October 13, 2010 – 9:09 am
You’ll remember that I mentioned, back on September 21st, that the EPA was considering greenlight the use of 15% ethanol gasoline, and the confusion it would create. Looks like they do not care, they’re on a mission from Gaia The Obama administration plans to allow higher levels of ethanol for gasoline used by newer cars, […]
October 12, 2010 – 1:45 pm
What’s the catch? The Obama administration is lifting the six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico imposed after the BP oil spill, officials said Tuesday. The Interior Department scheduled a 1 p.m. news conference in which Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is to “discuss the current suspensions on deepwater drilling,†the Interior […]
October 2, 2010 – 9:36 am
Don’t worry, though, he slammed some people. Just not the ones he thought Over the past twenty months, we’ve been fighting not just to create more jobs today, but to rebuild our economy on a stronger foundation. Our future as a nation depends on making sure that the jobs and industries of the 21st century […]
September 22, 2010 – 8:44 am
On the surface, this seems like a good idea At the Clinton Global Initiative today, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and various partners described details of a plan to curb the clouds of toxic cooking smoke killing nearly 2 million people a year in the world’s poorest places. More than 2 billion people rely […]
September 21, 2010 – 9:31 am
Welcome to Government World, the wackiest place around! New study green lights EPA to OK 15 percent ethanol blend for older cars With the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the turmoil in the Middle East, the continuing concern with greenhouse gases and the need to generate jobs in cutting-edge industries, President Obama has […]
September 20, 2010 – 9:20 am
Let’s spin the Wheel Of Blame Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is warning that Chinese trade practices in growing markets for renewable energy components could undermine the goals of U.S. energy spending in the big 2009 stimulus law. “They absolutely can,†Brown said in an interview broadcast Sunday. The 2009 stimulus law steered tens of billions […]
August 3, 2010 – 9:12 pm
Aw, poor Harry Reid, having to say “the hell with it” on his smack BP around and create no energy bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday yanked the oil-spill response bill for the summer, giving Democrats a talking point about GOP obstruction even though some of their own members were blocking it. […]
July 27, 2010 – 6:37 pm
So, looks like Dingy Harry has introduced his Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act.You can read the draft text here. To begin with The Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Accountability Act would ensure that BP pays to clean up its mess. Second, it would invest in Home Star, a bipartisan energy efficiency program […]
July 26, 2010 – 9:08 am
Why does it seem that every s0-called energy bill actually is about restrictions and taxes, but barely about increase energy production and means? Witness U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will unveil as early as Monday a slimmed-down energy bill seeking to make offshore drilling safer and convert trucks to run on domestic natural gas. […]
July 12, 2010 – 6:52 pm
Hey, don’t listen to me, listen to the experts The economic damage from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be dwarfed by the Obama administration’s moratorium on deep-water drilling, the chief executive officer of a New Orleans business group said. The six-month drilling ban, which the U.S. Interior Department revised today following […]
