By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Obama administration is poised to ban offshore oil drilling on the outer continental shelf until 2012 or beyond. Meanwhile, Russia is making a bold strategic leap to begin drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. While the United States attempts to shift gears to alternative fuels to battle the […]
MARCH 11, 2010 An Energy Head Fake President Obama used his January State of the Union speech to promise “a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants” and “new offshore areas for oil and gas development.” Judging by its recent decisions, we’d say his Cabinet hasn’t received the memo. Congress’s ban on offshore drilling
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By REBECCA SMITH And STEPHEN POWER President Barack Obama’s energy strategy came under attack on at least three fronts Thursday, highlighting the conflict that has hobbled one of the administration’s top domestic priorities. On Thursday, big utility operators and some state officials blasted the administration’s formal announcement that it would drop plans for a federal
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Killdeer, N.D. A massive oil reserve buried two miles underground has put North Dakota at the center of a revolution in the U.S. oil industry, a shift that has radically altered the fortunes of this remote area. Harold Hamm, chief of Continental Resources, one of the biggest producers at the Bakken Shale in western
