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	<title>Consumer Energy Alliance &#187; oil and gas</title>
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	<description>Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization created to help expand the dialogue between the energy and consuming sectors to improve understanding of energy security, more effectively develop and use both renewable and oil &#38; gas energy resources in an environmentally conscious manner, create sound energy policy and maintain stable energy prices for consumers.</description>
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		<title>National forests and national resources</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/04/national-forests-and-national-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scoleman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few facts about the nation’s national forests:

They comprise 8.5% of all land in the United States.
Although the National Parks Service manages them, they are not national parks. Commercial use of national forests is permitted and in many cases, encouraged.
Logging is permitted in many national forests such as Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.
Much of this land [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACC: New U.S. Interior Department Oil and Natural Gas Leasing Plan Recognizes Need for Expanded Supplies</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/04/acc-new-u-s-interior-department-oil-and-natural-gas-leasing-plan-recognizes-need-for-expanded-supplies/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/04/acc-new-u-s-interior-department-oil-and-natural-gas-leasing-plan-recognizes-need-for-expanded-supplies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scoleman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Chemistry Council]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://consumerenergyalliance.org/?p=6770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More Must Be Done to Expand Domestic Energy Development, Enhance U.S. Energy Security, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ARLINGTON, VA – March 31, 2010   Today the U.S. Department of the Interior announced its updated Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas leasing plan.  Additional information is available at http://www.doi.gov.
American Chemistry Council (ACC) President and CEO Cal Dooley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New England Fuel Institute on White House Offshore Drilling Plan</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/04/new-england-fuel-institute-on-white-house-offshore-drilling-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/04/new-england-fuel-institute-on-white-house-offshore-drilling-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scoleman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alaska oil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[balanced energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) discussed CEA and the White House Offshore Drilling Plan on their website and in their monthly newsletter recently.
U.S. President Barack Obama announced this week a plan to open new areas for offshore oil and “natural” gas exploration, study and production.  The areas involved are off the mid-Atlantic, southern and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A big step in the right direction</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/04/a-big-step-in-the-right-direction/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/04/a-big-step-in-the-right-direction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scoleman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEABlog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[april fool]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 31 was a groundbreaking day of such historic significance that had its developments come one day later, it might well have been mistaken as an April Fool’s Day joke.
President Obama has proposed opening large swaths of the country to offshore drilling, reversing the staunch anti-drilling stance he took while he was campaigning. It a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southeast Energy Alliance Applauds Administration Announcement on Offshore Energy Development In Mid-Atlantic And South Atlantic Regions</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/03/southeast-energy-alliance-applauds-administration-announcement-on-offshore-energy-development-in-mid-atlantic-and-south-atlantic-regions/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/03/southeast-energy-alliance-applauds-administration-announcement-on-offshore-energy-development-in-mid-atlantic-and-south-atlantic-regions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scoleman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fredericksburg, Va. – March 31, 2010   The Southeast Energy Alliance (SEA), a non-partisan energy coalition that includes farm bureaus, state manufacturing associations, chambers of commerce, rural electric cooperatives and individual businesses throughout the Southeast, praised the Obama administration today for its decision to move forward with a comprehensive outer-continental shelf (OCS) leasing program that includes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEA: President&#8217;s Offshore Energy Plan a Mixed Bag for the American People</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/03/cea-presidents-offshore-energy-plan-a-mixed-bag-for-the-american-people/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/03/cea-presidents-offshore-energy-plan-a-mixed-bag-for-the-american-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scoleman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CEA president: “The Time for Planning is Over &#8212; and the Time for Action has Never Been More Urgent”
HOUSTON - March 31, 2010    Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) president David Holt issued the following statement today subsequent to the president&#8217;s speech on the potential for new offshore energy opportunities in the future, and the release [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good news and bad news (and a little context) for the U.S. oil industry</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/03/good-news-and-bad-news-and-a-little-context-for-the-u-s-oil-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/03/good-news-and-bad-news-and-a-little-context-for-the-u-s-oil-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scoleman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEABlog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First the good news: Domestic oil production last year increased for the first time since 1991.  For folks who tend to be amazed by how time flies, that’s almost 20 years: clearly reason to celebrate. The not-so-good news? Oil production declined in Alaska last year: The latest report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEA Commends Administration, Department of Energy for Issuing First Loan Guarantee to Build Nuclear Power Plant</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/02/consumer-energy-alliance-commends-administration-department-of-energy-for-issuing-first-loan-guarantee-to-build-nuclear-power-plant/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/02/consumer-energy-alliance-commends-administration-department-of-energy-for-issuing-first-loan-guarantee-to-build-nuclear-power-plant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Koehler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON – February 17, 2010   Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) applauded the Administration’s announcement yesterday that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will soon be issuing its first loan guarantee to build two new nuclear reactors.
“In a future where carbon will increasingly be constrained, nuclear power generation needs to play an increasingly central role in contributing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More about that letter writing campaign</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/02/more-about-that-letter-writing-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/02/more-about-that-letter-writing-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Koehler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEABlog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Department of the Interior]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Last year, CEA launched a successful campaign, which we later reported, sent a bundle of letters supporting responsible drilling to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. More, recently, we’ve highlighted reports confirming what we said: That those in favor of expanded drilling outnumbered opponents by a two-to-one margin.
Seemingly a cause for celebration, except that no one from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEA: New Study Reveals Economic Consequences of Continued Inaction on American Energy Exploration</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/02/cea-new-study-reveals-economic-consequences-of-continued-inaction-on-american-energy-exploration/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/02/cea-new-study-reveals-economic-consequences-of-continued-inaction-on-american-energy-exploration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Koehler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CEA News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NARUC study finds U.S. economy has much to gain from responsible onshore and offshore energy exploration – and much to lose under restrictive status quo
WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 15, 2010   America’s reliance on foreign countries for its energy will grow by 19 percent over the next 20 years, accelerating the transfer of U.S. wealth to [...]]]></description>
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