Study Reveals the Gulf of Mexico Permitting Mess

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  May 31st at 09:00 AM  | 

In a rational world, the Federal government would act as a motivated lease owner who was interested in promoting the safe and environmentally responsible development of his mineral resource, consistent with sound conservation practice. That’s why there’s a permit process in the first place. Since Macondo, that’s backwards. Operating practices must conform to the permitting process that has, um, evolved in a purely political environment: | Read More »

10 Ways Obama Could Reduce Gasoline Prices Now

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  February 25th at 02:00 PM  | 

Tulsa World headline: Obama: No magic bullet to lower gas prices WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says there is no easy answer to the problem of rising energy prices, dismissing Republican plans to address the problem as little more than gimmicks. “We know there’s no silver bullet that will bring down gas prices or reduce our dependence on foreign oil overnight,” Obama said Saturday in | Read More »