The Advocate – Our Views: Riches Await in the Gulf

The Baton Rouge, La., paper touts the energy potential in the Gulf of Mexico after Interior Secretary Sally Jewell’s recent visit to an offshore rig there. The editorial backs Jewell’s statement that “maintaining the public’s trust in the safety and environmental performance of oil and gas production is critically important as we continue to tap into the Gulf’s abundant resource potential.” 

TribLIVE – How’s the Economy? Looking Up

Washington County, Pa., leads the greater Pittsburgh region in terms of economic development projects, energy production and job creation – thanks to natural gas development and hydraulic fracturing. 

The Oklahoman – Proposed EPA Standards  Could Fuel Higher Gasoline Prices

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The EPA was out yesterday with a letter urging yet even more delay for the Keystone XL pipeline – a project that already has been thoroughly reviewed by the State Department over more than four and a half years. In that context, EPA’s simply trying to heap delay on top of delay. Let's have a look at the first of EPA’s objections to State’s latest review:

The DSEIS reports that lifecycle GHG emissions from oil sands crude could be 81% greater than emissions from the average crude refined in the U.S. in 2005 on a well-to-tank basis, and 17% greater on a well-to-wheels basis.This difference may be even greater depending on the assumptions made.

Sounds ominous, but it’s also true that the difference could be even less, depending on the assumptions. Take the government of Alberta’s as... more »

Forbes – LNG Exports Would Have Minimal Impact on U.S. Prices

Although some say exporting U.S. natural gas would increase domestic prices, a Deloitte analysis says “the impact domestically is small in terms of upward price movement, and the impact (of exports) on the economy is very large… So exporting should be a good idea.”

Wall Street Journal – Rise in U.S. Gas production fuels Unexpected Plunge in Emissions

Last year, the paper reports, 30 percent of power in the U.S. came from natural gas, up from 19 percent in 2005, driven by hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling that have unlocked large and inexpensive new supplies of the fuel. This increase in natural gas production has helped drop  U.S. CO2 emissions to their lowest level since 1994.

Daytona Times – Natural Gas is... more »

Forbes – It’s Time To Repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard

A "consensus has concluded that EPA fuel standards are sorely at odds with the interests of fuel and food consumers in the United States,” writes contributor Robert Bradley. “The direct economic cost of implementing and enforcing these fuel standards far outweighs the questionable benefits."

The Washington Post – Keystone XL Opposition Wanes Among Nebraska Landowners

With the Keystone XL debate set to head back to Nebraska today, the Post reports that folks in the state “largely support the pipeline project.”

Star-Gazette – Anti-Fracking Equals Pro-Poverty for New York

In the heart of the fracking moratorium debate in New York’s Southern Tier, Corning resident  Mike Morrongiello writes a guest column on the booming econom... more »

Washington Times – Is It Time to End Ethanol Vehicle Fuel mandates?

Steve Goreham recaps the pros and cons in the ethanol, Renewable Fuel Standard debate.

Press Connects – Guest Viewpoint: NY Can’t Afford to Pass on Natural Gas

In a guest piece, New York resident Bob Tiberio writes that affordable energy “is the lifeblood of our economy and lowers the cost of almost everything we make and use. It drives economic growth and gives the United States a competitive edge in global markets. For most Americans, a high “quality of life” begins with low cost energy, which increasingly means natural gas from shale.”

Forbes – How Cheniere Energy is Leading America’s LNG Export Revolution

The magazine profiles the natural gas export debate, focusing on Houston-based Cheniere Energy’s Sabine... more »