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    Obama’s Wrong: Climate Change Is Not Our Biggest Threat
    Throughout President Obama’s time in office, he and his cabinet officials have made claims that climate change is the greatest threat we face. Last year, Vox pressed the president on the matter, asking if he truly believes it is a greater threat than even terrorism. He responded by saying “absolutely,” and his press secretary Josh Earnest…
    Sen. Jim Inhofe
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    Energy Bill Embodies Washington’s Backwards Thinking on Energy Policy
    The Senate will soon vote on a bipartisan energy bill. Introduced by Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Ark., and Marie Cantwell, D-Wash., the Energy Modernization Act illustrates the wrong approach Washington takes when it comes to energy policy. Proponents claim that the bill is non-controversial. But for those concerned about government interference in the energy sector, the…
    Nicolas Loris
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    Top 5 Reasons Congress Should Reject Obama’s Climate Change Treaty
    Secretary of State John Kerry will join leaders from around the world to sign the Paris Protocol global warming agreement this Friday at the United Nations headquarters. Here are the top five reasons Congress and the next administration should withdraw from the accord: 1) Higher energy bills, fewer jobs and a weaker economy. The economic…
    Nicolas Loris
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    Think Tank Announces It Will Fight Government’s Demands to Turn Over Climate Change Documents
    The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a public policy think tank, will oppose a subpoena that demands documents related to its research on climate change and donor information, officials of the institute said in a Tuesday afternoon phone call. “We’ve been targeted for our ideas,” Kent Lassman, the new president and CEO of the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
    Leah Jessen
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    16 Democrat AGs Begin Inquisition Against ‘Climate Change Disbelievers’
    Beginning in 1478, the Spanish Inquisition systematically silenced any citizen who held views that did not align with the king’s. Using the powerful arm of the government, the grand inquisitor, Tomas de Torquemada, and his henchmen sought out all those who held religious, scientific, or moral views that conflicted with the monarch’s, punishing the “heretics”…
    Hans von Spakovsky | Cole Wintheiser
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    Why This Governor Opposes a Bipartisan Bill to Subsidize Solar Energy
    Maine Gov. Paul LePage is fighting a bipartisan proposal designed to boost solar power development in the state by a factor of 12, arguing that it would benefit only the wealthy. At a business expo Thursday in central Maine, LePage, a Republican, warned that the solar power bill would increase electricity costs to 22 cents per kilowatt-hour. “If…
    Natalie Johnson
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    US Law Should Now Prohibit Funding to UN Climate Change Convention
    On Dec. 18, 2015, the Palestinian Authority deposited its instrument of accession to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In accordance with Article 23(2) of the treaty, the Palestinians officially became the 197th party to the UNFCCC on March 17, 2016—ninety days after depositing their instrument of accession. As was the case when…
    Brett Schaefer | Steven Groves
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    Science Agency Eyes Climate Change Professor’s Use of Millions From Taxpayers
    A federal science agency is “seriously” interested in reviewing tens of millions in taxpayer-funded grants awarded to a university professor who wants President Obama to prosecute those who don’t share the administration’s view that mankind is changing the world’s climate. The National Science Foundation’s inspector general appears poised to look into Jagadish Shukla’s management of…
    Kevin Mooney
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    The Bizarre Reality of Venezuela’s Energy Crisis
    Venezuela is facing an electricity shortage so severe that President Nicolas Maduro extended the national Easter holiday by decree to decrease demand for it. The government is effectively shutting down the country for five days with the hopes of staving off an impending infrastructural collapse. That’s right: The country with the largest proven oil reserves in…
    Ricardo Pita | Ana Quintana
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    Attorney General Lynch Looks Into Prosecuting ‘Climate Change Deniers’
    In news that should shock and anger Americans, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that not only has she discussed internally the possibility of pursuing civil actions against so-called “climate change deniers,” but she has “referred it to the FBI to consider whether or not it meets the criteria…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    House Probe Reveals Audit Detailing Climate Change Researcher’s ‘Double Dipping’
    Congressional investigators have obtained an internal audit from George Mason University that suggests that one of its professors—a major proponent of man-made climate change—mismanaged millions of dollars in taxpayer money by “double dipping” in violation of university policy. The professor, Jagadish Shukla, received $511,410 in combined compensation from George Mason University and his own taxpayer-funded…
    Kevin Mooney
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    State Lawmakers Fight Teaching Students Just One Side of Climate Change Debate
    West Virginia state lawmakers are digging in against new science education standards in public school curricula that reflect only one side of the climate change debate. The West Virginia House of Delegates voted 73-20 on Friday to delay implementation of  the standards, based on Next Generation Science Standards and originally set to go into effect…
    Leah Jessen
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    The Inconvenient Facts the Media Ignore About Climate Change
    Americans in large numbers are turning off TV newscasts, canceling subscriptions to newspapers, and seeking other sources of news. Distrust of the national media has hit an all-time high. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that 65 percent of Americans believe that the national news media have a negative effect on our country. According…
    Rep. Lamar Smith
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    What the Defeat of a Wind Energy Project Means for Harry Reid’s Hometown
    Grassroots conservationists and property rights activists in Nevada stand poised to secure an unprecedented legal victory over government-backed wind energy proponents that could reverberate across state lines. If they prevail, they will have handed a rare defeat to the U.S. Senate’s top Democrat, Harry Reid, in his hometown. A federal District Court judge ruled against…
    Kevin Mooney
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    The Green Energy Goal That Is Condemning Many to Prolonged Poverty
    Poverty and energy poverty go hand in hand. It is estimated that three billion people still rely on solid fuel (firewood, cornstalks, etc.) for cooking, which, according to the World Health Organization, causes four million deaths per year from the indoor air pollution. Poverty and energy poverty go hand in hand. But instead of promoting electricity…
    David Kreutzer
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    US Bound by Climate Change Deal That Skirts Constitution, House Panel Told
    President Barack Obama bound the United States to an international agreement on climate change, but the administration’s decision to circumvent Congress to implement the deal has lawyers questioning its constitutionality. Despite legally binding elements in the Paris Protocol, which require Senate ratification, negotiators worded the deal in a manner that enables Obama to handle it…
    Natalie Johnson
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    Lifting the Crude Oil Ban Shows America Is Open for Business
    The first shipment of American crude oil has reached European markets. This comes only a month after Congress took a big step toward a more sensible energy policy by terminating the crude oil export ban. The crude oil export ban, an antiquated and misguided regulation that dated back four decades, had tied the hands of oil…
    Katie Tubb | Andrew Wilford
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    California Joins the Effort to Persecute, Suppress Scientific Dissent on Climate Change
    California Attorney General Kamala Harris has joined New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in trying to prosecute ExxonMobil for supposedly lying to its shareholders and the public about climate change, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Times reported that Harris is investigating what ExxonMobil “knew about global warming and what the company told investors.”…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    The Conservative Case Against Energy Subsidies
    It’s hard to take seriously an article with a contradictory title such as “The Conservative Case for Solar Subsidies.” The words “subsidies” and “conservative” do not belong in the same sentence together The words “subsidies” and “conservative” do not belong in the same sentence together when discussing energy policy, unless “eliminate” is in the mix….
    Nicolas Loris
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    Foiled New Year’s Terror Attack Is 76th Islamist Plot in US Since 9/11
    Emanuel Lutchman was arrested Dec. 30 for his support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and his planned attack New Year’s Eve in Rochester, N.Y. Authorities said Lutchman, a resident of Rochester, planned to attack a local restaurant/bar armed only with a machete, knives, and supplies to take hostages. This marks the…
    Riley Walters
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