Commentary: Congressmen Seek To Take Oil And Gas Revenues From Louisiana, Coastal States

By Jamison Beuerman

08/09/2011

If Markey and Holt succeed, coastal states would lose out on approximately $150 billion over the next 60 years.

TAGS: Domestic Energy, gulf states, oil and natural gas

Gulf State Residents Bring Message to Capitol

By Fergus Hodgson

08/05/2010

Victims, activists, and trade representatives join forces to oppose shut-down of Gulf oil industry Washington, DC—Promoting the tagline, “My Job Matters,” more than 50 Gulf state residents travelled to the Capitol to protest the moratorium and regulatory impediments to drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Protesters gave speeches in front of the U.S. Capitol Building,...

TAGS: dc, employment, gulf states, Moratorium, protest, save u.s. energy jobs

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our Brighter Future, the Pelican Institute identifies the state’s significant tax problems and proposes a path to set the state in a brighter direction, including flattening the personal and corporate income taxes to 3.5% rates, reducing the number of tax preferences, eliminating...

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