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University Of Texas Study Shows No Effect On Drinking Water From Fracking

Yesterday, the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin released the results of a study the environmentalist nuts won’t like at all. Hydraulic fracturing in shale formations “has no direct connection” to groundwater contamination, a study released Thursday concluded.... (Continue reading)

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And Away We Go: Holloway Calls For End To Solar Subsidies

For those of you who haven’t read Tom Bonnette’s wrapup of the Public Service Commission meeting yesterday at which there was a good dust-up over solar energy and how the subsidies given to it are counterproductive, it’s a great idea... (Continue reading)

Foster Campbell’s First Time With The PSC Gavel And How Solar Power is Screwing You

The first meeting of the Louisiana Public Service Commission with Foster Campbell as chair took place at Louisiana College in Pineville Wednesday with what was surely to be the most controversial agenda item–a push to decrease profits of privately owned... (Continue reading)

Vitter: Hey Obama, Here’s A Bill That Says You’re Not Going To Tap The SPR Until You Let Keystone XL Get Started

From a release out of Sen. David Vitter’s office comes something interesting – which of course won’t pass in a Democrat Senate but might well generate enough of a controversy that the right people can be embarrassed in an election... (Continue reading)

VIDEO: One Solution To Moving The Country Toward CNG Vehicles

We talk about this stuff all the time, namely the obvious economic disconnect between paying nearly $4 per gallon for gasoline bought from OPEC countries and the promise of natural gas as a transportation fuel costing half that amount and... (Continue reading)

Here’s A Filmmaker The Obama People Won’t Like…

…they’re probably much bigger fans of that propagandist tool who did that Gasland piece about fracking. That windmills could be a scam is shocking. Shocking. Naturally, the green-lefty film critics are crapping all over this.... (Continue reading)

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Vitter, On CNBC’s Squawk Box With Hoeven And Johnson, Touts Keystone XL Pipeline

Great stuff. The other two senators are Ron Johnson (R-WI) and John Hoeven (R-ND). They’re making the case for how stupid it is not to build the Keystone XL pipeline. Perhaps lefties can gripe about the segment being biased, since... (Continue reading)

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Looks Like We’re Going To Start Exporting Natural Gas Unless Politics Gets Involved

We’re beginning to see a bit of attention paid to stories like this… Dominion’s Cove Point liquefied natural-gas terminal was originally built to receive natural-gas imports. But with the U.S. boom in natural-gas production, Dominion, Cheniere Energy Inc. (LNG) and other... (Continue reading)

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Eating The Shrapnel

Keystone (n): A central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together. The central principle or part of a policy, system, etc., on which all else depends. Pennsylvania’s motto is: The Keystone State. This is because of... (Continue reading)

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The Promise Of Hydraulic Fracturing

As the debate continues over the best way to create jobs in America, Democrats continue to claim that increasing energy costs through regulation will create opportunities in the “green” economy. This argument fails to realize that with the advent of... (Continue reading)

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