The Senate is unable to override the president’s veto of TransCanada’s (ticker: TRP) Keystone XL pipeline The Senate was unable today to override President Obama’s veto of a bill that would have allowed for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. President Obama vetoed the bill last month, saying the legislation “attempts to circumvent longstanding and proven processes for determining
“LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act” set to expedite LNG exports Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced a bipartisan bill to Congress this week that will help to speed up approval times for liquid natural gas (LNG) exports to countries that do not have a free trade agreement with the U.S. The legislation specifically requires the Secretary
During the EIA Energy Conference last week, July 14 to July 15, Michigan’s Representative Fred Upton (R) gave a speech about his ideal energy future. He called his plan the “Architecture of Abundance.” It is a plan with five pillars: Modernizing infrastructure Maintaining diverse electricity generation Permitting a manufacturing renaissance Harnessing energy efficiency and innovation, and Unleashing energy diplomacy. Upton
According to govtrack.us, U.S. Representative Cory Gardner passed his H.R. 6 bill, also known as the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act, through the House on June 25, 2014. The bill passed on a count of 266-150, with 46 Democrats voting in favor of the bill. The first draft of H.R. 6 was designed to allow the Department of Energy
An agreement between the U.S. and Mexico is prompting U.S. oil and gas offshore operators in the Gulf of Mexico to brush up on their Spanish. The passage of H.R. 1613 in the U.S. House of Representative is expected to establish a transboundary agreement to allow joint energy development projects between U.S. energy companies and the Mexican state owned oil
