The Nebraska legislature, meeting in a special session to deal specifically with the Keystone XL pipeline that would cross their state, may be on the verge of passing a bill that could give the governor control over the route that pipeline would take.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Kiron) with a radio ad campaign that began airing in Iowa’s newly-drawn 4th Congressional District on Nov. 7.
Republican presidential hopefuls attacked the Environmental Protection Agency during a social conservative event in Iowa over the weekend, and said the United States should allow for more production of energy domestically, have fewer regulations and end a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling.
Hours after officially throwing his hat into the 2012 presidential contest via Twitter, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich told a national news outlet that he doesn’t expect to “get a break from elite media,” President Barack Obama will lose in 2012 if it is a “fair” fight, and More…
U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell thinks the full House Agriculture Committee should hold hearings and launch an investigation into the relationship between rising oil prices and Wall Street speculators.
“As ranking member of the Agriculture Subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, I have a responsibility to ensure More…
As the issue of oil subsidies sows discord within the Republican Party — with most GOP members sticking to the party line by defending subsidies, a growing few denouncing them as “corporate welfare” and the likes of Majority Leader John Boehner in the middle, first calling out More…
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), in a floor speech today, called for expanding electric and natural gas vehicles legislation slated to come up for a procedural vote during the lame-duck session to encourage the use of ethanol. While he said he would vote for cloture on the bill, he warned that More…
The Environmental Protection Agency released its guidance for determining the best technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at large facilities today — too close, says the American Petroleum Institute, the country’s most powerful oil and gas trade group, to the date when the agency’s regulations go into effect.
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The Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules today that require the oil and natural gas industry to report its greenhouse gas emissions.
While the EPA is not yet limiting emissions from these sectors, the agency said today in a statement that the data reported by the industry will “help identify More…
Fred Bartlit, chief counsel for the national oil spill commission, said today that his investigation into the causes of the massive Gulf oil spill has been limited by the panel’s lack of subpoena power.
In a lengthy presentation on the April 20 blow out of the Macondo well, Bartlit More…
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