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President Obama’s new OCS plan locks up 360 million acres, or 60 percent of the OCS previously under moratoria.
According to an April 2, 2010 Rasmussen poll, 72 percent of Americans are in favor of new offshore drilling, while 59 percent say offshore drilling should be permitted off the coasts of California and the New England states—areas… Read more »
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The Obama Administration’s Treasury Department estimates that the cap-and-trade national energy tax will result in an average $1,761 in increased costs for American families.
In Copenhagen yesterday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that the U.S. “is prepared to join other rich countries in raising $100 billion in… Read more »
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The Energy Information Administration reports that: “With limited domestic energy resources, South Korea is almost entirely dependent on imports to meet its energy consumption needs.”
On November 11th, the White House announced that President Obama would hold a Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth on December 3rd.
However, the Associated… Read more »
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Yesterday, during a town hall in Shanghai, President Obama said that the United States and China should be held to different standards for reducing their emissions since China (the world’s highest CO2 emitter) has “much more poverty”:
“There's going to be a Copenhagen conference in December in which world leaders are trying to find a recipe so… Read more »
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The House Republican Conference confirms that “the newest significant refinery began operating in 1977.”
The Energy Information Administration’s profile on Singapore.
The Congressional Research Service reports:
“Hurricanes Katrina and Rita shut down oil and gas production from the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of… Read more »
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On Thursday, November 12th, President Obama departed for a tour of Asia that includes stops in Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea.
Press briefing by Deputy National Security Advisor Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes; National Security Council Senior Director for East Asian Affairs, Jeffery Bader; and Deputy… Read more »
On Thursday, President Obama kicks off his tour of Asia, which includes stops in Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. During his travel, we’ll send out postcards from U.S. Energy sources to President Obama to highlight specific examples of international energy development that should be included in his Administration’s energy strategy.
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A Postcard from the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, June 2, 2009.
On October 9, 2009 the White House announced that President Obama and Cabinet Members will travel to New Orleans on Thursday, October 15.
In August, the Wall Street Journal reported that “the U.S. is going to lend billions of dollars to Brazil’s state-owned oil… Read more »
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On August 6, 2009, ten Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Obama regarding their concerns about the job-killing National Energy Tax bill. They said:
“We must not engage in a self-defeating effort that displaces greenhouse gas emissions rather than reducing them and displaces U.S. jobs rather than bolstering them.”
As the… Read more »
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President Barack Obama arrived in L’Aquila, Italy today to participate in the Annual G8 Summit to meet with leaders from Canada, the Russian Federation, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
Climate change is expected to be one of the top issues discussed and could result in a global goal of “cutting greenhouse gas emissions by… Read more »
