U.S. Shale Gas Needs More Pipelines to Move the Gas to Market, but Anti-Fossil Fuel Groups are Out to Stop Pipelines In the past ten years, the shale revolution has changed the U.S. energy landscape. The economic extraction of oil and gas from shale deposits has opened new oil and natural gas supplies in North America, presented new opportunities for
From Canadian Business PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland and Multnomah County leaders on Tuesday urged the governors of Oregon and Washington to push Congress for a permanent ban on oil-by-rail in the wake of a fiery train derailment along the Columbia River. The June 3 derailment in the town of Mosier showed transporting oil by train is dangerous and unnecessary and
From Competitive Enterprise Institute The House of Representatives on 10th June passed two resolutions opposing taxation of fossil fuel consumption. The vote on H. Con. Res. 89, which expresses the sense of Congress that a carbon tax (that is, a tax on carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal, oil, and natural gas) would be detrimental to the U. S. economy, was 237
98,500 Valid Colorado Voter Signatures Due in 60 Days While a November voter approval for a proposed Colorado constitutional amendment posed by initiative #78 would effectively put an end to new shale development activities in the state, there are two other initiatives that could significantly nibble away at oil and gas development should they receive the required signatures and gain approval
Oil & Gas killing amendment could very well be in the hands of voters in November: Wells Fargo On a conference call hosted by Wells Fargo today regarding the possible battle over the future of fracing in Colorado, the crystal ball looks murky, but it’s pretty clear that the oil and gas industry may have a fight on its hands.
Trump’s energy message is job-focused; presumed Republican candidate says he intends to remove barriers that block the development of America’s energy resources In a campaign speech in North Dakota last week, presumed Republican presidential nominee and real estate developer Donald J. Trump laid out his energy plan for the country. Trump’s characterization was that his plan represents “energy reform that creates trillions in new wealth.” Below are
Remember this Number: #78 Hydraulic Fracturing Effectively Shuts Down in Colorado if Initiative #78 Passes: COGCC Report Roughly 90% of Colorado – 60 Million Acres – would be Taken Out of Play by Proposed Mandatory Setback As a record 38 million Americans took to the nation’s highways for a Memorial Day weekend trip fueled by cheap $2.28 gasoline, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Preparations for a Solemn Remembrance Friday’s Wall Street Journal marked the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend with a large photo under the above title. The picture is placed prominently on the front page above the fold. It’s an image of a lone U.S. Army soldier in fatigues placing small American flags at the graves of soldiers who are buried
From ABC News Donald Trump reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president Thursday, completing an unlikely rise that has upended the political landscape and set the stage for a bitter fall campaign. Trump was put over the top in the Associated Press delegate count by a small number of the party’s unbound delegates who
Project Wins National Energy Board’s Approval Recommendation, Government’s Final Decision Set for December Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) has concluded that Kinder Morgan’s (ticker: KMI) Trans Mountain Expansion Project is in the public interest and recommended the Federal Governor in Council approve the proposed expansion. The Trans Mountain Expansion, if it receives final approval, will add 980 kilometers of new
From The Hill The upper chamber approved the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act by unanimous consent. “This bill is very near and dear to my heart as a New Yorker because it would allow the victims of 9/11 to pursue some small measure of justice,” Schumer said. “[This is] another example of the [John] Cornyn-Schumer collaboration, which works pretty
Natural Gas: the environmental movement’s strongest asset Double benefits of gas-fired power plants: NatGas emits less carbon dioxide per unit of electricity generation and consumes less fuel per unit of generation It shouldn’t be very long before the environmental movement is rallying kayakers to hold celebrations to thank U.S. E&P companies for their hard work and massive investments to find and
