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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
Letters
Nov 1 2018

Coalition Comments on the Affordable Clean Energy (“ACE”) Rule

The Associations represent the Nation’s leading energy and manufacturing sectors that form the backbone of the Nation’s industrial ability to grow our economy and provide jobs in an environmentally sustainable and energy-efficient manner. The Associations represent members who both generate and rely on the generation of electricity, and thus have a compelling interest in how EPA may regulate environmental aspects of electricity production.
 
ACE, Clean Power Plan, Regulation, Electricity, Emmissions
Blog
Oct 30 2018

U.S. Coal Exports Can Help Fuel the World

Dan Byers

The world is hungry for energy. The Department of Energy (DOE) projects that global energy consumption will increase nearly 30% between 2015 and 2040, driven primarily by developing countries seeking energy access to lift their populations out of poverty.

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Letters
Mar 19 2019

U.S. Chamber Comments on EPA's Proposed GHG New Source Performance Standards

Dear Administrator Wheeler:
 
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (“the Chamber”) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA’s”) proposed amendments to the Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units, Proposed Rule, Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0495; FRL–9987–85–OAR, 83 Fed. Reg. 65424 (Dec. 20, 2018) (the “Proposal” or “Proposed Rule”).
 
Blog
Mar 15 2019

Innovation and Tech at Forefront of CERAWeek 2019

Matt Letourneau

As we look back on CERAWeek 2019, it is once again apparent just how much the energy sector has become a high tech industry.  The theme of this year’s conference, attended by Global Energy Institute president and CEO Karen Harbert, was “Silicon Valley Meets the Oil Patch.”  Indeed, a glance at the attendee and exhibitor list may lead one to think that this was a Silicon Valley conference.  

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