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Proposed Fracking Rule Another Power Grab by Broken Bureaucracy hydraulic fracturing Oil

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WASHINGTON D.C. — IER President Thomas Pyle released the following statement concerning the proposed federal regulations for hydraulic fracturing announced today by the Department of Interior:

“This regulation places an unnecessary additional burden on American energy producers, and ultimately on energy consumers who will pay for it in the form of higher energy prices. The rule is another power grab by the Obama Administration, which is forever seeking to fix …

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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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