The fracking extraction process, also commonly known as hydrofracking, or hydraulic fracturing, consists of injecting water, sand, and/or chemicals deep into the ground in order to break up rock formations, which then results in the release of natural gas deposits. 

The presentation before the American Association for the Advancement of Science was based upon a study released last Wednesday (02/15/12) by the Energy Institute of the University of Texas (Austin), entitled “Separating Fact from Fiction in Shale Gas Development.” 

In conducting its study, the UT Energy Institute assembled “an interdisciplinary team of university experts” to study safety and environmental issues associated with fracking extraction within the Barnett Shale (Texas); the Marcellus Shale (Pennsylvania, New York, and portions of Appalachia); and the Haynesville Shale (Louisiana and northeast Texas). …

The day before, the President told an enthusiastic, partisan crowd that the “main Idea” behind his proposed budget is the following: 

At a time when our economy is growing and creating jobs at a faster clip, we’ve got to do everything in our power to keep this recovery on track.

 (See Text of the President’s Remarks Regarding his FY 2013 Budget Proposals, http://disorderedliberty.com/?p=896.) 

Unfortunately, President Obama’s proposed budget fails to meet his own stated goal. 

Rather than doing “everything in [his] power to keep this recovery [?] on track,” the President’s proposed budget offers little prospects towards restoring either the current or long-term economic health of the Nation. …

First of all, I want to thank Mike for the wonderful introduction. Please give Mike a big round of applause.  

It is great to be back here at NOVA.  I’ve been here so many times I’m about three credits short of graduation.      But there are a couple of reasons that I keep on coming back.  First of all, I think that Dr. Templin and the whole administration here is doing a great job, so I want to give them a big round of applause.     …

Both the U.S. Department of Energy, as well as the State of California, had high hopes for the Genesis Solar Energy Project, which was to be one of the first of 12 approved solar farms to be built in the deserts of Southern California. Genesis itself, which is proposed to be built approximately 25 miles west of Blythe, California, is slated to use parabolic-trough solar thermal technology to generate 250 megawatts, which represents enough energy to power more than 185,000 households. 

In fact, the U.S.…

Today, after months of persistent requests from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, as well as its Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, the White House finally released the “independent audit” it had commissioned regarding the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) clean energy loan programs. 

The report was commissioned by the Administration last October, several weeks after the financial collapse of California solar panel manufacturer Solyndra. Bill Daley, who was President Obama’s Chief of Staff at the time, appointed former Treasury Department official Herb Allison to write the report. …

It is a very inspiring time [for Egyptians]—that you have overthrown a dictator, and that you are striving to achieve a genuine democracy. So I think people in the United States are hoping that this transition will work, and that there will genuinely be a government of, by, and for the people. 

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In fact, the situation has become so untenable that Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Chairman of the Committee, recently wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, informing Holder that the Committee may hold him in contempt of Congress if he continues to fail to comply with congressional subpoenas for documents, unless he asserts a valid a constitutional privilege excusing his non-compliance.…

The most important provisions of SB 1070 enjoined by the federal courts are: 

1. A requirement that state police officers determine the immigration status of a person who has already been legally stopped or arrested, if officers have reason to believe that the person might be an illegal immigrant; 

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[W]hen I talk about our financial institutions playing by the same rules as folks on Main Street, when I talk about making sure insurance companies aren’t discriminating against those who are already sick, or making sure that unscrupulous lenders aren’t taking advantage of the most vulnerable among us, I do so because I genuinely believe it will make the economy stronger for everybody. 

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Thank you.  Please, please, everybody have a seat.  Well, good morning, everybody.  It is good to be with so many friends united in prayer.  And I begin by giving all praise and honor to God for bringing us together here today. 

I want to thank our co-chairs Mark and Jeff; to my dear friend, the guy who always has my back, Vice President Biden. All the members of Congress –- Joe deserves a hand –- all the members of Congress and my Cabinet who are here today; all the distinguished guests who’ve traveled a long way to be part of this. 

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