OPINION from Governor Gordon: The Energy Crisis of Tomorrow Can Be Averted Today
After 15 months of ignoring a court order, the Biden Administration recently announced the long-overdue resumption of federal oil and gas lease sales – at a greatly reduced scale. With the available acreage significantly cut back and royalty rates hiked, it’s hard to see the move as anything other than a grand gesture to appease […]
Engaged On Energy
Welcome to this week’s Engaged on Energy! I’m Rick Whitbeck. Let’s go to the mailbag this week, or at least the email responses to recent Engaged on Energy segments. I appreciate everyone who takes the time to send me feedback – even those who have a different point of view. For […]
Engaged On Energy
Welcome to this week’s Engaged on Energy! I’m Rick Whitbeck. It is Super Bowl weekend, one of the most-watched, most celebrated Sundays throughout the year. Families and friends will gather to cheer for the Rams or Bengals, or perhaps the halftime show, or even the outstanding creativity in the premiering ads. Whatever […]
Engaged On Energy
Welcome to this week’s Engaged on Energy! I’m Rick Whitbeck. Leave it to the eco-Left. Their continued efforts to make life more difficult for Americans has now reached new lows. You remember the celebration across much of the political spectrum from the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill last fall? That bill […]
Engaged On Energy
Welcome to this week’s Engaged on Energy! I’m Rick Whitbeck. It has now been just over a year since Joe Biden took up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. So much has happened in the past year that he and his team should be ashamed of. There was the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, where he […]
Engaged On Energy
Welcome to this week’s Engaged on Energy! I’m Rick Whitbeck. Last week was the Alaska Oil and Gas Association’s spring conference in Anchorage. Hundreds of industry-minded participants met – in person (hooray!) – with speakers discussing the state of oil and gas in the state. Throughout the day, the general tone and […]
Engaged On Energy
Welcome to this week’s Engaged on Energy! I’m Rick Whitbeck, and this week, let’s talk oil and gas, and the incredible impact that industry has on our states in Alaska and Wyoming. According to the Petroleum Association of Wyoming, 68,500 jobs across the Cowboy State can be attributed to oil and gas development, […]