Groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable say they speak for the country's business interests.
When it comes to the Keystone XL pipeline, they most definitely do not.
In his "State of American Business speech," U.S. Chamber president Tom Donohue once again trotted out his fantasy...
Posted October 20, 2011 | 18:09:47 (EST)
A poll just out from the University of Texas shows that most Americans think we need to change how we get and use our energy.
Only 14 percent of respondents to the University of Texas at Austin's Energy Poll said they think the country is going in the...
Posted September 16, 2011 | 13:08:44 (EST)
I spend a lot of time in Silicon Valley, the birthplace of technologies that have transformed our world and powered our last economic boom.
But rest assured that for every Google or Apple or Intel or Facebook, there are hundreds -- maybe thousands -- of other unknown technology companies that...
Posted June 3, 2011 | 14:33:42 (EST)
Congress is debating the Defense Department authorization bill, the legislation that allocates the $700 billion needed to fund our military through 2012.
Wrapped deep in the legislation is an important issue we can all relate to -- fuel costs. The DOD consumes two percent...
Posted May 19, 2011 | 18:54:26 (EST)
Co-authored by Lt. Gen. Norman R. Seip (USAF-RET.)
Osama bin Laden is gone, but in the nearly 10 years since his attack on our country, the primary threat to our economic and national security -- our dependence on foreign fuel -- remains.
Rather than embracing rational energy policy to advance...
Posted October 20, 2010 | 17:00:17 (EST)
In the fall of 2000, a small but visionary group of environmental entrepreneurs bet big on our clean energy future. We believed we could create jobs and spur growth by investing in secure and renewable sources of power, new ways to recycle, and the next generation of energy and resource...

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