AUTHOR ARCHIVES: Tom Pyle

What’s Wrong With the SAFE Report? Analysis Oil

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Securing America’s Energy Future (SAFE), a group of corporate CEOs and active and retired military officers with concerns about oil released a report entitled “The New American Oil Boom, Implications for Energy Security” via Its Energy Security Leadership Council.[i]  The…

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IER has Bracket Fever Blog Oil

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In the spirit of March Madness, IER has filled out a bracket of its own.  Given the full-court press of new rules, regulations, and mandates on America’s fuel manufacturers, it is no wonder that the price of gasoline is “necessarily…

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Oh Henry! Blog Oil

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When you are losing a debate, change the subject.  That is exactly what Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Beverly Hills) tried to do Tuesday by sending a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) requesting that the committee…

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It’s Time to Put an End to Federal Favors for Ethanol Biofuel Biomass

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On Tuesday, the United States Senate is scheduled to vote on an amendment offered by Senator Tom Coburn to eliminate both the blenders’ tax credit for ethanol (45 cents a gallon, a little more than $6 billion per year cost…

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Obama Pushing Hard For Higher Energy Taxes Blog Oil

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There’s an interesting shell game playing out in Washington.  Last night, Speaker Boehner seemed to imply that oil companies are not paying their ‘fair share’ in taxes.  While his spokesman is ferociously back-peddling on the statements, President Obama immediately jumped…

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