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25 June 2008
Dow Chemical to Raise Prices Again
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Shares of several chemical companies fell Tuesday after industry leader Dow Chemical announced its second set of wide-ranging price increases in less than a month, again trying to offset record costs for energy and raw materials.
1 November 2006
According to a recent AP story, Union Products is the originator of the famous (some might say infamous) pink plastic flamingo. They invented it nearly 50 years and have produced millions of them up in Massachusetts. And here you thought they must have been made in Florida all these years, right?
30 October 2006
Dow CEO Blames Energy Costs for Job Loss
Even more than high labor costs, runaway energy prices are pushing manufacturing jobs in the chemical industry overseas, the head of the world's second-largest chemical company says.
22 September 2006
A vote for an (OCS) energy bill is a vote in favor of using the latest technology to safely access America’s abundant supplies of energy on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to help mitigate the negative impacts of the current U.S. energy crisis. Decades of experience has proven that offshore energy exploration is safe, and advanced technologies make it even safer. But don’t take our word for it, see what others have been saying:
20 September 2006
Vote on an OCS Energy Bill: U.S. Costal States Benefit Rather than Unstable Foreign Dictators
A vote for an Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy bill is a vote to generate revenue for the Federal Treasury and the states off whose coasts energy exploration would be conducted. Currently, Americans’ hard-earned money is being sent overseas to unstable, foreign nations who are often hostile to the U.S.
20 September 2006
A group of House conservatives is quite literally wasting energy in trying to push hard for a perfect bill on offshore drilling at the possible expense of a good bill that could easily pass. They ought to take what they can get now, knowing that they always can come back for more in future years.
19 September 2006
Energy Policy Tied to National Security
At a time when consensus on national issues is often elusive, one thing is clear: Americans are concerned about national security, they’re worried about energy, and they understand the link. Depending on unstable or unfriendly foreign nations for America’s energy, “investing” in such nations with our energy dollars, depriving the U.S. economy of the jobs and other benefits that accompany these “lost dollars” – these are unacceptable risks the nation needs to deal with, and fast.
18 September 2006
A vote for OCS legislation is a vote for agriculture!
Please Send Legislation to the President before Adjournment.
18 September 2006
A vote for OCS legislation is a vote for agriculture!
Please Send Legislation to the President before Adjournment.
15 September 2006
CAES Open Letter to Senate on OCS Energy Legislation
As leaders of the Consumer Alliance for Energy Security, a broad-based, national grassroots organization of consumers, small businesses, manufacturers, farmers and institutional energy users, we commend you for the Senate’s action on S. 3711.