President Obama on Thursday ordered a sweeping review of energy
strategy that will involve departments and agencies across the federal
government. Obama announced the review as part of his climate agenda, and as promised in his Georgetown speech last year, the Quadrennial Energy Review will focus on the nation's infrastructure. As
crude oil domestic production reaches a near 20-year high, and the
natural-gas industry continues to boom, the U.S. must address its aging
infrastructure, the White House said in a statement on Thursday. In
November, the administration took credit for the crude oil milestone,
touting its fuel economy efforts among others as drivers. "All
this change test an aging infrastructure that must keep pace both with
the transformations in energy supply, climate change and security," the
White House said. The formal announcement comes at a time when
tensions have flared up over whether the U.S. should transport crude oil
via railcar or pipeline, and whether the nation's electric grid is
ready for the onslaught from renewable energy sources...more
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Friday, January 10, 2014
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