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Chris Saxman
General Manager, Shenandoah Valley WaterWelcome to the Virginia Energy Forum!
The Virginia Energy Forum is a bipartisan coalition of citizens committed to educating Virginians and and our federal elected officials about the need to secure America’s energy future by ensuring access to an adequate and stable supply of domestically produced oil and natural gas. Domestically produced energy is essential to protect our nation’s energy and economic security, American jobs, and to keep energy prices down for American families. The Forum also recognizes that new taxes on the energy industry will have a devastating effect on millions of American families and our nation’s economy by destroying thousands of jobs and raising energy prices......
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Featured Issue - Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon
America's thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The best minds in industry and government are working to stop the spill, contain the oil and clean up the environment. The accident is unprecedented, and so, too, is the combined response of industry and government.
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How Will EPA's New Ozone Regulations Affect Virginia?
Is your county going to be hit by EPA's new ozone standard?
Will America Buy a New Climate Policy?
Without much fanfare, U.S. legislators last December unveiled a new climate bill that just might succeed in breaking the political gridlock that has blocked action on global climate change. The bill, co-sponsored by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), is a sharp departure from the cap-and-trade bill that passed the House of Representatives last June but subsequently died in the Senate.
More Energy Forum News »Energy Myth
Myth: According to President Barack Obama: "Oil companies are drilling a mile beneath the suface of the ocean -- because we're running out of places to drill on land and shallow water."
Fact: According to the Department of Energy, Nearly 85% of the nation's offshore resources are restricted by the government for exploration. Similar government restrictions are preventing onshore access in parts of Alaska and the Rocky Mountain States that could produce 1.125 million barrels of oil per day and an additional 2.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.