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).

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday that he’s fine with allowing a vote on a Republican amendment to transportation legislation that would approve the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.

But the majority leader also suggested the decision on allowing a vote is tethered to the wider dispute over the transportation package.

Dear Mr. President,

The Partnership to Fuel America (PFA) is comprised of small businesses, industry groups, and state and local chambers of commerce that believe that development of North American energy, like Canadian oil sands, would create and preserve thousands of jobs and strongly benefit U.S. energy security and our nation’s economy. Canada is one of America’s most stable and trusted strategic allies. We strongly believe that the construction of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline project is in America’s best interest. PFA is organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Institute for 21st Century Energy.

Politics gets in the way of the TransCanada project that would have brought jobs and energy

In response to the Bureau of Land Management’s draft programmatic environmental impact statement on shale development released today, Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy issued the following statement

Karen Harbert, President & CEO of the Institute for 21st Century Energy, was interviewed today on Fox News about yesterday's decision about the Keystone XL pipeline.

The Obama administration rejects TransCanada’s application for a permit to build the Keystone Pipeline: Economic and political implications of the decision and prospects for an alternative route.

On Wednesday January 18th, President Obama denied Transcanada’s permit that would have allowed the company to proceed with building the Keystone XL pipeline. The President failed to find that the project was in the national interest stating that the new Congressionally-imposed February 21st deadline did not provide enough time for the Administration to complete their review of new route through Nebraska.