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While there are still many changes to make to reduce America’s dependence on oil, this past week’s National Summit on Energy Security certainly was a step in the right direction. Tuesday night’s Congressional Reception and W...
Posted Friday, July 15th, 2011 at 10:25 am | Filed in: Energy Security, National Security, Oil Dependence, Policy
Solving America’s dependence on petroleum remains an unsolved ambition; since the 1970s, every American president has called attention to the implications of foreign oil reliance. However, with each passing administration, pol...
Posted Thursday, July 14th, 2011 at 6:53 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Oil Dependence
Back in the day when there was bipartisanship, an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the Congress enacted, and President George W. Bush signed into law, the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Before "all of the above" became a mantra, ...
Posted Thursday, July 14th, 2011 at 6:41 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, National Security, Oil Dependence
A snapshot of U.S. energy dependence: Americans account for more than 20% of global oil demand, with the transportation sector, on its own, consuming more oil than any other nation in the world. A glance at our lack of energy se...
Posted Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 at 10:50 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, Oil Dependence
The countdown is almost over: tomorrow, policymakers, industry leaders and business executives will gather to discuss the intensifying threats posed by our nation’s oil dependence, and consider solutions that will strengthen o...
Posted Monday, July 11th, 2011 at 12:32 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, National Security, Oil Dependence
In a "first for the Senate, and a first for Facebook," Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN), Ranking Member on the Foreign Relations Committee, will announce introduction of his Practical Energy Plan exclusively on Facebook this morning at ...
Posted Thursday, June 30th, 2011 at 6:19 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Environment, Oil, Oil Dependence
As readers of EPIC know, the issue of energy security is not taken lightly. Short of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists, energy security is the top threat facing the nation. SAFE’s team of policy and legislativ...
Posted Friday, June 17th, 2011 at 10:24 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Oil Dependence
Last month, the International Energy Agency (IEA) called on oil producing nations to boost their petroleum output in order to protect the global economy and stabilize volatile gas prices. So it is no surprise that the focus this...
Posted Friday, June 10th, 2011 at 11:19 am | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Supply, Oil Dependence
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