As we've mentioned before on this blog, API has built an expanded social media presence on platforms including Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Flickr.

Recently, API launched a Facebook application that allows people to communicate about energy issues that matter to them directly with members of Congress.

This app allows users to rate their "Top Energy Issues"--such as "Developing America's Energy Resources" or "Energy Taxes"--on their Facebook page.

Once the user has chosen the issues important to them, they are given the opportunity to send a letter to their representatives in Washington via Facebook and share their top issues with friends and others in their Facebook community.

Although contacting Congress is nothing new, what's changed is the platform citizens are using. People now have... more »

Last week on EnergyTomorrow.org, we relaunched a portion of the site called the "Interactive Tech Tour," now simply known as the "Energy Tour." The Energy Tour allows visitors to learn more about different facets of the oil and natural gas industry by choosing from four different themes:

More voices are speaking out against the climate legislation being considered on Capitol Hill. Here's a sampling of some of the statements and studies that have been in the news during the past couple of days.

Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchinson and Kit Bond released a report showing that the Waxman-Markey climate bill amounts to a $3.6 trillion energy tax on transportation fuels. The study shows that from 2010 to 2050 motorists, workers and businesses would pay $2.0 trillion more for gasoline; truckers, farmers and businesses would pay $1.3 trillion more for diesel fuel; and airline passengers would be charged $330 billion more to pay for jet fuel.

Reacting to the Hutchinson/Bond study, the American Trucking Association (ATA) issued a news release to remind elected officials that diesel fuel is u... more »

House and Senate leaders are continuing to push for climate legislation despite the fact that far fewer people believe that global warming is a serious problem, according to a new survey released today by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. The survey, conducted among 1,500 adults from Sept. 30-Oct. 4, shows that 35 percent of respondents believe global warming is very serious as compared with 44 percent in April 2008.

Similarly, the new poll shows that 36 percent of Americans believe that global temperatures are linked to human activity, down from 47 percent last year.

The poll also indicates that few Americans are following the debate about the climate bills that are being considered in Congress. A majority (55 percent) said they had heard nothing about "cap and trade" po... more »

As I've discussed on this blog, I recently traveled with a group of bloggers to visit man-made islands where drilling for oil and natural gas occurs in coastal waters--the THUMS Islands in Long Beach, CA.

Watch the video above to relive my experience at THUMS where in 2008, 10.9 million barrels of oil were produced along with 4.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas. And even with all of the energy production occurring here, the location keeps the appearance of a resort community or high-end condominium complex, making it really unique.

For more on my trip, listen to the THUMS episode of Energy Tomorrow Radio and read the following blog posts:

• Energy Tomorrow Radio: Episode 91 - THUMS Islands Location Tour
• Riviera of the West
• Resource-Rich Real Estate
• Traveling to THUMS