Tag: EPA

  • Energy Tax Facts
  • 5 Oct 21

TribLive: Punitive natural gas tax risks U.S. energy leadership, economic recovery

By Stephanie Catarino Wissman, executive director of the American Petroleum Institute Pennsylvania As Congress continues to craft a sweeping budget reconciliation bill, provisions within the package threaten to undermine American energy leadership and could potentially lead to higher costs. And few places will feel the pinch like Pennsylvania, the second-largest producer of natural gas in […]

  • Energy Tax Facts
  • 1 Jul 13

Wall Street Journal: IPAA discusses role of taxes in continued oil and natural gas development

Some of the U.S. utilities that burn coal to generate electricity reacted with caution Tuesday to an Obama administration proposal to limit carbon-dioxide emissions, amid concern that the rules might target coal plants for emissions cuts, while letting other sources of emissions, such as petroleum fuels, off the hook. “The devil is in the details; the rules […]

  • Energy Tax Facts
  • 1 Jul 13

Penn Energy: Energy sector reacts to Obama climate change plan

Making climate change the centerpiece of his second-term energy policy, President Barack Obama unveiled a package of about a dozen policies his White House said will change the way American makes and consumes energy. In the absence of Congressional action, the president’s energy policy push relies heavily on the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide […]