Afternoon Tea Archive

America’s arteries

Recently, American manufacturers sent a letter to lawmakers calling for more natural gas pipelines. As their letter put it: “Without ensuring that pipeline capacity is available, lives are at risk, as well as our nation’s economic and national security.” Pipelines are the arteries of our…

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?? Energy is ?? Safety

After months of skyrocketing energy prices around the world, it looks like some global energy players want to make things even worse—and our leaders in Washington are helping them do it.  Earlier this month, Russia shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany causing natural gas…

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ESG = Extremely Sophisticated Greenwashing

Over the last several years, a trend has taken hold in business circles called the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) movement. ESG aims to quantify a company’s social and environmental impact. Most Americans, to the detriment of the cash in their wallets, pay little attention to these…

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A special Labor Day message

This Labor Day, TEA thanks all the workers who have built this great country. Their work is all around us every day—in the cars we drive, the products we use and the energy that powers it all. We owe them so much, and yet, their…

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Climate change – stop believing blindly

Let’s be blunt and hear TEA loud and clear: the world is NOT coming to an end because of climate change in 2025, 2030, 2035, 2050, or the end of the century, as the green-at-all-costs politicians and climate hypocrites, the “do as we say and…

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Cheap renewables?! Let’s look at the facts:

“Fossil fuels are incredibly expensive. Not the price you pay at the well, but the cost to society is extremely high.” Dr. Andrew Dessler, Director of Texas Center for Climate Studies and Reta A. Haynes Chair in Geosciences at Texas A&M University, comment on The Joe Rogan…

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All American Energy & American Jobs

This week, we explore the last step in TEA’s Common Sense Energy Agenda: Expand energy technical trades education and training programs. Why does it matter?  The U.S. oil and natural gas industry supports 10.9 million American jobs, and it is a great source of good-paying jobs. To realize affordable energy independence we need…

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The “renewable” that lives up to its name

This week, we explore the seventh step in TEA’s Common Sense Energy Agenda: Lead the world in renewable natural gas (RNG) technologies. So, why is RNG so important to a Common Sense Energy Agenda? We generate garbage and waste water every day, and lots of it.…

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The Common Sense Green Solution

The Natural Gas is Green movement continues to grow! The Empowerment Alliance family has been saying it all along: Natural Gas is Green energy. Now, that message is on the move elsewhere. Earlier this summer, we saw action in Washington with  Representative Troy Balderson (R-OH)’s Natural…

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Natural Gas is GREEN

This week, we explore the fifth step in TEA’s Common Sense Energy Agenda: Promote natural gas as a GREEN energy source in all appropriate applications. The United States is the world leader in clean air quality. But, it’s probably not why you think.  Natural gas is…

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