David Holt: Critical Issues Overlooked in Current Energy Discussion
David Holt, President of Consumer Energy Alliance, submitted the following Op-Ed to Independent Petroleum Association of America blog on September 15, 2009. Critical Issues Overlooked in Current Energy Discussion There are indeed critical issues being overlooked in the current energy discussion. By focusing so much attention on the climate change component of energy policy, issues […]
David Holt: Oil and Water, Why Offshore Drilling and Environmental Protection Are More Compatible Than You Think
David Holt, President of Consumer Energy Alliance, submitted the following Op-Ed to EnergyBlogs.com on September 15, 2009. View here. Oil and Water: Why Offshore Drilling and Environmental Protection Are More Compatible Than You Think One of the most naïve and potentially harmful forms of modern day environmentalism has to be the staunch opposition to oil […]
Back to school … wear comfortable shoes
CEA has in the past highlighted the problem volatile fuel prices pose to people on fixed incomes, but what about those on declining incomes? What about schools? With cash-strapped schools around the country being forced to eliminate physical education and arts programs and cut down to the bone in core academic fields, it was only […]
David Holt: Does Mineral Policy Law Need Reform?
The following op-ed from David Holt, President of Consumer Energy Alliance, appeared on the National Journal website here, in response to the discussion question “Does mineral policy law need reform?” September 15, 2009 This bill as proposed will add a great deal of regulatory burden and costs on the energy industry. At a time in […]
CEA Praises House Panel’s Efforts to Address Offshore Energy Production as Part of Balanced Strategy
WASHINGTON – September 9, 2009 Earlier today, the U.S. House Natural Resources panel with primary jurisdiction over federal offshore energy policy met to discuss pending bipartisan legislation that aims to increase domestic offshore energy exploration and production. David Holt, president of Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), a non-profit, non-partisan organization that advocates an “all of the […]
David Holt: Refining away affordable fuel
David Holt, President of Consumer Energy Alliance, submitted the following Op-Ed to The Washington Times on September 8, 2009. Refining away affordable fuel It doesn’t matter where you buy it. It doesn’t matter what you drive. It doesn’t even matter which octane you choose. Every gallon of gasoline combusted in our vehicles emits a chemically […]
Lining up to talk to the Manufacturing Czar
With American unemployment now at a 26-year high and much of the job loss a result of well-paying manufacturing jobs being “shipped overseas” as they say, the country’s newly-appointed Manufacturing Czar Ron Bloom clearly has his work cut out. Constituents from all over the country are no doubt lining up to make pleas for some […]
Modern Gushers
Last week we wrote about Peak Oil propaganda and how predictions of the death of the oil industry were grossly exaggerated. Later that week, BP Plc announced a major, major find in deep waters in the Gulf of Mexico expected to eventually yield 300,000 to 400,000 barrels of oil per day, or about half the […]
CEA Commends Construction Of New Solar Electricity System For Fuel Storage at Denver International Airport
HOUSTON – September 3, 2009 Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) commended Denver International Airport’s plans to construct a photovoltaic solar electricity system to power its fuel-storage and fuel-distribution facility, as well as the Denver Fuel Committees’ decision to use this new solar facility as its source of energy. “As a representative of energy consumers and end-users […]
Consumer Energy Alliance Commends Construction Of New Solar Electricity System For Fuel Storage at Denver International Airport
HOUSTON – September 3, 2009 Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) commended Denver International Airport’s plans to construct a photovoltaic solar electricity system to power its fuel-storage and fuel-distribution facility, as well as the Denver Fuel Committees’ decision to use this new solar facility as its source of energy. “As a representative of energy consumers and end-users […]