Tag: Obama

  • Energy Tax Facts
  • 1 Jul 13

Forbes: The President’s Climate Speech and the Role of Natural Gas

Actor and anti-Fracking hysteria-monger Mark Ruffalo went a bit over the edge on Tuesday (as is his habit), lashing out at President Obama for failing to ban hydraulic fracturing in his speech on “climate change”.  Ruffalo was quoted by Politico as follows: “Obama deserves praise for prioritizing climate change, but if he’s serious he needs to […]

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  • 1 Jul 13

Penn Energy: Energy sector reacts to Obama climate change plan

Making climate change the centerpiece of his second-term energy policy, President Barack Obama unveiled a package of about a dozen policies his White House said will change the way American makes and consumes energy. In the absence of Congressional action, the president’s energy policy push relies heavily on the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide […]

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  • 27 Jun 13

Politico: President’s plan relies on natural gas, but tries to boost taxes on it too

President Barack Obama’s call to grow natural gas markets drew a lukewarm reception from the gas industry, which criticized his call to cut fossil fuel tax incentives and remained wary of threats to regulate the sector more tightly. Obama gave the natural gas industry a full-throated endorsement during his Tuesday climate speech, calling it “the […]