by Jane Richey | Jun 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The amount of methane released from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is half what the Obama administration estimates, according to a study released Monday by the American Petroleum Institute and the America’s Natural Gas Alliance. Howard Feldman, API’s...
by Jane Richey | May 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is pressing oil companies to back fuel-blends that contain less gasoline and more ethanol. He says it will “increase America’s energy security and spur additional job creation,” particularly in rural areas — a...
by Jane Richey | May 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Interior Department will release a new proposal to regulate “fracking” on federal lands as soon as Thursday, a top industry official told The Hill. “I expect they will be out tomorrow or Friday,” American Petroleum Institute CEO Jack Gerard said...
by Jane Richey | Mar 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A Senate proposal to curb tax credits for the world’s five largest oil companies and extend tax breaks to wind-energy companies faces opposition from the American Petroleum Institute (API) and many who favor increased domestic oil production. “Make no mistake, raising...
by Jane Richey | Mar 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
More than three years into the gas-drilling boom that’s produced thousands of new wells, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Pennsylvania are tussling over regulation of the Marcellus Shale, the vast underground rock formation that holds...