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Energy & Climate Headlines
U.S. begins pursuing drilling off Virginia coast
Months after President George W. Bush and Congress lifted bans on offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean, the federal government moved Thursday to pursue oil and natural gas exploration off the coast of Virginia.
Coal power plants may have to limit emissions
About 100 proposed coal-fired power plants in the USA may be required to limit their greenhouse gas emissions after the Environmental Protection Agency was blocked Thursday from issuing a permit for a proposed Utah plant without addressing the issue of gl
Mexico Hedges All Oil Exports in ‘09 at $70
Mexico said it has hedged all of its oil exports for next year against a price of oil below $70 a barrel, in a sign of how some resource-rich nations are trying to protect themselves against slumping commodity prices amid a global economic slowdown.
OPEC to Meet in Attempt to Halt Oil-Price Decline
OPEC members will meet later this month in a bid to halt the tumble in crude prices, amid signs that a global economic slowdown is punishing near-term demand for oil.
IEA Cuts Oil Demand Forecast
The International Energy Agency warned Thursday that world oil-demand growth this year is on the cusp of falling into negative territory for the first time in 25 years, as global economic problems hammer away at energy consumption.
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U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Environment
energy-related emissions data & environmental analyses
Economic Impacts of Warner-Lierberman
EIA report on the economic impacts of S. 2191
IER in the News
Obama shelves oil company tax after price fall-aide
Obama quietly drops windfall tax proposal
‘Change’ coming to Washington; Grandstanding Waxman gets more power
Waxman expected to advance Obama’s climate agenda as new energy committee chairman
Waxman Beats Dingell for Control of Energy Committee
IER Studies
Synopsis of the Energy Plans of Presidential Candidates Barack Obama and John McCain
Comparison of Obama and McCain’s Energy and Environmental Plans
Flaws in the Economic Analysis of California’s AB 32 Scoping Plan
Facts On Energy
The World’s Largest Oil and Gas Companies
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Statistics
Every five years, the Minerals Management Service leases out federal land for resource production. Here are statistics that outline the activity for the 2007-2012 leasing program.
Press Releases
‘Tis the Season: Development of U.S. Energy Resources Nets Taxpayers $23.4 Billion in Royalties
New IER Video Makes the Economic Case for Developing America’s Vast Energy Resources
IER Chairman: Obama Energy Plan Resurrects Malthusian ‘Limits to Growth,’ Enron ‘Green’ Energy Plays
