior policy researcher for Rand Corporation, testified this morning before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on oil shale. His second appearance before Congress has added to the confusion around the failed energy solution. Tuesday, June 07 In response to a question from Sen. Joe Manchin about whether the “country could be… Read more »
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Oil Shale, a century-old science fiction story
2011-06-2
The shale covered a large area and the state oil experts declare that promised development of the deposits will mark a new era in oil production of the country. – Pittsburgh Press, October 6, 1916 With Americans struggling to pay the high price at the pump, some elected officials, industry lobbyists, and oil and gas… Read more »
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THE BALANCE SHEET: MAY 3, 2011
2011-05-2
Our weekly update to unravel the industry and political spin around the energy debate IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ‘GOUGE-ONOMICS’: PRODUCTION DOWN, PROFITS UP Despite billion-dollar profits across the board, Big Oil refineries are producing less fuel while making more money. It’s too bad this game of monopoly has real impacts to our pocketbooks. According… Read more »
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