Dear Mr. Secretary:
For nearly one year, we've patiently and persistently sought the Department of the Interior's ("Department") compliance with our requests for documents, communications, and information related to the rewrite of the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule ("Rule") by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ("OSM"). This is a serious matter that impacts the… Read more »
Dear Mr. Secretary:
It is with disappointment and deep frustration that we must again write regarding the Department of the Interior's failure to comply in a meaningful way to our April 25, 2011 request seeking 5 categories of documents related to White House edits that led to the inclusion of the 6-month Gulf of Mexico drilling moratorium in the Executive Summary ofthe final May 27,… Read more »
U.S. needs Brazilian approach to energy policy
By House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings
The Hill
January 24, 2012
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to accompany Speaker John Boehner and a bipartisan group of members of Congress on a trip to Latin America. In addition to discussing trade and economic issues with the leaders of Colombia and Mexico, we also… Read more »
Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee released a new web video today highlighting the Committee’s work during the first session of the 112th Congress to create jobs and expand access to our own energy and natural resources. Through 115 hearings, Republicans on the Committee conducted rigorous oversight of Obama Administration policies and regulations that will cost jobs and… Read more »
On the heels of President Obama’s own Jobs Council rebuking his Administration’s anti-energy policies, a new poll released this week illustrates overwhelming public support for increased U.S. oil and natural gas production. According to a Harris Interactive poll conducted last December, 70% percent of Americans support increased access to U.S. oil and natural gas. Below are a few other… Read more »
Today during the White House Press Briefing, Press Secretary Jay Carney attempted to defend the Obama Administration’s dismal energy record when asked about the President’s Jobs Council report that recommends increased energy production on federal lands as a way to create new American jobs:
“The fact of the matter is, on oil and gas production, we have higher oil production in this… Read more »
President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness released their “Road Map to Renewal” report on ideas for job creation. The report cited a number of “all-in” energy policy recommendations in order to create American jobs that bear a striking resemblance to the “all-of-the-above” American Energy Initiative promoted by House Republicans. Specific proposals from the Council include… Read more »
Quest Offshore Resources, Inc. has released a study highlighting the economic consequences of the slowdown of deepwater and shallow water permitting in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the study, the Administration’s de facto moratorium has cost Americans tens of thousands of good-paying jobs and billions of dollars of domestic economic activity. It has also dramatically decreased… Read more »
We’re not quite half way through the first month of 2012 and the Obama Administration is already up to their old tricks, playing fast and loose with the facts surrounding their job destroying energy policies. Today, the Department of the Interior sent around a misleading press release to fool the public into believing the Administration is increasing American oil and gas production… Read more »
