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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’…
    Katie Tubb
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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,…
    Cully Stimson
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    UN Exploits Climate Change Concerns to Push Contraception, Population Control

    You may have missed this year’s Earth Day on April 22, what with historic inflation and a war in Ukraine vying for media attention. But the grandees at the U.N. marked it as they always do. Every year, they treat the day as part of a larger liturgical season with related solemnities. This makes good…
    Grace Melton
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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…
    Kevin Roberts
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    New Rule Would Force Climate Change Reporting Requirements on Most Companies in America

    The Biden Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed requiring publicly traded companies to not only calculate and report their own greenhouse gas emissions but those of their suppliers, customers, and logistics operators. The proposal could conceivably cover almost every company in America—even those that aren’t publicly traded and don’t fall under the SEC’s purview—adding enormous…
    Patrick Tyrrell
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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…
    Virginia Allen
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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…
    Douglas Blair
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    At UN Commission on Status of Women, Far Left Ties Gender Ideology, Abortion to Climate Change

    The United Nations’ annual Commission on the Status of Women concluded last week in New York. Delegates and activists from around the world met to discuss climate change, the environment, and reducing the risk of disaster with “gender equality at the [center] of solutions.” In other words, it was business as usual. Whatever its stated…
    Grace Melton
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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…
    Thomas Catenacci
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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,…
    Greg Karraker
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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…
    Virginia Allen
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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…
    Katie Tubb
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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,…
    Thomas Catenacci
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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…
    Fred Lucas
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    How Biden’s Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Threatens ‘Renewed US-Canada Partnership’

    President Joe Biden vowed to holistically “revitalize” U.S.-Canadian relations when he released the “Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership” alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau early last year. The Biden administration co-released the “road map” in the wake of tense trade relations between the Canadian government and the Trump administration. Yet currently, the only renewal…
    Thea Dunlevie
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    Politics of Climate Change Twist Nation’s Tornado Tragedy

    Some politicians and government officials can’t let a crisis go to waste. In the matter of the tornadoes that devastated parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, restraint was called for, but went unanswered. Asked about the cause of such devastation, President Joe Biden said, “We all know everything is more intense when the…
    Cal Thomas
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    Media, Liberals Quick to Blame Deadly Tornadoes on Climate Change

    Media outlets and liberals, including elected Democrats, were quick to blame climate change for the deadly tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest over the weekend. President Joe Biden announced that he would ask the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct an investigation into the role climate change played in the storms that caused fatalities in Kentucky,…
    Thomas Catenacci
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    Pelosi Says Women Face Particular Dangers From Climate Change

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., stated that climate change poses a greater risk to women than men across the world. “[Climate change] is the existential threat of our time,” Pelosi remarked Tuesday at COP26, the ongoing United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, according to The New York Times. “It’s a threat multiplier that amplifies and accelerates existing inequities. Eighty…
    Thomas Catenacci
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    Were Biden’s Claims at COP26 Climate Change Summit Accurate?

    President Joe Biden returned from Scotland early on Wednesday after delivering his climate change agenda at the COP26 climate change summit. From energy policy to the supposed costs imposed by climate change, the president’s remarks covered a range of topics. To better understand the president’s climate change agenda, The Daily Signal spoke with Katie Tubb,…
    Christian Mysliwiec
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    Proposed Electric Vehicle Tax Credits Benefit Unions, Wealthy Individuals—Not Environment

    True to the image of a stereotypical car salesmen, President Joe Biden and congressional leadership are pitching a multitrillion-dollar spending package that they say won’t cost middle-class Americans a dime. That’s like telling someone who came to the dealership to buy a Honda that they can have a Mercedes instead. Sure, if the dealership backloads…
    Katie Tubb
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