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Archive for February, 2010

Washington whacks pensions

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

New taxes on domestic energy suppliers could compromise retirement funds for millions of Americans The Obama Administration’s proposed fiscal year 2011 budget imposes nearly US $40 billion in new taxes on ... Read more..

US economy to suffer from restricted drilling

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

According to a Reuters article written by Tom Doggett that ran in mid-February, not expanding domestic drilling could cost the US $2.4 trillion over the next two decades. And US ... Read more..

Virginia wants offshore drilling

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

An article in the Los Angeles Times early this week says Republican Governor of Virginia, Robert McDonnell, wants to make Virginia the “energy capital of the East Coast.” I say more ... Read more..

UT organizes to address 14 ‘Grand Challenges’

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The University of Texas (UT) at El Paso is hosting an international engineering conference on campus to address critical problems affecting the planet. The National Academy of Engineering has called engineers ... Read more..