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  • Hydraulic fracturing fluid is nearly 99.5% water and sand.
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  • A study conducted in 2009 found that for every 1 “green” job that Spain created, 2.2 jobs were destroyed elsewhere.

Green-Energy Activists Declare War on Rural Coloradans Blog

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Some lawmakers in Colorado want to increase the cost of electricity for all Coloradans, especially those in rural areas. Awaiting Gov. John Hickenlooper’s signature, SB 252 would require rural electric cooperatives to dramatically increase the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources to 25 percent by 2020, up from the current mandate of 10 percent. This portends unambiguously higher electricity rates for Coloradans.

Electric co-ops in Colorado serve about 25 …

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BLM Decision Actively Harms California, Cuts Jobs and Revenue Press Releases

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WASHINGTON D.C. — On reports today that the Bureau of Land Management will cancel all oil and natural gas lease sales in California this year, allegedly due to fiscal strains experienced because of sequester cuts, IER Senior Vice President Daniel Kish issued the following statement:

“The Obama plan to maximize the sequester’s harm to the U.S. economy is laid bare by today’s action to restrict energy development on federal lands …

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KISH: Al “Jazeera” Gore’s Get Rich Quick Scheme Press Releases

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WASHINGTON D.C. — IER Senior Vice President Daniel Kish was quoted in a Bloomberg news article today on Nobel Prize winner and left-wing nouveau riche, former Vice President Al Gore. The article, listed as the top story on the Drudge Report, outlines Gore’s rise to riches after his defeat in the 2000 presidential election. Much of Gore’s personal income growth has come from his work as a climate change …

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Coal and Gas Fight Over Electric Generation Market Analysis Natural Gas

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The tide may be turning somewhat for coal and natural gas generation with coal regaining some of the market that it lost in 2012 due to low natural gas prices. Natural gas prices delivered to the electric power sector averaged $3.52 per thousand cubic feet in 2012, 62 percent less than in 2008 when it reached $9.26 per thousand cubic feet. For the first 2 months of 2013, they …

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