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Please Turn Out the Lights

domestic energy  energy policy  epa  greenhouse gas emissions  moratorium  ozone standard  epa standards  national ambient air quality standards 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted October 5, 2010

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving forward with proposals that could sound the death knell for millions of jobs across the country. We've already told you about the potentially disastrous effects of the EPA's proposed ozone standard and its plan to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but there's more--much more. 

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Time to Get Back to Work in the Gulf

access  domestic energy  domestic jobs  energy policy  foreign oil  gulf of mexico  gulf oil spill  moratorium  offshore drilling  offshore drilling moratorium  oil and natural gas jobs  oil rigs  deepwater rigs  small businesses 

Mark Green
Posted October 4, 2010

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Trade Groups Seek Relief from EPA GHG Rules

business  domestic energy  energy  energy policy  environmental protection agency  epa  ghg  greenhouse gas  greenhouse gas emissions  manufacturing  moratorium  over regulation  senate  democrats  mining  senate appropriations committee 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted October 1, 2010

A group of 17 trade associations representing mining, chemicals, energy, manufacturing and business are asking key Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee as well as Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) to support an initiative to stop or delay the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) emission rules. In two separate letters, the trade groups, which include API, ask the senators "to pursue a moratorium on the stationary source rules...."

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Economists: Higher Taxes Could Harm Economic Recovery

de facto moratorium  domestic energy  domestic jobs  economic growth  energy policy  oil taxes  taxes  offshore moratorium  oil and natural gas taxes 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted September 28, 2010

The pace of the economic recovery is the slowest in the past 50 years, and if the government raises taxes, the economy "could fall off a ledge." 

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Landrieu: 'Lift the Moratorium'

deepwater rigs  domestic energy  energy policy  gulf of mexico  louisiana  moratorium  offshore drilling  oil jobs  oil rigs  shallow water drilling 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted September 24, 2010

Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Democrat from Louisiana, has taken the unusual step of blocking the confirmation of a Democratic administration's appointee. She says she will not allow a vote on Jack Lew, President Obama's choice for OMB director, until the offshore drilling moratorium is lifted. 

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New Study: Moratorium Could Cost Nearly 20,000 Gulf Jobs

deepwater drilling  deepwater drilling moratorium  deepwater moratorium  domestic energy  energy citizens  energy policy  gulf of mexico  offshore drilling  rally for jobs  virtual rally for jobs  deepwater drilling ban  lsu 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted September 22, 2010

There have been numerous reports published over the last few months about the impact of the administration's de facto drilling moratorium on jobs and the economy in the Gulf region. The latest report released yesterday is authored by LSU professor Dr. Joseph Mason who finds that the Gulf region will lose more than 19,500 jobs, $5 billion in economic activity and nearly $240 million in state and local tax revenues during the six-month moratorium.

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U.S. Loans Billions to Mexico for Drilling

citizen rallies  congress  de facto moratorium  deepwater drilling moratorium  domestic energy  domestic oil  energy citizens  energy policy  gulf of mexico  jobs rallies  moratorium  offshore drilling  offshore oil  offshore rig  oil and natural gas  shallow water drilling  drilling rig  energy workers  mexico 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted September 15, 2010

I've got an important question for anyone in the administration who's willing to comment on this blog: Can you explain why the U.S. government is loaning money to Mexico to drill in the Gulf while imposing a drilling moratorium here? 

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Fire Doesn't Support Calls for the Moratorium

deepwater horizon  demand  domestic energy  domestic production  energy policy  gulf  moratorium  spill response  offshore platform 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted September 3, 2010

A fire on an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico created a media furor yesterday. Several of the initial news reports contained inaccuracies that tended to exacerbate America's heightened awareness of--and sensitivity to--offshore drilling. The reaction was predictable: Politicians demanded answers, and environmental groups called on the government to keep the drilling moratorium in effect.

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Cap Removal Delayed

blowout preventer  bop  bp  containment cap  deepwater horizon  domestic energy  macondo well  moratorium  offshore moratorium  drilling fluids  spiil response 

Jane Van Ryan
Posted August 30, 2010

High seas have forced BP to postpone efforts to remove the containment cap on the Macondo well. The company says engineers are standing by, waiting to remove the cap and the battered blowout preventer (BOP) before replacing the BOP with one from the Deepwater Driller II. No oil is expected to be spilled during the operation. 

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Ban Not the Solution to Offshore Drilling Woes

access  congress  deepwater horizon  domestic energy  energy  energy policy  energy supplies  gulf  gulf of mexico  interior department  moratorium  offshore drilling  offshore operations  president obama  spill response  offshore equipment 

Mark Green
Posted August 20, 2010

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