WASHINGTON, DC -- A new report released today by IHS Global Insight underscores the positive economic impacts of U.S. shale gas production. Recent advances in extraction technologies have allowed affordable access to shale gas resources, leading to a dramatic growth in domestic energy production.
The Obama Administration is putting one of our basic needs at risk--our ability to keep the lights on. President Obama's Environmental Protection Agency is proposing costly new regulations on America's power sector that could have widespread impacts on the reliability of our electric grid. Analyses have projected that these new rules will cause a significant portion of our power supply to go offline.
The Wall Street JournalBy KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL
Blue and green should never be seen without a color in between," runs the old design line. An imperiled President Obama is learning the political pain of mixing colors.
In the midst of the ongoing Solyndra debacle, recent media reports raised questions about a $1.2 billion loan guarantee given to the solar company SunPower through the same program that brought us Solyndra.
The Wall Street JournalBy HAROLD FORD JR.
The Washington Post
Solyndra: A bad bet Obama should regret
October 6, 2011