Major oil and natural gas groups continued to lobby the White House last week to change pollution standards for oil and gas operations, which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is scheduled to issue Tuesday (April17). They called for the administration to postpone the final rule on the standards until more accurate emissions data is gathered.
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MSC: EPA’s Proposed Air Standards ‘Overreach’
Calling newly proposed air emission standards to be imposed on the oil and gas industry an “overreach,” industry groups on Friday continued to lobby the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rethink its plans. In fact, the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) warned that the standards could stifle natural gas production, which could promote the use of other less-clean energy sources.
Industry Claims EPA’s Proposed Air Standards Might Increase Pollution
Calling newly proposed air emission standards to be imposed on the oil and gas industry an “overreach,” industry groups on Friday continued to lobby the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rethink its plans. In fact, the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) warned that the standards could stifle natural gas production, which could promote the use of other less-clean energy sources.
API: U.S. Energy Industry Creates Jobs, Wages Nationwide
As the oil and natural gas industry continues to lobby to keep its drilling subsidies, the American Petroleum Institute (API) has released a new study to show how the industry’s nationwide workforce positively impacts the United States by creating jobs and wages.
Economists Urge CFTC to Adopt ‘Practical Definition’ of Manipulation
Continuing to lobby the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to adopt a practical definition of manipulative market behavior as: “intentionally losing money on transactions that set (or make) a price to benefit the value of related positions that tie to (or take) that price,” economists at The Brattle Group last week released a report offering a proposed framework to define market manipulation.
Brattle Advises CFTC to Adopt ‘Practical Definition’ of Market Manipulation
Continuing to lobby the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to adopt a practical definition of manipulative market behavior as: “intentionally losing money on transactions that set (or make) a price to benefit the value of related positions that tie to (or take) that price,” economists at The Brattle Group released a report titled Losing Money to Increase Profits: A Proposed Framework for Defining Market Manipulation.
Duke to Lobby for Carbon Tax as ‘Corporate Responsibility’
Calling it a “corporate responsibility,” the chairman of Duke Energy Corp. said Thursday that the company will lobby for a tax on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to help with the global climate change — even though it could mean higher prices for his customers.
Author: Environmental Lobby Blocks Energy Development, But Hikes Prices
Higher energy prices in society are caused by well-funded, increasingly powerful environmental groups, and the energy industry needs to do a better and more comprehensive job of mobilizing its own supporters to counteract this trend, according to a Bellevue, WA-based author and official with the nonprofit Center for Defense of Free Enterprise.
Author: Environmental Lobby Blocks Energy Development, But Hikes Prices
Higher energy prices in society are caused by well-funded, increasingly powerful environmental groups, and the energy industry needs to do a better and more comprehensive job of mobilizing its own supporters to counteract this trend, according to a Bellevue, WA-based author and official with the nonprofit Center for Defense of Free Enterprise.
FL Gov. Bush, Graham Huddle over Lease Buy-Back
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has signaled that he will step up efforts to lobby his brother’s administration to deny drilling permits in the Destin Dome gas field off of the state’s coast, where three major producers own 11 leases that have sat idle for more than a decade.