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The Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment Briefings: What You Need to Know About Gas Prices
Introduction to the ‘What You Need to Know About Gas Prices’ Series High gas and diesel prices have taken their toll on Americans, and despite Biden administration claims to the contrary, the high prices are not a “Putin Price Hike.” For example, retail prices for regular gasoline already had risen by 48% from the week ending Jan. 25, 2021, (when…Daren Bakst -
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The Wrong Way to Respond to High Gas Prices
The federal government’s most sensible response to the high gasoline prices we are now experiencing is the exact opposite of what it is currently doing. Instead of gimmicky gas tax holidays and promoting expensive electric vehicles most families can’t afford, the government needs to help facilitate increased supply. That means leasing more federal land and…Ben Lieberman -
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Here Are the Factors That Affect Gas Prices
When gas prices are high, as they are right now, some policymakers will offer up myths, like price gouging, to explain what’s going on. But the reality is quite different. While harmful government barriers that limit supply are often to blame, there are also simple economics at play and challenges that exist across the oil…Derrick Morgan -
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9 Policy Objectives to Unleash Domestic Oil Production and Help Drive Down Gas Prices
Most good deceptions have a grain of truth. Presidents and politicians who have felt the political heat of high gasoline prices are often quick to say they have no control over prices at the pump. Reality is more complicated, as many factors contribute to the price of gasoline. But several of the most critical factors…Katie Tubb -
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How Government Restrictions on Domestic Drilling Drive Up Gas Prices
The federal government’s restrictions on extracting and transporting oil and gas can play a huge role in driving up gas and diesel prices for American families and businesses, and the more power the government seeks to exercise, the more those impacts are felt by all of us. The following provides just some examples of how…Dan Kish -
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‘My Blood Still Boils’: Father Recalls School’s Secret Attempt to Transition Daughter
At the beginning of this year, Wendell Perez got a call that no father ever wants to receive—his elementary-aged daughter had attempted to hang herself in the school bathroom. Perez and his wife rushed to the school, where their daughter was whisked away by a police car to stay in a mental institution for a…Marjorie Jackson -
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Biden’s Energy Policies Encourage Global Instability
When it comes to energy independence—a key component of global stability—the America of 2022 could learn a lot from the America of 1942. In that year, American energy dominance powered the Allied war effort of World War II, making production substantially cheaper and producing an abundance of war material: aviation fuel, gasoline, synthetic rubber, and…EJ Antoni -
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What Europe’s Energy Crisis Means for America
While serving as a U.S. ambassador to Denmark during the Trump administration, my fellow ambassadors and I warned our European allies not to rely on Russian energy imports. We knew that Russia views energy as a commodity that can and has been weaponized, and we led diplomatic efforts with Copenhagen and other major European capitals…Carla Sands -
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California’s Grid Braces for Failure Just Days After Biden’s Energy Secretary Praises State’s Green Policies
California residents are at risk of experiencing blackouts on Tuesday, just four days after President Joe Biden’s energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, praised the state’s green energy policies. Granholm touted California’s green energy transition in an interview Sept. 3, only four days before California’s electrical grid operator, California Independent System Operator, issued a level 2 energy…Jack McEvoy -
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Europe’s Energy Crisis, Explained
Decades of bad policy decisions by European countries combined with Russia’s “weaponization” of its oil and natural gas resources are to blame for Europe’s ongoing energy crisis, one expert in energy security says. Energy prices this week reached new heights. Notably, in one benchmark Monday, Germany’s expected prices in 2023 peaked higher than 1,000 euros…Samantha Aschieris -
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Biden’s Civil War on Energy Is Leaving Endless Collateral Damage in Its Wake
President Joe Biden has declared he will “end fossil fuel.” Presidents have declared war on everything from poverty to drugs, but his declaration is much more sinister. His is really a civil war. The combatants are heavy-handed bureaucrats harassing fellow countrymen who want to do nothing more than fuel their car, cool their home, or use their…Derrick Morgan -
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The Serious Lack of Good Governance and Economic Freedom: Root Causes of Sri Lanka’s Ongoing Turmoil
Sri Lanka’s spectacular political downfall over the recent days and ongoing downward economic spiral offers yet another unmistakable reminder: Good governance, both political and economic, matters. The overthrow by ordinary Sri Lankans of an irresponsible government that bears responsibility for decades of mismanagement wasn’t a revolution. It was instead the result of frustrated Sri Lankans’…Anthony B. Kim -
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The End of the Gas Range and Fireplace? Local Governments Ban Natural Gas
Are you hoping for a shiny gas range in your new home? How about a fireplace as the main attraction of your new living room? If so, don’t move to Los Angeles, because the city is phasing out natural gas hookups in all new residential and commercial buildings effective Jan. 1, 2023. But LA isn’t…Rachael Wilfong -
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Gascon Recall Effort Takes Big Step Forward in Los Angeles
This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country who have been backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros and Cari Tuna, and the threat those prosecutors pose to crime victims and others alike. Previous entries in the series have focused on the rogue prosecutor movement, focusing on prosecutors in BaltimoreCully Stimson -
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How Biden’s Energy Policies Harm African Americans
While gas prices remain at an average of $4.80 a gallon, the Biden administration continues to promote “environmental justice” policies that Donna Jackson says are harming black Americans. “When you have someone that’s spending more than 30% of their income for gasoline and they’re making choices between whether their kids can have … food to…Virginia Allen -
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Nuclear Energy Pact Advances US-Romania Partnership, but More Can Be Done
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the growing desire in Europe to move away from Russian energy have injected a new imperative into dialogue on transatlantic energy security and independence. On that important foreign policy front, the United States and Romania are paving a new way forward that will measurably contribute to elevating the 25…Anthony B. Kim -
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The Numbers Behind Pennsylvania’s Turmoil Over Transgender Women in Prison
Almost 200 biological males behind bars in Pennsylvania’s state prisons say they identify as women. A small number of them are seeking a transfer to a women’s prison. But the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections says it doesn’t have information on how many of these biological males who identify as women were convicted of sex crimes. …Fred Lucas -
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What Impact Would a Gas Tax ‘Holiday’ Have? Not Much
President Joe Biden is proposing a new federal holiday. But it’s not the fun kind where you get to caravan to the beach with your family. In fact, this new holiday makes it more likely you won’t be able to afford that beach trip in the first place. On Wednesday, the president called on…Douglas Blair -
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Democrats’ Disastrous, Capricious Energy Policy
Democrats have spent decades warning that the United States must stop using the most efficient and affordable energy sources or it will be consumed by heat waves, fireballs, and cataclysmic weather events. Every flood, every hurricane—every natural event, really—is now blamed on climate change. We have burdened our children with an irrational dread over their…David Harsanyi -
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House Republicans Call for Accountability on ‘Bidenflation’ and Energy Crisis
Americans are paying about $2,500 more for energy because of Biden administration policies, says former Energy Secretary Rick Perry. “We became the No. 1 producer of oil and natural gas and become a net energy exporter for the first time in 70 years,” Perry told a panel of House Republicans Tuesday during a forum on…Fred Lucas