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Pyle:Independence Day a Reminder of How Thoroughly Dependent We Are On Others forthe Energy We Need to Survive - Thanks in No Small Part to Our Government. IER president Thomas J. Pyle writes (7/6) forthe Daily Caller,"Happy Dependence Day! This weekend, we celebrated our nation's most importantholiday-the birth of this great country and the freedoms and liberty itprovides us.  But while we celebratedour independence as a nation, we continue to face increasing and alarmingdependence in our...

Authorof New Study Commissioned by IER - Which Finds Kerry-Lieberman Leads toHemorrhaging of 5.1 Million Jobs - Takes on Entire Blogosphere One Greenie At aTime. Andrew Chamberlain writes(7/3) for PajamasMedia ,"President Obama has repeatedly told Americans he has three main policypriorities - rewriting health care, overhauling the financial system, andimposing a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He met hisfirst goal and he's closer than ever on the second; time is...

CubaLibre: Obama Ban on Offshore Energy Exploration Forgets One Important Thing:The Cubans Don't Observe It; Clear the Way for Drilling 45 Miles from Key West.WallStreet Journal (7/2) reports, "Florida has long fought to prevent oildrilling anywhere near its white sandy beaches. But as the state continues todeal with oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill washing up on its shores, it facesa new threat: deepwater drilling in nearby Cuban waters. Maria Ritter, aspokeswoman for Spanish oil company...

Rebuke:Democrats and Republicans Come Together in the Senate to Establish REALCommission on Deepwater Horizon - Will Compete Directly with Obama's PotemkinPanel. Energy Guardian (7/1, subs.req'd) reports, "After unanimously approving legislation to overhaul the nation'soffshore drilling laws, members of the Senate Energy Committee did somethingunexpected. They voted to approve their own independent commission toinvestigate the BP accident that would compete with one that Obama createdseveral...

Kerry-Lieberman "AmericanPower Act" (Really, Guys?) Will Cut 5.1 Million U.S. Jobs over Next 40 Years -And, As Usual, Disproportionately Affect Working-Class Families. Investor'sBusiness Daily (6/29) editorializes, "On Wednesday, the Institute forEnergy Research will release an analysis of the American Power Act, pushed byKerry and Lieberman (sans Graham). IER says it will cut U.S. employment byroughly 522,000 jobs in 2015, rising to more than 5.1 million by 2050."Gross annual burden"...

One Year Later: 365 Days Removedfrom House Passage of Waxman-Markey, Backers of Carbon Criminalization ViewAttachment to Oil Spill Bill as Only Hope. E&E News (6/25, subs. req'd) reports, "One year ago, the stars seemed aligned forCongress to enact a sweeping climate and energy bill. Democrats held largemajorities on Capitol Hill, President Obama touted a cap-and-trade plan as oneof his top legislative priorities, and the House passed a historic bill settingmandatory limits on greenhouse gas...

Here's How Senate Dems DescribedTheir Next-Steps Meeting on Carbon Rationing Bill: "Inspirational." "Powerful."Our Favorite: "Thrilling!" But Nothing Actually Decided. E&E News (6/24,subs. req'd) reports, "Senate Democrats left their latest round of energy andclimate talks with what they hailed as a renewed sense of unity -- and littleelse. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and other party leaders called thisafternoon's meeting "inspirational," "powerful" and even"thrilling" but conceded...

Federal Judge Does Right By theLaw, Right By His Neighbors, in Striking Down Obama Offshore Ban - WithinMinutes, WH Dispatches Pressure Groups to Attack the Judge.  LATimes (6/22) reports, "Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said she would urge theObama administration not to appeal the ruling but to find a way to achieve itsgoal of ensuring safety without harming her state's fragile economy. Theadministration has said it would appeal. Landrieu warned that the moratoriumwould drive rigs from the gulf...

All Eyes on TheHonorable Martin Feldman. Federal Judge, Appointed by the Gipper, Could Rule asEarly as Tomorrow on Deepwater Drilling Ban. The LATimes (6/22) reports, "Inside New Orleans' federal courthouse Monday,a judge was deliberating the points of law that could determine the fate of theObama administration's six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling. Outside,Lucy Lailhengue was marching up and down Poydras Street with a sign thatoffered a more blunt line of reasoning: "If you support...

Mutiny: Senior Senate Dem.Demands  Majority Leader "Set Aside"Legislation to Ration Public and Private Use of Carbon-Based Energy. TheHill (6/18) reports, "Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) on Thursday said theSenate should abandon efforts - at least for now - to pass a sweeping climatechange bill and also urged adoption of his plan that would block some EPAgreenhouse gas regulations for two years. "The Senate should be focusing on theimmediate issues before us - to suspend EPA action on...