Two ways of reducing the massive trade deficit
If you want to make a dent in the U.S. trade deficit, the multi-billion dollar amount by which imports exceed exports, you could contract the whole national economy: Recessions, for all the pain they cause, can help bring trade deficits in balance by reducing the amount of foreign goods purchased. Or, you could make a […]
Wind industry to Obama: Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water
Last week we offered a general overview of the Obama administration’s new Ocean Policy Task Force and expressed our concerns that this well-intentioned effort to help the world’s oceans thrive could result in a set of arbitrary restrictions on different industries that depend on oceans and coastal waters. This week, we direct you to the […]
New EIA Energy Web Portal Explains Topics in Plain Language
Energy Explained , a new web portal launched today by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), celebrates Energy Awareness Month with the most comprehensive energy education resource available from the U.S. Government. The site explains where gasoline comes from, what determines the price of electricity, how much renewable energy the United States uses, and hundreds […]
Don’t wait! Your help is needed on a new campaign!
The battle to achieve a balanced energy policy for the U.S. recently got a lot more complicated. Thus far, much of the debate over where we can drill for oil has focused on the country’s coastal waters. But in light of a June 12 memorandum from President Obama establishing an Ocean Policy Task Force, it […]
Foltz addresses AIPRO Annual Meeting
Tommy Foltz, Executive Director of CEA-South, was a speaker at Arkansas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Annual Meeting on Sept. 30, 2009. Below is coverage of the event from AIPRO. By all accounts, AIPRO’s inaugural Annual Meeting recently held in Little Rock was a success! We had over 115 registrations with a great turn-out for an […]
Don’t Forget Alaska’s natural gas
We’ve all seen the signs: This bus runs on clean natural gas. Yet too often, too many of us fail to absorb the message: There are fossil fuels in abundant supply right in our country that, if properly developed, could reduce the need for foreign fuel and at the same time give environmentalists something to […]
A sweet deal for foreign oil importers
Anyone who has worked in the oil industry for a while understands that there’s another meaning to “light sweet,” besides the low-fat dessert the words might first bring to mind. Light, sweet is a kind of crude oil, named for its comparatively low sulphur content, the ease with which it flows out of the ground, […]
CEA Marks One-Year Anniversary of Lifting of Offshore Energy Exploration Ban
WASHINGTON – October 1, 2009 One year ago today, a 27-year old federal ban on offshore energy exploration and production in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans was formally retired following an extraordinary outpouring of public support for expanded domestic energy production and relief from sky-high fuel prices. But while there is reason to celebrate the […]