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Dec 3 2018

UPDATE - Faulty Claims Stack the Deck Against ACE

Dan ByersStephen Eule

Mark Twain reportedly observed in 1919 that "A falsehood can travel around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots." When it comes to the debate surrounding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recent rules, Twain’s quip still rings true.

Blog
Nov 29 2018

A Look at IEA’s New Global Energy Forecast

Stephen Eule

The International Energy Agency (IEA) just released its latest global energy forecast, the World Energy Outlook 2018 (WEO2018). Although IEA provides three different scenarios—the Current Policies, New Policies, and Sustainable Development Scenarios—we’ll focus on its mid-range “New Policies Scenario,” which includes current policies and expected or announced policies. IEA’s forecasts peer 22 years into the future from an (estimated) 2017 baseline.

Here are the highlights:

Letters
Nov 15 2018

US Chamber Comments-A Working Approach for Identifying Potential Candidate Chemicals for Prioritization

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce submits these comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) in response to its publication of the document, “A Working Approach for Identifying Potential Candidate Chemicals for Prioritization” (White Paper).1  The Chamber generally supports EPA’s efforts to prescribe approaches for identifying existing chemicals as potential candidates for prioritization, but urges EPA to reexamine a number of deficiencies included in the White Paper... 
 
Blog
Nov 9 2018

Voters Choose Energy

It may not have received as much attention as marquee Senate and House races, but energy was very much on the ballot in the 2018 midterms.

The Global Energy Institute just released a scorecard covering the results of some of the most significant ballot referendums on Election Day. 

Even in places that are considered strongholds for environmental activists, a clear trend emerged—voters are reluctant to force government restrictions, mandates and taxes on our domestic energy resources.

Letters
Nov 1 2018

GEI Comments on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Mainline Alternative Route in Nebraska

Construction of TransCanada’s Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline project is in America’s best interest.  I am pleased to submit these comments supporting KXL and the findings of the draft Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) for the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Mainline Alternative Route (MAR) in Nebraska published in September 2018.

KXL, pipeline, oil sands

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Letters
Mar 25 2019

U.S. Chamber Letter to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in Support of Bernhardt Nomination

Dear Chairman Murkowski and Ranking Member Manchin:
 
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports the nomination of David Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI), and urges the Committee to consider this nomination expeditiously.
 
Letters
Mar 25 2019

U.S. Chamber Letter to the Senate on the Green New Deal (S.J. Resolution 8)

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE:
 
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges you to reject S.J.Res.8. If crafted as truly implementable legislation, the Green New Deal would turn the American economy upside down, dramatically expand government, and substantially curtail free enterprise.
 
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