Save the Date
Please save the date of May 23rd for our first partner meeting scheduled from 8 – 9:30am in Jefferson City. This breakfast event is free to attend and we invite you to share this invitation with your members and other business leaders.
Matt Koch, Vice President at the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy will discuss challenges facing the United States in meeting its energy needs and energy policy goals in the midst of the 2012 election.
Save the Date
Please save the date of May 23rd for our first partner meeting scheduled from 8 – 9:30am in Jefferson City. This breakfast event is free to attend and we invite you to share this invitation with your members and other business leaders.
Matt Koch, Vice President at the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy will discuss challenges facing the United States in meeting its energy needs and energy policy goals in the midst of the 2012 election.
The Bismarck-Mandan Chamber of Commerce hosted Matt Koch of the US Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy on Tuesday, March 14th in Bismarck for a luncheon speech to approximately 100 business leaders. The event with part of the National Hot Topic Luncheon series and Matt’s speech was entitled "North American Energy – Realities and Opportunities." At the Chamber event, Matt was interviewed by Bismarck-based television station KFYR-TV (NBC).
“TransCanada’s latest application to build a 1,200 mile portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska will move us closer to thousands of jobs and increased energy security for America. TransCanada is working with the state of Nebraska to develop a path forward for the pipeline through that state which will be finalized this fall, meaning that the Obama Administration can no longer credibly use Nebraska as an excuse to deny any part of the pipeline permit.
“TransCanada’s latest application to build a 1,200 mile portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska will move us closer to thousands of jobs and increased energy security for America. TransCanada is working with the state of Nebraska to develop a path forward for the pipeline through that state which will be finalized this fall, meaning that the Obama Administration can no longer credibly use Nebraska as an excuse to deny any part of the pipeline permit.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Energy Institute, today issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s visit to Cushing, Oklahoma where he discussed the southern section of the Keystone XL Pipeline:
By Fred Upton
Detroit Free Press guest writer
This week, I began negotiations with House and Senate colleagues on a transportation package to support jobs and infrastructure, and the good news is, there's an infrastructure project with shovel-ready jobs that we can include in this legislation, and it won't cost taxpayers a dime: the Keystone XL pipeline, which will carry Canadian energy supplies to American refineries.
By Fred Upton
Detroit Free Press guest writer
This week, I began negotiations with House and Senate colleagues on a transportation package to support jobs and infrastructure, and the good news is, there's an infrastructure project with shovel-ready jobs that we can include in this legislation, and it won't cost taxpayers a dime: the Keystone XL pipeline, which will carry Canadian energy supplies to American refineries.
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) has scheduled four public information sessions on the new Nebraska pipeline route starting Thursday, May 9th and continuing through next week (see dates and locations below). More information can be found here https://ecmp.nebraska.gov/deq-seis/.
By Thomas J. Donohue
The Environmental Protection Agency has the important charge of keeping our water safe and our air clean. It’s a mission supported by the business community—and collectively, we’ve invested $1.5 trillion over the last 30 years to improve the environment. What we don’t support are EPA rules and edicts that are driven by ideology, not science; trample the rights of states, businesses, and citizens; and undermine the economy and job creation.
By JAMES L. JONES and JASON S. GRUMET
AS oil and gasoline prices rise, political pressure to tap the roughly 700 million barrels in the national Strategic Petroleum Reserve is building, including among some in Congress. The global oil market is fundamentally strained and suffering from an array of unwelcome but unremarkable problems. Yet the oil reserve is neither designed nor well equipped to address these chronic weaknesses. Instead it should be preserved to address an emergency disruption in supply.
The Keystone XL pipeline—an approximately $7-billion project that complements the original Keystone Pipeline and nearly doubles the size and capacity of the system with an extension to the Gulf Coast—has been in the planning stages since 2008. This additional energy source from our North American Free Trade Agreement
“The RCEDP is proud to be a part of the Partnership to Fuel America. Promoting the development of North American Energy and the Keystone pipeline, are essential to keep our region growing and thriving. The benefits to our economy are far-reaching and will have a positive impact on our hospitality, retail services and construction sectors, among others”.
