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Energy. It fuels our daily lives and our economy. And it's one of the most important issues being debated today. Here on EnergyTomorrow Radio, we examine complex issues about our energy future and answer your questions. In doing so, we hope to advance the conversation about this important topic. Hosted by Jane Van Ryan of API. For more information, visit www.EnergyTomorrow.org

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Episodes

ETR 130 Oil and Natural Gas Contributions to State Pensions

April 26, 2011 16:00 - 12 minutes - 2.57 MB

April 26, 2011: Jane Van Ryan interviews Robert Shapiro of Sonecon, LLC, about a new study that examines the financial impact of investments in oil and natural gas companies on the performance of state pensions.

ETR 129 The Impacts of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act

March 22, 2011 16:00 - 13 minutes - 2.85 MB

March 22, 2011: In today’s episode, Lisa Ceglia interviews Grant Aldonas of Split Rock International about a potential ruling from the Securities and Exchange Commission and how it could create real problems for U.S.-listed oil companies and their shareholders.

ETR 128 More Taxes Mean Less Revenue

March 15, 2011 16:00 - 9 minutes - 2.06 MB

March 15, 2011: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Brian Johnson, API’s senior tax policy advisor, about the potential impact of the administration’s energy tax proposals on the economy.

ETR 127 The Impact of EPA Regulations

March 01, 2011 17:00 - 7 minutes - 1.58 MB

March 1, 2011: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interview’s the American Council for Capital Formation’s Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Margo Thorning about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulations aimed at reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions.

ETR 126 E15: Moving Forward Too Quickly

January 18, 2011 13:56 - 11 minutes - 2.33 MB

January 18, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews API’s Downstream and Industry Operations Group Director Bob Greco about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision regarding the amount of ethanol permitted in gasoline.

ETR 125 The State of American Energy

January 04, 2011 18:17 - 18 minutes - 4.12 MB

January 4, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews API President and CEO Jack Gerard about his “State of American Energy” speech. He stressed the need for sensible policies that create jobs, government revenue and strengthen U.S. energy security.

ETR 80 American Clean Energy and Security Act

December 29, 2010 15:22 - 9 minutes - 2.05 MB

April 28, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Nick Loris and Ben Lieberman of the Heritage Foundation about the economic impact of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.

ETR 124 The Truth About Fracking

December 29, 2010 15:05 - 13 minutes - 2.91 MB

December 21, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews David Adams, Halliburton’s vice president for production enhancement, about hydraulic fracturing. He describes the fracking process, the associated benefits as well as the exaggerated risks.

ETR 122 A Milestone for ULSD Fuel

December 29, 2010 15:02 - 8 minutes - 1.69 MB

November 23, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Patrick Kelly, API’s policy advisor for downstream fuels issues, about the completion of the transition from low sulfur diesel to Utra-Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) fuel for highway travel.

ETR 123 Economic Harm of Offshore Ban

December 07, 2010 15:48 - 10 minutes - 2.13 MB

December 7, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Sara Banaszak, API’s senior economist, about the administration’s recent ban on offshore drilling and its impact on the economy, jobs and energy security.

ETR 121 Oil and Natural Gas Development in the Michigan Basin

November 09, 2010 19:03 - 11 minutes - 2.51 MB

November 9, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Dr. William B. Harrison, III from Western Michigan University, about the economic benefits of oil and natural gas development in the Michigan Basin.

ETR 120 Benefits of the Keystone Pipeline

October 26, 2010 15:37 - 10 minutes - 2.27 MB

October 26, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Dan Gunderson, a consultant to API, to discuss the benefits of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil-sands oil from Canada to Oklahoma and the Gulf Coast.

ETR 119 Oil’s Impact on Economic Growth

October 12, 2010 15:49 - 15 minutes - 2.64 MB

October 12, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Dave Murphy, energy blogger for The Oil Drum about peak oil and the importance of affordable energy for economic growth.

ETR 118 The Costs of Ozone Regulation

September 28, 2010 18:11 - 13 minutes - 2.17 MB

September 28, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Don Norman of Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI and API’s Kyle Isakower about the EPA’s proposal to tighten ozone standards and its potential impact on jobs and the economy.

ETR 117 Americans Rally for Jobs

September 14, 2010 18:31 - 7 minutes - 861 KB

September 14, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan reports on the Rallies for Jobs held this month across America where energy workers, business leaders and consumers voiced their concerns about jobs, economic growth and affordable energy.

ETR 116 The Problem with New Taxes

August 31, 2010 12:47 - 12 minutes - 1.45 MB

August 31, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Stephen Comstock, API’s tax policy manager, about proposals from Congress and the administration to raise taxes on the oil and natural gas industry

ETR 115 What E15 Ethanol Really Means

August 18, 2010 13:05 - 13 minutes - 3.09 MB

In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Al Jessel, co-chair of the Coordinating Research Council (CRC) about a plan being considered by the EPA which would raise the amount of ethanol in gasoline from 10 percent to 15 or 20 percent.

ETR 114 Measuring the Moratorium’s Impact on Alabama

August 10, 2010 17:27 - 10 minutes - 2.18 MB

August 10, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews George Clark, president of Manufacture Alabama, about the impact of the drilling moratorium on Alabama’s economy and jobs.

ETR 113 Recent Study Shows Economic Benefits of the Marcellus Shale

July 27, 2010 16:56 - 10 minutes - 2.37 MB

July 27, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Dr. Tim Considine of the University of Wyoming about his recent study that quantifies the economic impact of developing natural gas in the Marcellus Shale formation.

ETR 112 Research on Oil and the Subsea Environment

July 13, 2010 15:17 - 12 minutes - 2.78 MB

July 13, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Dr. David Vaughan of the Mote Marine Laboratory at Summerland Key, Florida, about his research on oil in the water from the Gulf spill and its potential effect on the subsea environment.

ETR 111 Myths and Regulations Surrounding Air Quality

June 30, 2010 14:22 - 11 minutes - 2.56 MB

June 29, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Rich Trzupek, a principal consultant at Mostardi Platt Environmental, about the myths and regulations surrounding air quality in the United States and how both affect the economy.

ETR 110 Kevin Book Discusses Impact of Gulf Oil Spill and Six-Month Moratorium

June 16, 2010 22:00 - 11 minutes - 2.63 MB

June 16, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Kevin Book of ClearView Energy Partners LLC about the impact of the oil spill on energy policy and the effects of the six-month moratorium on domestic energy supplies and industry workers.

ETR 109 Burt Adams Discusses Economic Effects of Moratorium

June 07, 2010 15:37 - 7 minutes - 1.52 MB

June 7, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Burt Adams, chairman of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), about the potential economic effects of the president’s six-month deepwater drilling moratorium on coastal communities.

ETR 108 David Holt’s Perspective on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

May 20, 2010 14:35 - 3.09 MB

May 17, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews David Holt, president of the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), about the need to learn from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill while continuing to develop oil and natural gas offshore.

ETR 107 Louisiana’s Response to Gulf Oil Spill

May 11, 2010 19:59 - 2.61 MB

May 11, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Chris John, president of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association, about Louisiana’s response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the importance of continuing offshore development.

ETR 106 Gulf Oil Spill Response Technology

May 04, 2010 17:23 - 1.85 MB

May 1, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews API’s Allison Nyholm, an oil spill response expert, about the technologies used by the oil and natural gas industry to handle spills.

ETR 105 Rep. Dean Cannon: Benefits vs. Risks of Drilling off Florida’s Coast

April 20, 2010 18:09 - 1.99 MB

April 20, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Rep. Dean Cannon, Speaker Designate of the Florida House of Representatives, about a recent bill that would open up Florida’s State-owned waters to offshore drilling.

ETR 104 Obama’s Offshore Drilling Announcement: A Step in the Right Direction

April 08, 2010 17:37 - 2.59 MB

April 6, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Erik Milito, API’s group director of upstream and industry operations, about President Obama’s announcement to open areas on the Outer Continental Shelf for offshore drilling.

ETR 103 Research Reveals Drilling has Positive Impact on California’s Coast

March 24, 2010 15:51 - 2.61 MB

March 23, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Bruce Allen, physicist and co-founder of SOS California, about his research on natural oil seeps and the positive impact of oil and natural gas production on California’s coastal environment.

ETR 102 Development off Virginia’s Coast

March 10, 2010 15:31 - 2.17 MB

March 9, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Brett Vassey, president and CEO of the Virginia Manufacturers Association, about the importance of accessing oil and natural gas resources off Virginia’s coast.

ETR 101 Energy Discussion at CPAC

March 10, 2010 15:25 - 1.45 MB

February 23, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Attendees discuss access to domestic resources and how accessing those resources could improve the nation’s economy.

ETR 100 Oil and Natural Gas: A Key to Economic Recovery

March 10, 2010 15:20 - 2.78 MB

February 9, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan interviews Jack Gerard, president and CEO of API. Mr. Gerard discusses the state of American energy and how we can improve our nation’s economy through oil and natural gas exploration.

ETR 99 Military Ops and Energy Coexist

January 26, 2010 20:23 - 15 minutes - 2.26 MB

January 26, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan speaks with Col. Martin J. Sullivan about the ability for offshore energy development and military operations to coexist in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

ETR 98 U.S. Energy Policy

January 26, 2010 20:21 - 15 minutes - 2.03 MB

January 12, 2010: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan speaks with John Felmy, API’s manager of statistics, about energy and energy policy in the United States.

ETR 97 China’s Energy Policy

January 04, 2010 14:30 - 10 minutes - 2.11 MB

December, 29, 2009: In today’s episode, Jane Van Ryan speaks with Mary Hutzler, distinguished senior fellow at the Institute for Energy Research, about China’s energy policies.

ETR 96 Climate and Energy Policy: Moving?

January 04, 2010 14:00 - 15 minutes - 1.71 MB

December 15, 2009: Newsweek’s Howard Fineman moderated a climate legislation discussion with Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Jack Gerard, President and CEO of API.`

ETR 95 Pipelines: Safely Supplying Energy

December 09, 2009 22:00 - 15 minutes - 2.31 MB

December 1, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Tim Felt, CEO of Colonial Pipeline Company, on his company’s safety record, as well as the safety and reliability of the U.S. pipeline network.

ETR 94 Kerry-Boxer Bill Detrimental to Ag Industry

December 09, 2009 21:30 - 15 minutes - 3.31 MB

November 17, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Bob Stallman, president of the American Farm Bureau, on the harmful effects of current climate change legislation on agriculture.

ETR 93 Potential Impact of Climate Legislation on Refiners

November 03, 2009 18:15 - 15 minutes - 2.41 MB

November, 3, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Alan Gelder of Wood Mackenzie, a research and consulting firm, who recently conducted a study on the potential impact of climate change legislation on refiners.

ETR 92 Ben Lieberman on Sky-High Gas Prices

October 26, 2009 15:44 - 15 minutes - 2.11 MB

October, 20, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Ben Lieberman, senior policy analyst on energy and the environment at the Heritage Foundation, on his recent paper, “Five Things Congress and the President Are Doing to Bring Back Sky-High Gas Prices.”

ETR 91 THUMS Islands Location Tour

October 26, 2009 15:40 - 15 minutes - 1.75 MB

October, 6, 2009: Jane Van Ryan recaps a recent tour of the THUMS Islands featuring sound bites from Frank Komin, president of Occidental Petroleum, and Charlie Plant, production manager of White Island.

ETR 90 Oil and Natural Gas Industry Vital to Economy

October 01, 2009 16:59 - 15 minutes - 2.37 MB

September, 22, 2009: Jane Van Ryan talks with Art Wiese, API’s policy analysis manager, about a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers study on the importance of the oil and natural gas industry to the U.S. economy.

ETR 89 Energy Citizens Across America

September 16, 2009 16:00 - 9 minutes - 1.85 MB

September 16, 2009. ETR 89 tells the story of the Energy Citizens rallies, which provided concerned Americans the opportunity to voice their opinions on the Waxman-Markey climate bill. The series of 20 rallies held across America gave people from all walks of life the chance to let their representatives in Washington know they need to protect jobs and support responsible energy legislation.

ETR 88 A Tour of Canadian Oil Sands

August 19, 2009 15:35 - 15 minutes - 2.37 MB

August 14, 2009: Jane Van Ryan reports on a recent tour of oil sands operations in Alberta, Canada. Oil sands are a critically important energy resource, providing crude oil to the United States. Of the more than 2 million barrels of Canadian crude oil that are imported in to the U.S. every day, about half is derived from Canada’s abundant oil sands.

ETR 87 Hurricane Preparedness

August 19, 2009 15:32 - 10 minutes - 2.28 MB

August 4, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with API’s Al Mannato on how the oil and natural gas industry is preparing for hurricane season. Mr. Mannato discusses how the industry will continue to remain a reliable provider of energy to the United States.

ETR 86 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction

August 19, 2009 15:30 - 12 minutes - 2.37 MB

July 14, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Thomas Tanton, president of T2 and Associates, about the results of a study he conducted, commissioned by API, on greenhouse gas emission reduction and technologies.

ETR 85 Energy IQ 2009

August 19, 2009 15:28 - 15 minutes - 1.64 MB

June 30, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Jennifer Haskins of Harris Interactive® about the results of API’s third annual Energy IQ survey.

ETR 84 Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee

August 19, 2009 15:26 - 15 minutes - 1.51 MB

June 19, 2009: Jane Van Ryan discusses a conference call featuring Jack Gerard, Mark Ayers, Doug McCarron and Larry Nichols on the Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor - Management Committee, an organization created to preserve and create jobs by promoting domestic oil and natural gas production.

ETR 83 Current Energy Legislation

August 19, 2009 15:23 - 15 minutes - 3.34 MB

June 9, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Kevin Book of ClearView Energy Partners, LLC about the energy and climate change legislation being considered in Congress. Kevin discusses energy security issues and the recent rise in gas prices during the summer driving season.

ETR 82 Hurricane Preparedness for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry

August 19, 2009 15:21 - 15 minutes - 1.56 MB

May 22, 2009: Jane Van Ryan speaks with Tim Sampson, manager for exploration and production at API, and Roland Goodman, manager of upstream standards at API, about how the oil and natural gas industry prepares for storms during hurricane season.