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FoxNews.com is featuring an op-ed by A Line of Sight's Editor-in-Chief, Bob Beauprez, on the exciting opportunities ahead for American's energy producers -- if it weren't for the radical environmental lobby and government regulators standing in the way. 

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Fox News is reporting that this afternoon Barack Obama is going to kill the Keystone Pipeline Project. This stands in direct opposition to a president who says he is committed to domestic energy production, energy independence, job creation, and economic recovery. As we've said before, his actions speak louder than his words. In fact, in direct contrast to his words. The Keystone Pipeline would have been a great boost for the American economy. Now, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has warned, if we don't buy it, someone else will. Most likely China. 

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Joe Biden says the Tea Partiers behave "like terrorists."  California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters has such disregard for the group that she wishes the Tea Party would "go straight to hell."   

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Air quality has improved dramatically in America since 1980. According to the EPA nitrogen dioxide emissions are down 40%, sulfur dioxide dropped by 56%, and lead emissions by a whopping 96%. And, these improvements happened while the population grew by 22% and energy consumption jumped 19%. 

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Believe it or not, something other than the debt ceiling debate is going on in Washington.  Yesterday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a confirmation hearing for Rebecca Wodder, the Obama nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks for the Department of the Interior.    

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I was asked by the National Journal to weigh in on the following question for their Energy & Environment blog:

"What precedent is this administration setting by tapping into the reserves at a time of ongoing unrest in the Middle East and seemingly sustained high oil prices?"

Here is my answer:

Precedence?  You ask what precedent the administration is setting by tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for only the third time in our nation's history?  I'll tell you.  They are setting a precedent as easily the most blatantly political administration ever in American history.

I'll offer just a few examples of the evidence: 

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