Study Warns Louisiana Oil and Gas Industry May Be At Risk

By Robert Ross

11/10/2011

A new study by former LSU Professor Dr. Loren Scott details how dependent Louisiana is on the oil and gas industry, and warns that national politics targeting the industry could disrupt one of the state’s key economic drivers.

TAGS: American Jobs Act, Institute for Energy Research, Loren Scott, Robert Bradley

Louisiana Saying No To Renewable Energy Mandates

By Robert Ross

08/22/2011

Louisiana and seven other Southeastern states consistently refuse to impose renewable energy mandates on electric companies.

TAGS: Competitive Enterprise Institute, Institute for Energy Research, Renewable Energy Mandates, Robert Bradley, Walter Block, William Yeatman

Shell Study Contends Evidence for Peak Oil Theory

By Robert Ross

03/02/2011

Shell Oil Company's latest research "Signals and Signposts" affirms peak oil theory: that we have reached maximum worldwide petroleum extraction. The report’s authors recommend swift utilization of alternative energy sources.

TAGS: Institute for Energy Research, Peak Oil, Ray Kurzweil, Robert Bradley, Shell, Walter Block

Pelican Event: Obama Administration Continues to Hamper Energy Production

By Fergus Hodgson

12/14/2010

“Politically correct” sources of energy are largely futile and Obama administration policies are a war against the energy industry and the Louisiana economy, says Pelican Institute guest speaker.

TAGS: Bill Cassidy, Domestic Energy, Free Market, Institute for Energy Research, Moratorium, Renewable Energy, Robert Bradley

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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