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Policies matter too
A recent piece on The Atlantic’s website about “the new geography of jobs” caught my eye. The article notes a point that I have made many times before – that much of the nation’s job growth in recent...
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Governors explain energy regulation
The George W. Bush Institute held a thoughtful conference on energy regulation yesterday in Dallas. I was particularly struck by the panel discussion featuring governors from two states that know a...
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A sound approach on foreign payments and transparency
Earlier this year I explained ExxonMobil’s support for a legal challenge to the initial transparency rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under Section 1504 of the 2010...
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U.S. energy future: What choice will we make?
The extraordinary increase in production from the U.S. oil and natural gas industry has been one of the biggest stories of the last few years – and about the only consistently good economic news the...
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Keystone XL and the national interest
This morning the Senate Foreign Services Committee held a hearing to ask whether building the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian oil sands to Gulf Coast refineries in the United States is in the...
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Do too many rules weight down the economy?
Most people understand that high taxes can stifle investment and undermine growth. But do we give enough attention to the burdens that too much regulation can place on the economy? A recent study...
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“Economic development and environmental protection can go hand-in-hand”
That pronouncement comes from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency region 6 office, which has jurisdiction for Texas, among other states. It accompanied EPA’s announcement Friday that the agency...
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Why are power prices higher in Germany than the U.S.?
A couple of numbers jumped out at me from this recent Reuters report comparing American and European approaches to energy policy. According to the piece, European Union statistics show that big...
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European energy economics
Following on from my post comparing the electricity bills faced by industrial companies in Europe and the United States, I came across a fascinating study that measures the scope of energy industry...
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The costliest regulation in American history
“The single most expensive federal regulation in U.S. history.” That’s the finding of a new report calculating the costs of the Obama administration’s looming ozone regulations. The Environmental...
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Sound science and common sense should guide discussions of energy exploration, development, and environmental stewardship, especially regarding efforts to find and produce the world’s offshore energy...
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A free trade tour de force
In recent memory, the case for free markets has seldom been made as forcefully or as eloquently as it was this week by Larry Summers. President Obama’s first director of the National Economic Council...
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Continuing to invest in the American economy
Guess who’s an “Investment Hero” … again? For the third consecutive year, the Progressive Policy Institute has published its list identifying non-financial companies “that pour the largest capital...
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The State of Energy is Strong
http://www.exxonmobilperspectives.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/GHP-State-Of-Energy-Mp3.mp3 Click play to listen to Rex Tillerson’s State of Energy address Download the audio file here The Greater...
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Should EPA expand its Clean Water Act jurisdiction?
With its latest plan to expand regulation of America’s waterways, the Environmental Protection Agency is poised to extend its regulatory reach deep into the American heartland. If this proposed rule is...
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Less tiger in your tank – thanks to Washington
A famous ad from Humble Oil – which would later become ExxonMobil – urged motorists to “put a tiger in your tank.” More than half a century after it first appeared, that phrase is still part of the...
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Non-attainment nation
Does a regulation make sense if, the moment it goes into effect, it renders many of the nation’s large economic centers out of compliance while seemingly doing little to improve public health? That...
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Is EPA ignoring the good news on methane?
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said last week her agency will soon unveil new regulations for oil and natural gas production designed to reduce emissions of methane. We’re...
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Just look across the NY-PA border for safe and responsible fracking
The comedian Chico Marx famously asked, “Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?” That’s the question I feel like Governor Andrew Cuomo is posing to New Yorkers with his decision to ban hydraulic...
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Speaking of good news about methane emissions …
Following up on a post last week – about overall methane emissions falling even while natural gas production has soared – it’s worth noting the latest University of Texas contribution to the...
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