• Infrastructure and Permitting

    Our nation runs the risk of losing the advantages provided by our vast energy resources due to the politicization of pipeline, transmission lines, and other infrastructure projects. Many areas in the U.S. are already missing out on the full benefits of our energy revolution because it has been difficult to permit and build or replace energy infrastructure.

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  • Letters
    February 11, 2015

    Key Vote Alert! S. 1, the "Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act"

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than three million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations, and dedicated to promoting, protecting, and defending America’s
  • Press Release
    February 11, 2015

    U.S. Chamber Calls on President Obama to Sign Keystone Bill

    In response to the House of Representatives vote today to approve S. 1, the Keystone Pipeline Approval Act, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Energy Institute president and CEO Karen Harbert issued the following statement:
  • Press Release
    January 29, 2015

    U.S. Chamber Applauds Senate Passage of ‘Keystone XL Pipeline Act’

    Contact: Blair Holmes 202-463-5682 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, issued the following statement today regarding Senate passage of S. 1, the “Keystone XL Pipeline Act”: “The Senate’s passage of legislation
  • Press Release
    January 9, 2015

    U.S. Chamber Urges No More Delays on Keystone XL Pipeline

    WASHINGTON, D.C.—In response to a decision by the Nebraska Supreme Court that left intact Nebraska’s permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, today issued the following statement: “The Nebraska Supreme
  • Letters
    January 8, 2015

    Key Vote Alert! H.R. 3, the “Keystone XL Pipeline Act”

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than three million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations, and dedicated to promoting, protecting, and defending America’s
  • Press Release
    December 17, 2014

    U.S. Chamber Disappointed with New York’s Decision to Ban Oil and Gas Development

    WASHINGTON, D.C.— Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, today issued the following statement following Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement that New York will ban hydraulic fracturing to develop oil and gas resources: “Governor Cuomo’s announcement