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TopEnviro Regulator in Okla. Sets the Record Straight on HF: "Never Seen AnythingApproaching this Unfounded and Growing National Hysteria." Bob Anthony, chairman of the OklahomaCorporation Commission, writes (8/6) in theOklahoman , "In more than 20 years as a corporation commissioner, I've neverseen anything that approaches this current unfounded and growing nationalhysteria. Simply put, hydraulic fracturing (HF) is an essential oil and gasproduction technique used for reservoir stimulation....

MacArthur,Rockefeller, Park & Tides Foundations None Too Happy with Their EnviroFoot-Soldiers in Wake of Cap-and-Raid Collapse - "We Got Our Ass Kicked,"Admits One Group. Politico(8/5) reports, "They didn't deliver a single Republican," an administrationofficial told POLITICO just hours after Reid pulled the plug on the climatebill. "They spent like $100 million, and they weren't able to get a singleRepublican convert on the bill."  How much money was spent is difficult to pin down. NRDC, the...

Send this Clip to Every Energy Reporter and Producer You Know. MichaelBromwich, Head of the "New" MMS said this Yesterday about the Obama Moratorium:"I have seen enough to know that people are hurting." E&E News (sub's req., 8/3)reports, "The man in charge of overseeing the Obama administration's deepwaterdrilling moratorium says it could be lifted well before its expiration inNovember. "We might be able to cut short the moratorium before November 30if that's what the facts support," said...

NRDCCo-Opts San Fran Chamber of "Commerce" in Bid to Generate News Stories on "Dissension"in Chamber Ranks on Carbon Criminalization - Nice Try. MotherJones (8/2) writes, "A new split over climate policy is brewing within theranks of the US Chamber of Commerce as a breakaway group of local chambers isgetting ready to publicly split with the business lobby's hardline stanceagainst climate legislation. The new climate coalition, known as the Chambersfor Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE), will...

Senateor Bust: Melancon Amendment to CLEAR Act Wouldn't Do a Thing to End Obama Banin the Gulf, Notwithstanding His Press Release - Which Is Why 215 DemocratsVoted For It. Energy Guardian (8/2, subs.req'd) reports, "The Democratic-led House surprised a lot of people followingthe offshore oil debate Friday when it voted to ease the Obama administration'sban on deepwater drilling. But one needs to look no further than the text ofthe amendment to understand why 215 Democrats and only five...

West Wing Avoiding this New Poll: 82 Percent of Registered Voters OPPOSENew Energy Taxes. The Hill (7/29) reports, "Most Americans believe taxes on the oil industry would bepassed along to consumers at the gas pump, an industry-backed poll foundThursday. Eighty-two percent of registered voters believed increased taxes onthe oil industry would be passed along to consumers in the form of high pricesat the pump, according to a poll commissioned by the American Energy Alliance.The poll also said...

Must See TV:Click this LINK at 10AM today to Watch LSU Prof. Joe Mason Discussthe Economic Impact of Obama Offshore Moratorium. "As the Senate weighs its options for offshoredrilling reform, how is the current moratorium on offshore drilling affectingoil companies and jobs numbers? During today's OnPoint, Joseph Mason, aprofessor of banking at Louisiana State University, discusses a new study,commissioned by the American Energy Alliance, on the economic effects of thedrilling moratorium. He...

MotherNature, Fickle Mistress: Oil in the Gulf Biodegrading "Far More Rapidly ThanAnyone Expected" - And Far Too Soon for Enviros' Fundraising Efforts. NY Times(7/28) reports, "The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico appears to be dissolvingfar more rapidly than anyone expected, a piece of good news that raises trickynew questions about how fast the government should scale back its response tothe Deepwater Horizon disaster.  The immense patches of surface oil that covered thousands of squaremiles...

Bill of Goods: Choleric HouseDems Believe Speaker Lied to Them In Insisting Walking the Plank onCap-and-Raid Was Gonna Be OK - Senate Won't Leave You Hangin'! WashingtonPost (7/27) reports, "Thirteen months after that tough vote oncap-and-trade, Boccieri and dozens of other House Democrats along the Rust Beltare not at all happy with the way things have turned out. The White House andSpeaker Pelosi had assured reluctant members that the Senate would take up themeasure. Although Senate...

Off-CycleKerry Wants Senate to Come Back in Lame Duck to Pass Carbon CriminalizationMeasure It Didn't Have Stomach to Pass When It Counted. Bloomberg (7/23) reports, "U.S. Senator John Kerry said Democrats may take up hiscomprehensive climate-change bill in a lame-duck session after the Novemberelections, while calling on President Barack Obama to escalate his advocacy forthe measure. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid yesterday introduced a morelimited energy bill that doesn't include a cap...