Poland dreams of energy independence — through fracking

Eager to end reliance on Russian natural gas, and largely untroubled by environmentalists, Polish officials are embracing hydraulic fracturing to unlock potentially huge deposits beneath their soil.

Henry Chu Los Angeles Times 7/15/2012

GDANSK, Poland — Dreams of freedom from Soviet oppression were nurtured and realized in the shipyards of this seaside city, where the […]

Walter Russell Mead: “A new age of abundance for fossil fuels is upon us. And the center of gravity of the global energy picture is shifting from the Middle East to… North America.”

Tom Nelson 7/9/2012

The Energy Revolution Part One: The Biggest Losers | Via Meadia

Over the past year, we’ve been watching a geopolitical revolution get underway. It’s much bigger and more consequential than the Arab Spring, though the legacy media are giving it much less play. It will rearrange the global chessboard, improving the position […]

Lisa Jackson: EPA isn’t to blame for coal industry’s problems

Erika Johnsen HotAir.com 6/11/2012

Is this some sort of inept, tasteless joke? Try to read around the relentless environmental bias and feel-good blather of this glowing profile of EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson from the Guardian, and you’ll recognize the same sort of economic-language usage employed by the wider Obama administration to try and disguise their […]

Fracking: A Tale of Two States

Sterling Burnett National Review Online 5/23/2012

A recent Associated Press article highlights the differences between New York and Pennsylvania concerning natural-gas production via hydraulic fracturing. New York has a moratorium on fracking, Pennsylvania allows it. The result, farmers and landowners in Pennsylvania are benefitting from fracking, while farmers and landowners just across the border look […]

Executive Order: Federal Government to Take Control of Domestic Natural Gas Production; EPA Set to Move Within One Week

The SPPI Blog 4/16/2012

Source: SHTF

While Americans focused their attention on the Colombian controversy involving U.S. Secret Service agents, prostitutes and excessive drinking, President Obama quietly signed his latest Presidential Executive Order.

The Supporting Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources Executive Order seeks to create what amounts to a Presidential […]

Jindal op-ed: Obama’s Politicized Energy Policy

La. Gov. Jindal: Obama’s ‘Radical Environmental Policy’ Wreaks Havoc on Energy

John Bachman Newsmax 12 Mar 2012

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal contends that Republican criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of rising energy costs “lets the president off too easily.”

And President Barack Obama’s “radical environmental policy” is one of the main causes for his […]

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