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Push for Natural Gas Vehicles Opposed By Both Environmentalists, Deficit Hawks

By Amy Harder March 8, 2012

President Obama, top energy executives, and state officials are all touting natural-gas-powered cars and trucks in a series of events this week. But some environmentalists and conservative groups are starting to push back as the Senate gears up to vote on legislation on Thursday that would provide tax incentives for purchases and production of natural-gas-fueled trucks.

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ENERGY March 12, 2012

Utility Eyes Security Exemption for EPA Rule

By Amy Harder

HOUSTON — Major coal-based utility Dominion is considering asking the Obama administration to invoke a rarely used statutory tool that grants companies more time to comply with clean-air rules if the country’s national security is at risk. Read more »

ENERGY March 9, 2012

Former Governors: Obama Most Politically Vulnerable to High Gas Prices

By Amy Harder

If gasoline prices reach $5 a gallon as some experts are predicting, President Obama has the most to lose in his bid to keep his job, two former governors said on Friday. Read more »

ENERGY March 9, 2012

ExxonMobil CEO: Politics Swamped Keystone

By Amy Harder

HOUSTON—The top executive of ExxonMobil slammed President Obama’s decision to reject the oil-sands Keystone XL pipeline as “political calculus.” Read more »

ENERGY March 9, 2012

Industry Execs Mull Exports of Natural Gas

By Amy Harder

Natural-gas prices have been the talk of the town at a world energy conference in Houston all week. Read more »

ENERGY March 8, 2012

Push for Natural Gas Vehicles Opposed By Both Environmentalists, Deficit Hawks

By Amy Harder

President Obama, top energy executives, and state officials are all touting natural-gas-powered cars and trucks in a series of events this week. But some environmentalists and conservative groups are starting to push back as the Senate gears up to vote on legislation on Thursday that would provide tax incentives for purchases and production of natural-gas-fueled trucks. Read more »

ENERGY March 8, 2012

Utility Exec: White House Needs New Adviser

By Amy Harder

The head of the main lobbying arm for electric utilities is concerned that President Obama is not getting enough advice on energy issues at a time when Congress is doing nothing to address the nation's energy needs. Read more »

ENERGY March 7, 2012

Experts Fear Unknown Impacts of Gas Boom

By Amy Harder

HOUSTON — Everyone agrees it’s cleaner than coal, but the trend toward making natural gas America’s top energy source is fueling fears that it may not be so great for the problem of global climate change. Read more »

CAMPAIGN 2012 March 7, 2012

Ohio’s Kasich: Santorum Deserves Credit for Primary Push

By Amy Harder

Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich did not endorse anyone before his state’s big Super Tuesday primary, but now that it’s over, he’s being generous with his praise for runner-up Rick Santorum. Read more »

ENERGY March 7, 2012

Execs Acknowledge Concerns About Gas Boom

By Amy Harder

Leaders of some of the world’s biggest oil and natural gas companies are issuing a plea to their industry to do a better job managing what they call the “shale gale”—vast resources of shale natural gas recently discovered throughout the United States and in other countries. Read more »

ENERGY March 7, 2012

World Gas Producers Courting the U.S.

By Amy Harder

HOUSTON—The secretary general of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, a group of the leading natural gas-producing nations outside the United States—now the world's No. 1 gas producer—says the influential group has asked to meet with officials from the Energy Department, suggesting that it's time for more global coordination of natural gas development. Read more »

ENERGY March 6, 2012

Staffers Bring Partisan Spirit to Texas Conference

By Amy Harder

HOUSTON — Two top Capitol Hill aides took their partisan bickering outside the Beltway and onto a stage at a major energy conference that kicked off here this week. Read more »

ENERGY March 6, 2012

BP Oil Spill Absent From Texas Confab

By Amy Harder

HOUSTON — In front of a huge crowd of fellow oil and natural-gas executives at a major conference here last year, BP chief executive Robert Dudley apologized for his company’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in the spring and summer of 2010. It was a heartfelt speech and Dudley’s first since the spill, which gushed more than 200 million gallons of oil. Read more »

3/6/2012

Insiders: Obama Winning Energy-Messaging War

By Olga Belogolova

It isn’t as easy as “drill, baby, drill” anymore. Energy messaging in political campaigns has gotten more complicated and nuanced since the well-known Republican battle cry in the 2008 elections. Today there are many more catchphrases in every politician’s playbook. One thing’s for sure, though: With gasoline prices already averaging $3.76 per gallon nationwide and headed higher, the mudslinging is just beginning. National Journal ’s Energy and Environment Insiders say that Obama has the upper hand so far. what do you think?

ENERGY March 6, 2012

Protesters Razz Energy Execs on Tax Breaks

HOUSTON—Protesters critical of tax breaks for oil and gas companies gathered outside a major energy conference here this morning to harangue participants, but no arrests were reported. Read more »

ENERGY March 6, 2012

New Keystone Permit Request Coming Soon

By Amy Harder

TransCanada, the company seeking to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, is close to submitting a new permit application for the project, a TransCanada executive said on Tuesday. Read more »

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Biography

Amy Harder is covering the CERA Energy Week conference for the National Journal. Harder reports on energy and the environment for National Journal and moderates an expert blog on the topic as well.

She also previously covered the selection of a new Supreme Court justice, writing for National Journal’s The Ninth Justice blog. Harder has covered a variety of topics since coming to National Journal in May 2008, including foreign policy, national security and political advertising. Prior to her time here, Harder was a staff writer for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Harder is originally from Washington state and received a B.A. in journalism with honors from Western Washington University.

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