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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… -
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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… -
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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. … -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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Biden’s Petro-Sadism Gives American Motorists Growing Gas Pain
As Americans start the summer driving season this Memorial Day weekend, they face gasoline prices that are memorable—for all the wrong reasons. The national average for a gallon of regular gas was $2.37 at Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration Jan 21, 2021. This metric hit an all-time high of $4.60 on Thursday, AAA reports—up 94% Biden… -
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Cookin’ With Gas: 2 Good Bills Move Energy Policy in Right Direction
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., introduced two energy bills last week that are worth paying attention to. But first, consider a few statistics for some context, and why it’s good to see the senator, and those with him, step up. Americans get 70% of all their energy from oil and natural gas, and 94% of Americans’… -
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Rogue Prosecutors Gascon and Boudin Panic Over Recall Elections
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 victims and others alike. Previous entries in the series have focused on the rogue prosecutor movement; prosecutors in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Fairfax,… -
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High Gas Prices: The Pain Is the Point
By early April, the average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. had reached $4.23, up more than 78% in the 14 months since President Joe Biden took office. It’s a political albatross around his neck, but it’s one that his policy team has deliberately placed there. If the president wants to blame… -
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Los Angeles Prosecutors Decry Disturbing Results of DA George Gascon’s Policies
LOS ANGELES—What is a rogue prosecutor? Why is Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon considered one of the most progressive prosecutors in America? How have his new policies led to a crime increase in Los Angeles? Gascon has “really completely abandoned his responsibility to the public” as district attorney, says Kathy Cady, a former… -
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Rep. Debbie Lesko Reveals GOP Plan to Lower Gas Prices
As gas and other energy prices continue to soar, Americans are desperate for relief. The question is, what does Congress plan to do about it? Rep. Debbie Lesko, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has some answers on today’s edition of “The Daily Signal Podcast.” Lesko, R-Ariz., pledges that if the GOP… -
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Oil Industry Report Warns of Massive Job Losses From Biden’s Anti-Drilling Agenda
The Biden administration’s failure to pursue a plan for offshore oil and gas leasing will have long-term impacts on American jobs, gross domestic product, and energy security, an industry report found. American oil production would decline by roughly 500,000 barrels per day and at least 57,000 energy industry jobs would be lost if the administration… -
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Gas Tax Rebates, Suspensions Are Gimmicky ‘Solutions’ to Problem Government Caused
Across President Joe Biden’s America, motorists are suffering from gas pains. In Chicago, for example, on March 25, the average price for a gallon of regular was $4.85. Two years earlier, on March 25, 2020, when Donald Trump was president, the price there was $2.16. In Los Angeles, the price late last week was $5.91,… -
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America Can Take These Steps Toward Energy Independence, Rep. Garret Graves Explains
As gas prices rise, the Biden administration is “looking for someone to blame, and unfortunately they really just need to turn and look at themselves,” Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., says. The Biden administration “talks about environmental sustainability, [but] they don’t think about economic sustainability as well,” Graves says, adding that when it comes to energy… -
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US Is World’s Largest Oil and Natural Gas Producer—Despite Biden’s Energy-Constraining Policies
American energy producers have been punching above their weight, making the U.S. the largest producer of oil and natural gas in the world in less than a decade—with one major caveat. But the good news first. Take liquid natural gas for starters. In October 2021, LNG exporters in the U.S. were operating beyond capacity. And… -
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Oil Soars Beyond $100 Per Barrel for First Time Since 2014
The worldwide price of crude oil skyrocketed to more than $100 per barrel for the first time since 2014 as Russia launched a full-scale offensive against Ukraine. The Brent crude index, the global oil benchmark, hit $101.66 per barrel Thursday morning, surging more than 4% overnight. The U.S. WTI index skyrocketed nearly 7% to $98.69 per barrel Thursday,… -
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Lawsuit Alleges Illegal Tactics in House Democrats’ Climate Probe of Oil Companies
House Democrats are using privately funded staff to investigate oil companies for spreading “disinformation” on climate change, a possible violation of federal law and the chamber’s own rules, a lawsuit alleges. A spokesperson for Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, which is conducting the yearlong investigation, said the committee has followed all relevant… -
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Costly Energy, Climate Policies in Democrats’ Spending Bill Lack Transparency
Unprecedented is an understatement to describe what’s happening in Congress right now. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are driving Congress to pass a $3.5 trillion spending package to go along with the more than $1 trillion infrastructure bill that passed the Senate in August. Transparency and debate are… -
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Free Trade and Clean Energy Go Together
“Clean energy” has become a shorthand term for the broad policy debate on how to achieve environmentally safe economic growth and enhance America’s energy security. A joint study recently published by the World Trade Organization and the International Renewable Energy Agency looks at how policies that promote open trade can support cost reductions, product development,…