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America’s Energy Advantage Coalition Expands
In a sign of the growing importance of natural gas export policy to America's manufacturing renaissance, a global manufacturer with a plant under construction in Louisiana has joined America's Energy Advantage (AEA).
Read More ›America’s Energy Advantage Files LNG Export Motion, Seeks Rulemaking on Public Interest Test
In a major new development in the debate over LNG exports, America's Energy Advantage (AEA) today filed a formal motion to intervene in the Department of Energy's (DOE) proceeding for the Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC (together "FLEX") export application (FE Docket No. 11-161-LNG).
Read More ›ICYMI: Former Commerce Secretary Don Evans touts manufacturing renaissance
In a recent speech, Don Evans, the former Secretary of Commerce under President George W. Bush, noted that America's shale gas boom has sparked a renaissance in American manufacturing.
Read More ›America’s Energy Advantage Statement on DOE Approval of Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Application
America's Energy Advantage today issued this statement in response to DOE's conditional approval of the Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Application.
Read More ›Infographic: The American Manufacturing Resurgence
American manufacturing is experiencing an important resurgence at a time when our country needs more well-paying and highly skilled jobs. This resurgence is being powered by affordable and abundant natural gas and it presents the US with a once in a generation opportunity to increase our competitiveness in the global economy.
Read More ›Q&A with Charles R. Morris
We recently hosted a Q&A with Charles R. Morris, a lawyer and former banker and the author of the recently released, Comeback: America’s New Economic Boom.
Read More ›Featured Author: Charles R. Morris
Charles R. Morris, a lawyer and former banker, is the author of the recently released, Comeback: America's New Economic Boom. In a Wall Street Journal review, Daniel Yergin wrote that Morris "cogently lay[s] out the bright economic consequences of the unconventional oil and gas revolution and the revival of manufacturing."
Read More ›Center for American Progress Warns Unchecked LNG Exports Will Harm Manufacturing & Middle Class
Energy experts from the Center for American Progress recently released a paper warning that unchecked exports of Liquefied Natural Gas will harm the manufacturing renaissance currently underway. The paper called for more well-defined criteria to determine whether exports are in the national interest.
Read More ›Major ramp-up in manufacturing attributed to natural gas prices
Manufacturers in the U.S. and around the world are embracing the biggest energy game-changer in recent memory – the shale boom.
Read More ›America’s Energy Advantage Comments on Latest LNG Export Approval
The DOE's decision to continue to consider additional exports on a sequential basis is a prudent approach that allows it to consider the cumulative impact of additional exports. Each successive permit approval requires a thorough review so we ensure that exports do not threaten the emerging renaissance in American manufacturing that is spurring investment and creating jobs in the United States.
Read More ›America’s Energy Advantage Files with Department of Energy to Participate in Discussions
Americas Energy Advantage continues to advocate for appropriate public interest standards and determinations that reflect the interests of all sectors of the economy.
Read More ›Manufacturing Renewal Extends to Methanol – More Plants Open in US
The shale gas revolution has meant a huge increase in the abundance and affordability of natural gas. Yet, natural gas is not the only big success story from the last few years -- methanol, a valuable feedstock, is having a boom of its own.
Read More ›Valero Energy and others invest big in U.S. chemical manufacturing
For companies such as Valero Energy Corp., a multinational manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels, other petrochemical products and power, the American natural gas advantage means the ideal confluence of affordability and abundance.
Read More ›Statement of America’s Energy Advantage on the Analysis of the API study
America's Energy Advantage (AEA) today released an analysis of a recent American Petroleum Institute (API) study of LNG exports. The analysis of the API report by energy experts at Charles River Associates (CRA) identified several issues that, in the opinion of AEA, overstate the benefits of unchecked LNG exports. Attached and below is a summary of the findings that America's Energy Advantage has distilled from CRA's review.
Read More ›For manufacturers, natural gas is a new lease on life
The last few years have marked an incredible turnaround for the American economy, especially its manufacturing sector. The newfound availability of abundant and affordable natural gas has helped fuel that renaissance, breathing life into manufacturing, construction, jobs, and long-term growth.
Read More ›#TalkNatGas: A Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Forum Recap
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee recently gathered a host of business leaders -- from transportation to home energy, the chemical industry to environmental services -- to look at the impact of natural gas on the American economy. During three thought-provoking forums -- all streamed live for anyone to watch – these industry leaders discussed key topics such as Infrastructure, Transportation, Research and Innovation, Domestic Supply and Exports, and Shale Development: Best Practices and Environmental Concerns.
Read More ›Moniz: “We want to go forward on a case-by-case basis”
The Department of Energy's recent approval of an LNG export terminal in Freeport, Texas has raised questions about the status of the nineteen pending applications for additional export facilities.
Read More ›U.S. Voters: Don’t Export Away America’s Energy Advantage
New survey finds the majority of U.S. voters believe the U.S. will see greater economic benefit from using natural gas to power manufacturing.
Read More ›Infographic: Support grows for a thoughtful natural gas policy
A recent poll of 1,000 Americans shows strong support for using natrual gas to drive job creation, power economic growth, and keep energy costs low in the U.S. See what else the new polling found.
Read More ›Financial Times: Demand for gas alters US energy landscape
There's a new trend among homebuyers in North America: Before buying, they're asking sellers to remove old heating oil tanks from the property so they can convert their new home to natural gas. In doing so, they are part of a larger, growing movement that includes consumers, businesses, and manufacturers, who are all trying to take full advantage of our country's abundant and affordable natural gas resources.
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