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    Time to Pull the Plug on Electric Vehicle Handouts for the Rich
    Earlier this year, Congress passed an irresponsible budget bill that included handouts for electric vehicle owners and alternative fuels. Eager to frivolously waste more taxpayer dollars, some legislators are now pushing to extend the electric vehicle tax credit and lift the cap on the number of vehicles that qualify for the credit by each manufacturer. Doing…
    Nicolas Loris | David Grogan
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    Setting the Record Straight on Climate Change and Hurricanes
    Hurricane Florence pummeled the Carolinian coast, claimed 37 lives, and displaced hundreds of thousands of families from their homes. And to hear a lot of pundits tell it, humans are to blame and the Trump administration is doing nothing about it. They have attributed this storm and the frequency of similar natural disasters to climate…
    Nicolas Loris | David Grogan
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    Hurricane Florence Is Not an Omen About Climate Change
    In today’s hyper-politicized world of climate science, hardly a thunderstorm passes without somebody invoking the “scientists say” trope to blame it on carbon emissions. The logic seems to be: If it’s bad, it was caused by carbon emissions, and we are only going to see more and worse. More and worse floods, droughts, tornadoes, and…
    David Kreutzer
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    Iran’s Saber Rattling on Persian Gulf Likely to Rattle World Oil Markets
    The commander of the navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Gen. Alireza Tangsiri, warned on Monday that Iran maintained control of the Persian Gulf and that the U.S. Navy did not belong there. Tangsiri said Iran had full control of the gulf, as well as of the Strait of Hormuz, which leads into it. “We can…
    James Phillips
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    New Report Shows US, Not Countries Promoting Climate Change Activism, Reducing Emissions the Most
    Take a wild guess what country is reducing its greenhouse gas emissions the most? Canada? Britain? France? India? Germany? Japan? No, no, no, no, no, and no. The answer to that question is the United States of America. Wow! How can that be? This must be a misprint. Fake news. America never signed the Kyoto…
    Stephen Moore
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    How to Keep the US Natural Gas Boon Going
    America is becoming a major liquefied natural gas exporter. According to the latest statistics, the U.S. liquefied natural gas exports quadrupled from 0.5 billion cubic feet of gas per day in 2016 to 1.94 billion in 2017. Of U.S. liquefied natural gas exports last year, 53 percent went to Mexico, South Korea, and China, with…
    Anthony B. Kim
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    My Viral Climate Change Video Was Smeared as Fake News. Here Are the Facts.
    An environmental scientist who writes a column for The Guardian has claimed that my video on climate change “spreads climate denial misinformation” to millions of viewers on Facebook. Not so. Here is my point-by-point rebuttal to Dana Nuccitelli’s claims in the British newspaper based on my video, which has attracted more than 8 million views and…
    Marc Morano
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    Energy Conferees Shut Down Fuel Economy Mandates as Costly to Consumers
    NEW ORLEANS—Sterling Burnett doesn’t always want to sit next to someone he doesn’t know on a train, plane, or bus. But he’s willing to fight for the freedom of those same strangers when it comes time for them to purchase a motor vehicle. “What I care about is … your freedom to choose the vehicle…
    Kevin Mooney
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    Why a Nation in Turmoil Must Choose Civility
    In 1961, I participated in what one newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, called “one of the most ambitious experiments in race-mixing the South had seen.” With the nation in turmoil, 25 other black students and I helped integrate an all-white junior high school. Outside the school, we faced angry crowds determined to prevent us from getting…
    Kay C. James
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    This Bill Would Ease ‘Recovered’ Species Off the Endangered List
    It will be easier to take wildlife off the endangered and threatened lists if Congress passes a bill introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz. “The Endangered Species Act has been used as a sword instead of a shield,” Biggs told The Daily Signal in a phone interview. His bill would streamline the process of removing…
    Jeremiah Poff
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    How ‘Green’ Energy Subsidies Transfer Wealth to the Rich
    When the Golden State Warriors, who won three of the last four NBA championships, signed All-Star Demarcus Cousins, sports pundits across the country offered the same opinion: The rich just got richer. In many respects, the same holds true for energy subsidies. Federal energy programs promise ambiguous policy goals such as abating climate change, spurring…
    Nicolas Loris | Bryan Cosby
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    Working With Green Groups, Local Governments Use This Kind of Lawsuit to Get Cash From Oil Giants
    Cities and counties across the country are teaming up with environmental groups to drill for revenue by using public-nuisance lawsuits against some of the world’s largest energy companies. These local governments claim oil giants, such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and others, have caused global warming that they say is damaging their communities, and they want…
    Fred Lucas
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    Caretakers for George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate Oppose Plans for Natural Gas Plant, Say It Will Change View
    A proposed natural-gas compressor station is pitting the caretakers of Mount Vernon against a major power company in a debate over the height of a pair of emissions stacks and the threat they could pose to “the iconic and historic view” from the estate of the nation’s first president. Dominion Energy, a major power company…
    Jeremiah Poff
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    More Power to the States Will Enhance US Energy Dominance
    In the midst of a growing global economy, the world’s demand for energy is booming. In 2017, global demand for energy grew by 2.1 percent, more than double the previous year’s rate. Oil, gas, and coal accounted for about 80 percent of global energy consumption with oil alone accounting for 32 percent of global consumption….
    Nicolas Loris | Bryan Cosby
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    We Hear You: Climate Change, Wedding Cakes, Social Security, Planned Parenthood, and Transgender Soldiers
    Editor's note: Our interview with a straight-talking climate change skeptic captured a big audience, and this week's roundup begins with that. Unrelated question: Have you been pressured to participate in an LGBT Pride Month celebration at work? Tell us what happened by writing [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Thank you, thank you, thank you for…
    Ken McIntyre
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    Q&A: The Politically Incorrect Book That Debunks Climate Change Myths
    Marc Morano, founding editor of the award-winning website ClimateDepot.com, recently authored “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change.” He spoke to Daily Signal Editor-in-Chief Rob Bluey about climate change myths and other facts you probably haven't heard reported by the media. An edited transcript of their interview is below. You can also listen to it on The…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Podcast: The Week in Review, Plus Marc Morano Debunks Climate Change Myths
    On today’s edition of The Daily Signal podcast, Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano review the week’s top news. We feature an exclusive interview with Marc Morano, author of the new book “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change,” which debunks several major climate change myths. Morano’s goal is to help conservatives better articulate climate change…
    Robert B. Bluey | Ginny Montalbano
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    The Government Relies on Flawed Data to Determine Endangered Species
    Americans who live in or near a community built around a lake should be careful about stepping outside to mow the lawn if the temperature isn’t just right and the grass isn’t a certain height. They should keep pets indoors. They should forget about using weed killer. And they should be prepared to pony up…
    Kevin Mooney
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    What’s Behind the Liquefied Natural Gas Boom
    When Americans think of U.S. exports, many think of cars, technology, or agricultural products. Most, though, never pay a second thought to U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas. In the past two years, the United States has not only become an exporter of liquefied natural gas, it is predicted to become the second-largest exporter of…
    Caleb Pascoe | Patrick Tyrrell
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    Terror Plot Foiled at Utah High School Due to Bomb Failure
    Last week, a teenage student in southern Utah brought an explosive device to school. Thankfully, it failed to explode and the student was arrested. The student was then tied to a recent Islamic State-inspired act of vandalism at a nearby school. This plot was the 102nd Islamist plot or attack against the U.S. homeland since…
    David Inserra
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