Energy Expert Says Shale Gas Here to Stay
Energy expert and Pulitzer Prize winner Daniel Yergin told the Philadelphia Inquirer that America’s gigantic reserves of shale gas are not just some promising opportunity. The way he sees it, shale gas has already changed the country’s energy outlook: “Shale gas has come on really fast. But people don’t realize it’s 30 percent of our Continue Reading
Key Economist Warns About U.S. Economy
Harvey Rosenblum of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank warned a San Antonio audience that the U.S. economy is in a precarious state. “Basically, the economy is moving along, but it’s flashing, ‘Watch out, danger ahead’ on all the gauges. Unless we get going a little bit faster, we are at a tipping point where things Continue Reading
Huntsman Says Natural Gas Can Create Half A Million Jobs
During the FOX News/Google Debate last week in Orlando, former Utah governor Jon Huntsman singled out America’s abundant natural gas reserves as an essential asset in revitalizing the American economy. When asked by Anchor Bret Baier about possible ways to bolster our lagging economy, Huntsman referred to energy independence as a key catalyst for lowering Continue Reading
A Great Day for Natural Gas – a Great Day for America
Thursday, September 22, 2011 will go down as the day all the pieces began to come together to move the Pickens Plan forward. Continue Reading
Former Bush Economist Says NAT GAS Act Needed
A former Bush administration economist testified on Capitol Hill Thursday that tax benefits are needed to help convert the nation’s truck fleet to run on domestic natural gas instead of imported diesel fuel. Greenwire, an online portal that covers energy and environmental policy news, reports that Lawrence Lindsay, the former Director of the National Economic Continue Reading
Famed Economist Testifies for NAT GAS Act
‘NAT GAS Act’ needed, former Bush economist says Mike Soraghan, E&E reporter A former George W. Bush administration economist today said tax benefits are needed to help convert the nation’s truck fleet to natural gas. “Once you have a technology in place, it’s very hard to make a change,” said Lawrence Lindsey, who now has Continue Reading
Ways and Means Holds Joint Subcommittee Hearing to Discuss the NAT GAS Act
Today, Congressman John Sullivan offered the following statement after the House Ways and Means Committee held a joint subcommittee hearing on H.R. 1380, the NAT GAS Act. The bill currently has 183 bipartisan cosponsors in the House and is supported by 240 businesses, large and small, to reclaim our energy, economic and national security future Continue Reading
ConocoPhillips Gets Behind Natural Gas
The list of leading executives urging Washington to utilize America’s abundant natural gas reserves to rejuvenate the country’s economy continues to grow. This past week, ConcocoPhillips CEO James Mulva joined their number when he announced a new corporate initiative at the Detroit Economic Club called “Power in Cooperation.” The focus of the initiative is low-cost energy and Continue Reading
Is NatGas the Answer to U.S. Energy Problem?
Boone appeared on CNBC yesterday to provide his thoughts on an energy plan that he says will get Americans back to work. Continue Reading