Newly released chart shows the differences between the American Energy Act and the Democrats sham energy bill.

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Tagged as: Energy
Posted 12 Sep 2008

Earlier today, House Republicans released a new video recapping our historic August energy protest.

The video has already been featured on: Red State, Hot Air, Townhall, the New York Daily News, and Washingtonpost.com. The Post notes that “the video got a big round of applause when it was shown this morning at the first post-recess House GOP Conference meeting.

Tagged as: Energy
Posted 09 Sep 2008

Editorial: A Carbon Education
August 26, 2008

Nancy Pelosi recently diluted her opposition to offshore drilling, but we’re beginning to wonder if the House Speaker even knows why she opposed increasing domestic energy supplies in the first place.

Ms. Pelosi appeared Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where Tom Brokaw gently pointed out that the various Democratic alternative energy ambitions are “not going to happen overnight.” Replied Ms. Pelosi: “You can have a transition with natural gas. That, that is cheap, abundant and clean compared to fossil fuels.” Later, she again said that “I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels,” and that wind, solar, biofuels and “a focus on natural gas, these are the real alternatives.”

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Tagged as: Energy
Posted 26 Aug 2008

WASHINGTON — Voters are crying out for more solar and wind energy — but that doesn’t mean they are opposed to drilling for more oil at the same time, according to a Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll.

The poll’s findings suggest any political advantage Democrats or Republicans hope to get from the national debate over energy policy will depend on how skillfully they package their positions. Democrats have opposed expanded offshore drilling and stressed alternatives to oil. Republicans have called for expanding oil exploration to areas currently off limits. Leaders in both parties have begun scrambling for ground somewhere in the middle, where a big chunk of voters appear to stand.

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Tagged as: Energy
Posted 21 Aug 2008

• House Republicans are stepping up the pressure on Democrats they believe would support an expansion of domestic oil drilling, sending a letter Wednesday to 22 Democrats who they hope will sign on to the GOP plan to address high gas prices.”

• “In the letter, House Republican leaders called on the Democrats to join them in asking Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to bring the House back into session to deal with the energy crisis and support the Republican American Energy Act.”

• “The letter, signed by the entire GOP leadership team, targets several Democrats who have endorsed an expansion of domestic drilling…”

• “We’ll soon find out whether Democrats have found religion on drilling, or if they’re merely doing an election-year incantation.”

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Tagged as: Energy
Posted 20 Aug 2008

The United States spends over 500 billion dollars annually on energy.

Source: Department of Energy

Tagged as: Energy
Posted 01 Aug 2008

Of the 7.7 million households in the United States that use heating oil to heat their homes, 5.3 million households – or  roughly 69 percent – reside in the Northeast region of the country.

Source: Department of Energy

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Posted 31 Jul 2008

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Posted 30 Jul 2008

Although more than 70 percent of the natural gas produced in the United States already comes from wells at 5,000 feet or deeper, only seven percent comes from formations below 15,000 feet.

Source: Department of Energy

Tagged as: Energy
Posted 30 Jul 2008

More than 90 percent of the power plants to be built in the next 20 years will likely be fueled by natural gas.

Source: Department of Energy

Tagged as: Energy
Posted 29 Jul 2008