Study: U.S. Natural Gas Boom Has Weakened Foreign Influence on Energy Markets

By Robert Ross

08/04/2011

The American natural gas boom will cause the U.S. to dethrone Russia as the world’s leading supplier of natural gas, and will continue to bring jobs to Louisiana, according to a new study.

TAGS: Baker Institute for Public Policy, Haynesville Shale, Jackie Savitz, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, Robert Bryce, Shale Gas and U.S. National Security, Shale Natural Gas, U.S. Department of Energy

Department of Energy Grants LSU $1 Million to Research Geothermal Energy

By Robert Ross

07/11/2011

The Department of Energy has awarded Louisiana State University $997,000 for a project to evaluate the feasibility of an advanced geothermal energy project.

TAGS: Department of Energy, Geothermal, Jackie Savitz, Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, LSU, Renewable Energy

Energy Industry Attacks Proposed Higher Tax Burden

By Editor

02/16/2011

President Obama's plan to increase taxes on the energy industry has sparked a swift response from the American Petroleum Institute.

TAGS: American Petroleum Institute, Breakthrough Institute, Environment America, Heather Emmert, Jack Gerard, Jackie Savitz, Mary Landrieu, Oceana, Renewable Energy, Treasury Department

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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