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Natural Gas Development Upsets Conventional Thinking on America’s Energy Future
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Posts Tagged ‘Economy’
Voices For and Against
Interview excerpts regarding the Gulf drilling moratorium In the process of covering the array of protests, town hall meetings, and study announcements surrounding the oil spill, I have had the opportunity to interview a diverse group of individuals. The primary point of concern has been the ongoing moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of [...]
“Let Us Go Back to Work!”
On Wednesday 11,000 people gathered in Lafayette to send a resounding message to Washington. The Rally for Economic Survival’s byline was “Lift the moratorium!” and Governor Bobby Jindal summed up the sentiment in the crowd: “We don’t want more BP compensation checks; we don’t want unemployment checks; we want to get back to work.”
New Study Demonstrates Severity of Moratorium Impact
Author estimates economic after-effects could be worse than that of the oil spill On Monday in New Orleans, Dr. Joseph Mason of Louisiana State University presented a sobering assessment of the economic impact of a six-month drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico. His report, commissioned by the American Energy Alliance (AEA), forecasts that over [...]
Exclusive: Kindra Arnesen’s Perspective on the Oil Spill
Even as an acute victim of the spill, she and her husband spoke of how this area, and perhaps the entire nation, depends the Gulf oil industry. “If [the rigs] leave, they may not be back for years,” given the long-term nature of the contracts.
United States Loses Ground in Index of Economic Freedom
According to the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, complied by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal, the United States has fallen from a “free” economy to a “mostly free” economy. America fell 2.7 points into 8th place overall. Hong Kong claimed the top spot. The report defines economic freedom as the “fundamental right [...]