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Chemical rules for the 21st century
After many years, officials in Washington are starting to move on critical legislation to modernize the nation’s chemical regulations. I have asked Neil Chapman, president of ExxonMobil Chemical, to...
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Ethanol’s collision course with the WTO?
Do U.S. biofuels policies violate our international trade obligations? It’s an interesting question, posed most recently by two academics in a new white paper published by the American Enterprise...
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Case for crude exports strengthens
The argument in favor of removing the four-decade-old ban on exporting crude oil is gathering steam. Earlier this week a prominent congressional leader suggested that “oil exports can be a win for the...
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A smart Canadian approach to curbing excessive regulation
One of the better ideas I’ve heard this year comes from the United States’ neighbors to the north. Earlier this spring Canada formally adopted a law that requires the government to remove one...
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An opportunity we can’t miss
“The sure way to miss success is to miss the opportunity.” That line was penned by Philarète Chasles, a writer and critic in 19th-century France, but it is no less relevant in the United States of the...
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Orwell’s Ethanol Farm
In a recent letter to The Wall Street Journal, the ethanol lobby’s top official objected to this editorial about the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) – in the course of doing so he made a number of flatly...
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On the same page dealing with natural disasters
You might have heard that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center projects a “below-normal” hurricane season for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico this year. While...
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The water land grab
There’s a certain irony that the Environmental Protection Agency issued its “Waters of the U.S.” final rule the same week the Supreme Court admonished the agency for overstepping its bounds in how it...
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Five years of Keystone success
Tomorrow is the 239th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Our friends at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for 21st Century Energy remind us of another anniversary this...
View ArticleTake Exports 101 in just three minutes
I often write in favor of policies promoting exports of oil and natural gas. But there are more ways to make the case than the arguments written down in a blog post or a newspaper op-ed. The folks at...
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Keystone: A billion barrels safely delivered
As I have noted before, it’s sometimes hard to appreciate fully the energy industry’s size and scale. But a recent announcement by the operator of the Keystone pipeline system – which brings oil from...
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Ozone rules tighten regulatory vise grip on economy
The Obama administration’s proposed ozone rule – expected to be finalized later this year – is stirring up a hornet’s nest. Under the administration’s plan, the national ambient air quality standards...
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Your dishwasher and your car may be caught in the spin cycle
The importance of economically sound and science-based regulations cannot be overstated. Too often, however, history has shown how government rulemaking can have perverse consequences because those...
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Two steps forward, one back on Renewable Fuel Standard
Earlier this week, the federal government closed the period for providing comments about finalizing its 2014, 2015, and 2016 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program volumes. Before I go any further, I...
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A solution still looking for a problem
They say that time flies when you’re having fun. But when it comes to the law that created the Renewable Fuel Standard, whose 10th anniversary we observed this month, it’s hard to argue anyone is...
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Methane regulations – what are the facts?
As expected, this week the Obama administration unveiled regulations to reduce methane emissions from oil and natural gas operations. Given the importance of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, at first...
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Yet more evidence the crude export ban should go
Virtually every study that has looked into the possibility of the U.S. scrapping its ban on crude oil exports has concluded that doing so would benefit American consumers. Add one more important study...
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“You either support free trade or you don’t”
The conventional media narrative on crude oil exports – pitting producers in favor of exports against domestic refiners who supposedly are opposed – is actually a lot more nuanced than that. After all,...
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Washington shows capacity for real reform with TSCA
We constantly hear about the dysfunction and gridlock in Washington that all too often keeps anything worthwhile from getting accomplished. So it’s worth saluting the efforts underway to modernize the...
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Opposition to ozone rule bringing Americans together
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected next week to finalize its ozone rule, which would lower the acceptable levels of ozone from 75 parts per billion (PPB) to a range of 65-70 ppb. Many...
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