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Keystone XL By The Numbers

The U.S. State Department finishes this week collecting public reaction to their draft environmental statement on the Keystone XL pipeline it issued in March....

State Legislators Say Interior Withholding Mineral Royalties is “akin to theft”

Legislators belonging to the Energy Producing States Coalition (EPSC) this week alerted leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee of their opposition to the Department...

WSJ is asking: Time to expand offshore drilling?

A poll is being taken over at the Wall Street Journal's Market Beat:  Should the U.S. expand off shore drilling, click through below to...

Labor Rallies for KXL

Constructing a pipeline requires skilled labor.  In Oklahoma this week members of a pipeliners union rallied in support of completing construction of the Keystone...

On Average, U.S. Consumers Paid 97% More for Energy in 2012 Than in 2000

Over the past 12 years, the average price paid by Americans for gasoline, electricity and other forms of energy rose 97.5 percent, the Consumer...

New England Could Take Brunt of Connecticut Electricity Tax

Electricity customers in New England could see rates jump if Connecticut successfully extends a $76 million a year tax on electricity generation. The Connecticut State...

State of Play – An Interview with CEA Chairman John Heimlich

John P. Heimlich is the current chair of the board of directors for Consumer Energy Alliance. He is also the Vice President and Chief...

Energy CEO Touts “All of the Above” Energy Policy

Royal Dutch Shell CEO Peter Voser was singing CEA's tune in a speech given in Boston on Thursday when he called for the United States...

Tug boat operator tells Congress to give a toot about offshore

Testifying before a U.S. House committee reviewing the impact of offshore energy exploration, an executive from Gulf of Mexico based Crosby Tuggs outlined the...

Oil & Gas Production on Federal Lands Down

The Congressional Research service issued a report finding that oil and gas production fell on Federal lands despite increases in production overall due to...