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    Army’s Misplaced Priorities: Recruitment Shortfall More Problematic Than Climate Change
    The word “incongruous” immediately came to mind last week when two news headlines appeared at about the same time concerning the U.S. Army.  The Army Times last week reported that at the end of fiscal year 2022 (on Sept. 30), the Army came up 20,000 soldiers short of its authorized end strength. The Army was…
    Thomas Spoehr
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    America’s Suicidal Energy Policy Has Very Real Costs
    Last week, Saudi Arabia announced, in conjunction with OPEC+, that it would be cutting oil production in the face of dropping prices. That decision came in spite of the Biden White House’s lobbying in favor of increased production, which included a sycophantic visit by President Joe Biden to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. In…
    Ben Shapiro
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    Europe’s Approaching Energy Crisis and Economic Winter
    Europe is preparing now to suffer the consequences of the wrongheaded interventionist policies it has followed for more than a decade. Inflation, an energy crisis, and a perpetual economic stagnation are the expected outcomes of quantitative easing, unnatural negative interest rates, a ban of traditional energy sources without any feasible alternatives, massive debt, enormous government…
    Nikola Kedhi
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    Media Falsely Links Hurricanes to Climate Change. Here Are the Facts.
    The weather is difficult to predict. Media narratives aren’t. The media bat signal is up to exploit the latest crisis for left-wing policy goals. As Florida deals with the cleanup from Hurricane Ian—which ravaged the state, killed hundreds, and displaced thousands more—media outlets have peddled the idea that this tragedy is the result of climate…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Rising Energy Prices Fuel Growing Angst Across Party Lines, Poll Finds
    Economic data released recently reveals that the U.S. economy is still laboring under debilitating inflation.  Rising prices for essential goods and services act as a drag on discretionary spending and will make our current recession all the more painful and long-lasting.  Recent polling by TIPP/Insight provides useful insights into how Americans view the impact of…
    Victoria Coates
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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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    9 Past Climate Change Forecasts
    “‘The trouble with almost all environmental problems,’ says Paul R. Ehrlich, the population biologist, ‘is that by the time we have enough evidence to convince people, you’re dead. … We must realize that unless we are extremely lucky, everybody will disappear in a cloud of blue steam in 20 years.’” —The New York Times, 1969….
    Larry Elder
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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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    Washington Knows Best What Car You Should Drive: Electric Vehicles. Seriously?
    “When politicians are out there saying, ‘Let’s get rid of all cars using gasoline,’ do they understand this?” Toyota President Akio Toyoda asked in 2020, referring to the profound consequences of politicians forcing a transition away from conventional vehicles. It’s a good question, and a proposal in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act being pushed through Congress…
    Katie Tubb
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    Tesla’s Battery Deals Highlight Chinese Dominance of Key Materials for Electric Vehicles
    Tesla signed new contracts with two of its current Chinese battery material suppliers, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, highlighting the extent to which American electric vehicle manufacturers rely on China for critical minerals and materials. Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. and CNGR Advanced Material Co. renewed pricing agreements to provide Tesla with supplies of ternary precursors, chemical…
    Jack McEvoy
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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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