Tag: Energy Independence

Months ago they were telling us we needed to build the Keystone XL pipeline to insure American energy independence…despite the fact the oil comes from Canada and will be piped to the gulf coast…and exported once refined. Now we need to shrink the Bears Ear National Monument declared by President…

One of my post election predictions is that President Obama will approve the Keystone XL pipeline on or after November 5, 2104. It just seems to fit with the current oil trends in the US: U.S. Crude Oil Exports Hit a 15-Year Monthly High: The United States exported 268,000 barrels…

One of my favorite items in the Sunday Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is the Congress Following the Vote feature. There is always a short description of major bills voted on in Congress the previous week with a breakdown on how the Wisconsin contingent voted…PART TWO! This past week the US Senate…

There has been a fair amount of press on the shortage of propane in the state as temperatures continue to seek the bottom of the thermometer. Steve Carlson touched on it briefly here on Blogging Blue. But today, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel discussed Governor Walker’s about face on providing financial…

If you’re not a regular reader of STELLAREPORT, you should become one. Here’s former Iron County district attorney Tony Stella on why the price of propane is so high right now, and why the situation could get worse next winter. Yikes!

While campaigning in Ohio, GOP Republican Vice-Presidential candidate and Representative Paul Ryan (WI 1 CD) trotted out the lies about the Keystone pipeline helping make the US energy independent: Mitt Romney’s administration on Day One would approve a pipeline that would run from Canada to U.S. refineries in Texas, creating…