Oil & Gas

"oil addiction"

Christine Hall — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:13:24 -0800

Bruges Group Conference: How EU and Government Waste is Costing You Money

Ryan Lynch — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:58:46 -0800

Featuring Iain Murray One of CEI's Climate Change Experts

Chevron's Orwellian Crude Discovery

Sam Kazman — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:00:00 -0800

If the industry that powers the car starts treating it as a sin product, the concept of progress will soon be running on fumes.

carbon credits in the bailout bill

Richard Morrison — Fri, 3 Oct 2008 08:52:16 -0700

Will More Drilling Increase U.S. Energy Security?

Iain Murray — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Picking on the Pickens Plan?

Steven J. Milloy — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:51:45 -0700

Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens’ camp responded last week to this column’s multi-part analysis of the so-called “Pickens Plan.” Focusing on my most recent comments, Pickens Plan defender Warren Mitchell said he was “overwhelmed” by my “lack of logic” and wondered what plan I had to “wean ourselves from foreign oil.”

T. Boone Pickens Touts Windwill in Nat'l. Press Club Speech Today

Christine Hall — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:43:10 -0700

T. Boone Pickens, the oil man now advocating wind energy and subsidies, is scheduled today to tout his plan for massive wind power subsidies at a noontime speech before the National Press Club. CEI energy policy experts are available for comment on the feasibility of the Pickens plan.

Walk in the Rain for World 'Car-Free Day'

Christine Hall — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:37:53 -0700

Today is “World Car-Free Day”, the annual day dedicated to the notion of life without the automobile. In fact, eliminating or drastically reducing automobile use would dramatically impact the lives and livelihoods of the vast majority of Americans who rely on cars for transportation.

No Compromise in this Energy Bill

Iain Murray — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

There is very little in this bill that energy consumers can be glad about. But the environmental industry's lobby has reason to cheer.

Pelosi’s Anti-Energy Bill Hits House Floor

Richard Morrison — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:51:31 -0700

Today the House of Representatives is debating a bill to change the federal rules on oil and gas exploration off of the nation’s coastline. Pressured all summer by increasing voter anger over high energy prices, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has presented today’s bill as a compromise between pro-and anti-drilling forces. The content of the bill, however, delivers only a tiny increase in domestic energy production while dramatically expanding other restrictions.