Suspending BP Dividend Dumb Idea
Demanding that BP suspend its dividend is an idea completely without merit. The dividend has nothing to do with BP’s ability to clean up from the disaster or pay damages. Even in a worst-case scenario,...
View ArticleFlaherty: Pelosi Doesn't Know What She is Talking About
Friday, June 11, 2010- Peter Flaherty, President of the National Legal and Policy Center, is interviewed by Sally Kidd of Hearst TV on the BP oil spill. Hearst TV provides news reports to 30 broadcast...
View ArticleCNBC: Flaherty Says BP Escrow Fund is Political Posturing
This afternoon, I debated Steve Ellis of Taxpayers for Common Sense on Obama's plan to establish a $20 billion escrow fund for BP oil disaster victims, along with CNBC hosts are Mandy Drury, Sue Herera...
View ArticleObama Failing Leadership Test on BP Oil Disaster
Instead of trying to hijack BP’s capital or to use the disaster to advance Cap and Trade, Obama should be trying to stop the leak.Since the April 20 disaster, I have made separate trips to West Texas...
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Yacht Race Is Final Straw for BP’s Tony Hayward
According to the Associated Press:The BP CEO is attending a yacht race off the Isle of Wight in southern England today, a company spokeswoman said.Sheila Williams says Hayward took time off his duties...
View ArticleCNBC: Flaherty Says White House Allies Cashing in on BP
Today I discussed whether BP can ever get it right in the wake of Tony Hayward's yacht outing with John Kilduff of Round Earth Capital and CNBC hosts Trish Regan, Melissa Francis and Larry Kudlow....
View ArticleCNBC: Punish BP Shareholders?
Today I discussed BP’s capping of the well and whether BP shareholders should be punished with Dan Weiss of the Center for American Progress, and CNBC hosts Larry Kudlow and Trish Regan. Here is a...
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BP Finds Sustainability in Oil and Gas, Sells Off Wind
Only a month ago BP– which not long ago promoted itself as “Beyond Petroleum” – released an “energy outlook” video that projected 99 percent of America’s energy will be supplied domestically by 2030,...
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