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		<title>Romney Vows Immediate Approval of Keystone XL on First Day in White House</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney is vowing to approve TransCanada&#8216;s Keystone XL pipeline on his first day on the job if elected U.S. president in November. In a campaign ad unveiled on Friday, the presumptive Republican nominee asks voters to imagine Day 1 of his presidency, and lists Keystone as a top priority. &#8220;Day One, President Romney immediately &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/05/18/romney-vows-immediate-approval-of-keystone-xl-on-first-day-in-white-house/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1120&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional hearing in Denver tackles fracking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 22:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press DENVER – Western state officials took turns bashing the federal government Wednesday at a congressional field hearing on proposed nationwide drilling rules on hydraulic fracturing. By Ed Andrieski, AP Kathleen Sgamma of the Western Energy Alliance testifies at a Denver field hearing of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/05/02/congressional-hearing-in-denver-tackles-fracking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1116&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TransCanada Submits Keystone Pipeline Reroute Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By EDWARD WELSCH CALGARY, Alberta—TransCanada Corp. TRP -0.58% submitted a reroute of its Keystone XL oil pipeline to the Nebraska state government Wednesday, moving a step closer to reviving the project after it was rejected by the U.S. government earlier this year. The reroute will avoid an environmentally sensitive area in the U.S. Midwest state, and &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/04/19/transcanada-submits-keystone-pipeline-reroute-plan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1111&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UT poll: Americans’ energy concerns focused on jobs, costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Laylan Copelin Americans are concerned about jobs and the money they are spending on energy, according to a University of Texas poll of consumer and voter attitudes about energy. The national poll results are filtering into this year’s political dialogue as significant majorities support an “all of the above” approach to developing domestic energy &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/04/10/ut-poll-americans-energy-concerns-focused-on-jobs-costs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1107&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keystone XL Pipeline: a job-creating win for America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Former Rep. J.C. Watts, Jr. President Obama recently got a look at what his failed energy policies are doing to America and I hope he fully appreciates that he does have the power to change things for the better. His recent tour of Cushing, Oklahoma, while a trip planned with political considerations first and &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/04/05/keystone-xl-pipeline-a-job-creating-win-for-america/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1102&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Towns Fight States on Drilling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By DANIEL GILBERT and RUSSELL GOLD States hoping to capitalize on their energy booms are running into resistance from local officials who want to be able to police the noise and industrialization that accompany oil-and-gas drilling. The municipalities are fighting laws that bar them from regulating drilling, enacted by state lawmakers who feared towns would &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/04/04/towns-fight-states-on-drilling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1097&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Energy-related jobs perking up &#8211; Equipment providers showing interest in area</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by &#8211; Brian Gadd ZANESVILLE &#8212; Jobs in connection with shale oil and gas development in the area already are starting to perk up in advance of Halliburton breaking ground in April on 178 acres in the EastPointe Business Park. Muskingum County Commissioner Steve Strauss said two or three equipment suppliers to the energy &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/03/27/energy-related-jobs-perking-up-equipment-providers-showing-interest-in-area/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1091&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>STUDY: Texas Lost $7.7 Billion, Forfeited 8,600 Jobs from Declining Natural Gas Use</title>
		<link>http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/03/26/study-texas-lost-7-7-billion-forfeited-8600-jobs-from-declining-natural-gas-use/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greater Use of Texas Natural Gas for Power Generation Will Create Jobs, Boost Economy HOUSTON, Mar. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ &#8212; Natural gas&#8217; declining share of the Texas power generation market from 2005 through 2011 translated into a $7.7 billion economic loss to the state, according to a study by Dr. Michael J. Economides, &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/03/26/study-texas-lost-7-7-billion-forfeited-8600-jobs-from-declining-natural-gas-use/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1084&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>King Dollar Will Cut Oil Prices</title>
		<link>http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/03/16/king-dollar-will-cut-oil-prices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Larry Kudlow &#8211; CNBC Anchor No matter how much President Obama protests, the simple fact is that he continues to oppose and mock and disparage oil and gas drilling. He is a prisoner of the environmental left, and he remains on the wrong side of energy history. And that’s exactly why he has a &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/03/16/king-dollar-will-cut-oil-prices/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1076&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs Abound In Energy Industry&#8217;s New Boom Time</title>
		<link>http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/03/12/jobs-abound-in-energy-industrys-new-boom-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Kirk Siegler Economists say many industries are looking up this year. But perhaps none has a better outlook than the energy sector. New drilling technologies and rising fuel prices have generated a boom in drilling — and lots of high-paying jobs for people with the skills to work in the oil patch. On some &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/03/12/jobs-abound-in-energy-industrys-new-boom-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1071&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;I feel very lucky,&#34; says Colorado School of Mines student Chris Enger, who has a job as a petroleum engineer waiting on him in Texas.</media:title>
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		<title>Shale Energy Regulation Threatens Development And Jobs</title>
		<link>http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/03/05/shale-energy-regulation-threatens-development-and-jobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In remarks to reporters this morning, API&#8217;s Vice President for Regulatory and Economic Policy Kyle Isakower said a wave of possible new federal rules on shale oil and natural gas development could threaten its expansion and the increased jobs and revenue it promises to generate: &#8220;Shale oil and natural gas development in the United States &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/03/05/shale-energy-regulation-threatens-development-and-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1063&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Leaders Optimistic on Energy, Jobs After Meeting With Obama</title>
		<link>http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/03/02/gop-leaders-optimistic-on-energy-jobs-after-meeting-with-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Siobhan Hughes House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) on Wednesday sounded an unusually optimistic note after meeting with President Barack Obama, saying they came away feeling they could find common ground on energy and jobs policies. The meeting also included Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/03/02/gop-leaders-optimistic-on-energy-jobs-after-meeting-with-obama/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1042&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boehner Vents Anger Over Record High Gas Prices</title>
		<link>http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/02/28/boehner-vents-anger-over-record-high-gas-prices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By John Parkinson  @jparkABC Before ending his news conference this morning at the Capitol, House Speaker John Boehner vented his frustrations over record gasoline prices, calling on the president to present his own written proposal for an energy plan and blaming “radical environmentalists” for standing in the way of a national energy policy. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/02/28/boehner-vents-anger-over-record-high-gas-prices/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1034&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>White House Backs Pipeline That Will Ship U.S. Oil Overseas</title>
		<link>http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/02/28/white-house-backs-pipeline-that-will-ship-u-s-oil-overseas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Bendery jen.bendery@huffingtonpost.com &#8211; WASHINGTON &#8212; The White House is throwing its support behind a decision by TransCanada to build a portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, even though the project will result in more oil going overseas and potentially higher gas prices. TransCanada announced Monday that it plans to begin building the southern part &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/02/28/white-house-backs-pipeline-that-will-ship-u-s-oil-overseas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1029&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Montana&#8217;s Democratic governor slams ‘jackasses’ in DC for Keystone delay</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ben Geman Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) is expressing frustration with the debate in Washington over the Keystone XL pipeline, which he strongly supports. “Ninety per cent of these jackasses that are complaining about the Keystone pipeline in Washington, D.C., one year ago wouldn&#8217;t have even known where the Keystone was. While we were &#8230; <a href="http://energyindependenceforstates.com/2012/02/24/montanas-democratic-governor-slams-jackasses-in-dc-for-keystone-delay/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=energyindependenceforstates.com&#038;blog=27761751&#038;post=1023&#038;subd=energyindependenceforstates&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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