NGO Forum

From: Politico

The federal government should expand access to offshore oil and gas, phase out the wind production tax credit and preserve a key Energy Department loan guarantee program promoting clean energy, a broad coalition of former senators and industry, environmental and labor officials said as part of sweeping recommendations the group issued Wednesday.

The Bipartisan Policy Center’s 20-member Strategic Energy Policy Initiative dipped into other contentious debates over energy exports, military biofuels investment and climate change in recommending a host of ideas in its report. The recommendations are intended to expand both conventional and alternative energy production along with energy efficiency.

See this Interactive Public Docket    focused solely on the regulation of seismic exploration in the United States.

An IPD breaks the government monopoly over the content of a docket in the all-important post public comment period.

This Forum is managed by the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE), a regulatory watchdog founded and managed by former regulatory officials of the regulatory review office (OIRA) of the White House Office of Management and Budget. CRE manages a number of websites dedicated to increasing the transparency of the regulatory process, including TheOMB.US, a website focused on OMB’s role in centralized regulatory review beginning with the Johnson Administration and updated constantly to reflect the actions of the current Administration.

From: International Business Times

A property in South Australia may possess enough shale oil to make the country a self-sufficient energy producer and exporter,  surveys commissioned by Brisbane-based Linc Energy indicate.