[Moonman62]

The White House press secretary, Jay Carney, came to his daily press briefing armed with statistics about domestic exploration and said Obama favors various forms of energy, including higher fuel-efficiency standards, nuclear reactor development and alternative energy research.

I believe domestic fossil fuel production has been driven by higher prices, and everything else Obama likes the free market doesn't (and that includes nuclear power).

[Steely Tom]

The White House press secretary, Jay Carney, came to his daily press briefing armed with statistics about domestic exploration and said Obama favors various forms of energy, including higher fuel-efficiency standards, nuclear reactor development and alternative energy research.

Higher fuel-efficiency standards are a "form of energy" in the same sense that a pre-natal ultrasound is "rape."

Both definitions are recent and silly propaganda ploys by the Left, typical and predictable whenever liberalism is on the defensive. Try to redefine words, tp "re-frame" reality.

[kcvl]

EPA pulls permits for two Texas City refineries

Published July 1, 2010

TEXAS CITY The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday rejected the air quality permits for 122 industrial facilities in Texas, including the BP and Valero refineries in Texas City.

The pulling of the flexible air permits that are issued by the state under EPA authority means the facilities do not have legal operating permits.

EPA Regional Administrator Al Armendariz said none of the facilities will be required to shut down but all will be required to obtain new permits under stricter guidelines.

Earlier this year, the agency pulled more than 200 permits, citing what it said were deficiencies in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality flexible air permitting process.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/160182