Today the Washington Times weighs in on a very sore subject with new developments to it – namely, the development of offshore oil in the Gulf of Mexico by the Cubans.
It seems that after a spate of outrage in 2007 and 2008 over the fact that Chinese concerns had leased exploration blocks in the Gulf [...]
Filed under: Barack Obama, China, Cuba, Energy, Environment, Russia, The Left | 4 Comments »
Don Briggs’ piece yesterday on the Davy Jones gas find off Louisiana’s southwest coast is certainly a hopeful one. McMoran’s discovery of between 2-6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas with one exploratory well has opened up speculation that there may be a vast trend of oil and gas running offshore from the Davy Jones [...]
Filed under: Barack Obama, Business, Economics, Economy, Energy, The Left | 4 Comments »
Recently, an “elephant” discovery was found by McMoRan and their partners, Plains Exploration & Production and Energy XXI. This development, found in 20 feet of water 10 miles south of Marsh Island, could possibly bring a new era of exploration to the Gulf of Mexico shelf.
As many know, for nearly a decade exploration has [...]
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While the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce awaits responses to letters it sent to natural gas producers as a precursor to hearings later this month on whether federal regulation is warranted on hydraulic fracturing, Louisiana’s congressional delegation and state legislators are taking a very vigorous and aggressive stance in fighting Washington’s attempts to [...]
Filed under: Business, Charlie Melancon, Congress, Economics, Economy, Energy, Environment, Haynesville Shale, John Fleming, Legislature, North Louisiana, Steve Scalise | 5 Comments »
We reported last week about Lindsay Graham’s (r-SC) efforts to recast Cap & Trade legislation as a “green jobs” initiative, in conjunction with John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Liebermann (I-CN). We shared with you then the failure of programs in Spain and Germany that bore a striking resemblance to Graham’s proposals.
Today we learned that there [...]
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… still stinks. (Hat tip – National Review Online)
Cap and trade is dead. The legislation to regulate and curb “greenhouse gas” emissions, primarily CO2, has lost its fervor since the science of anthropogenic global warming, the legislation’s foundation, has lost its credibility. But Sen. Lindsey Graham (r-SC), along with Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Liebermann [...]
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In an interesting bit of news today, Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-Napoleonville) has resigned his position on the House Budget Committee. What’s unclear is whether Melancon is making this move voluntarily or whether he’s being punished for voting against Obamacare.
According to Melancon, it’s his call. His people told TheHill.com that it’s really about his commitment to [...]
Filed under: 2010 Elections, Budget, Charlie Melancon, Congress, David Vitter, Energy, Nancy Pelosi, Obamacare | 1 Comment »
America needs to capitalize on her abundance of natural gas. That subject has been examined numerous times at this site and elsewhere. It can heat our homes, power our industries, generate our electricity, and fuel our vehicles. It can create jobs that fuel our economy, and it can completely change the world’s political climate.
We import [...]
Filed under: Bill Cassidy, David Vitter, Economics, Energy, Environment, Harry Reid, Haynesville Shale, John Fleming, North Louisiana | 8 Comments »
On Thursday, February 18, Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Representative Edward Markey (D-Mass.) continued their relentless attack on the domestic natural gas industry. The top of their agenda was to make the case for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing under the US Environmental Protection Agency [...]
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