EnergyAnalysis
Trump’s Invitation to Restart the Conversation on Yucca
Addressing nuclear waste policy is one of the most important things Congress can do to improve the competitiveness of the US nuclear industry, protect taxpayers,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
How the Shale Revolution Became the MVP of US Energy Production
America’s oil and gas production is like Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes. Defies expectations. Continually amazes. Sets new records. Makes a lot of people very happy. Within the past… Read More
EnergyNews
Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Swedish lawmakers nominated activist Greta Thunberg for a Nobel Peace Prize on Monday, saying the teenager will help save the Paris climate agreement. Thunberg “worked… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Faulty Assumptions Lead to Fake News About Climate Change
Climate change soon will constitute “a global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural disasters,” one government study predicted. By 2020, according to… Read More
EnergyCommentary
How the Oil Production Boom Has Benefited America
“We can’t just drill our way out of the problem.” That was the oft-repeated phrase of President Barack Obama, who throughout his presidency argued that… Read More
EnergyCommentary
How Europe Made Itself Dependent on Nefarious Oil Powers
Despite its cool Green parties and ambitious wind and solar agendas, Europe remains by far the world’s largest importer of oil and natural gas. Oil… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Greta Thunberg: A Living Explanation of the Left
It is not easy to understand what the left—as opposed to liberals—stands for. If you ask a Christian what to read to learn the basics… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Climate Change Protesters’ Traffic Tie-Ups Are No Way to Win Friends or Influence People
The environmental zealots who regularly take to the streets of the nation’s capital for climate change protests clearly have never read Dale Carnegie’s classic self-help… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Omnibus Spending Bill Misses Mark on Nuclear Energy Leadership
Don’t get me wrong. I love nuclear energy and think it has the power to change the world for the better. But Congress is working its… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Scrap Energy Tax Favors for Better Reform
It’s that time of year again when Congress, feeling the pressure of budget negotiations and the year’s end, provokes the issue of expired or soon-to-expire… Read More
EnergyCommentary
French Protesters Didn’t Want Macron’s Gas Tax. They Should Reject His Climate Agenda.
A year ago this month, the “yellow vest” protests began in France. More than 300,000 men and women took to the streets of Paris, Lyon,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Climate Myths Perpetuated by the Alarmists
“How dare you? You have stolen my dreams and my childhood!” insisted teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations. “We are in the… Read More
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Climate ‘Science’ Riddled With Dishonesty, Incompetence
The absolute worst case of professional incompetence and dishonesty is in the area of climate science. Tony Heller has exposed some of the egregious dishonesty… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Green New Deal Isn’t Just Expensive. It’s Also Bad Environmental Policy.
We’re not hearing much about the Green New Deal these days, but it’s still a priority for some candidates, as anyone who’s attended a recent… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Lettuce Pray: Climate Change, Neo-Paganism, and the End of the World
The climate change movement has become the “modern world’s secular religion,” declared Wall Street Journal columnist Gerard Baker recently. Climate activists preach a gospel of… Read More
EnergyCommentary
EPA Is Right to Give States More Control Over Coal Ash Regulation
With a set of four new rules, the Environmental Protection Agency is improving regulations for the management of coal combustion residuals, better known as “coal… Read More
EnergyNews
Trump’s EPA Rolling Back Obama-Era Anti-Coal Regulation
The Environmental Protection Agency will propose easing rules on disposal of coal ash, the residue from burning coal, to make it less likely the federal… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Here’s How Poor Land Management Is Leading to Bigger California Fires
Editor’s Note: Fire season has become extreme and destructive in California as the state has been hit with numerous infernos and now power outages. In… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Congress Must Look for Ways to Improve Our Federal Land Policies
A House Natural Resources subcommittee held an oversight hearing last week not-so-subtly titled “No More Standoffs: Protecting Federal Employees and Ending the Culture of Anti-Government… Read More
EnergyAnalysis
Here’s Why Californians Pay Way More for Gasoline Than Everyone Else
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on May 19, 2018. It has been updated to include California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call for an investigation… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Breathe Free: Capitalism Helps Protect the Environment
A recent Rasmussen poll found 20% of voters feel we should eliminate capitalism to protect the environment. That’s like saying we should eliminate teachers to… Read More
EnergyCommentary
More Ethanol Means Higher Prices, and Not Just for Gasoline
Over the summer, President Donald Trump tweeted that his administration was working on an ethanol package that would be “Great for all!” Now that we… Read More
EnergyCommentary
How California and Foreign Carmakers Got in Bed to Keep Crony, Obama-Era Rules
I’m old enough to remember when businesses fought overregulation because it was bad for their bottom lines. That has changed. Now, overregulation is a profit… Read More
EnergyCommentary
A New Dark Age: California’s Blackouts Are Self-Inflicted
California, the richest state in the nation—and one that’s often portrayed as the progressive harbinger of the future for the rest of the country—has been… Read More
EnergyNews
Pump Price Over $4 a Gallon Gives Californians Gas Pains
A dollar won’t take you very far in California these days. Today, the state has an average gas price of $4.18 per gallon, more than… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Idiotic Environmental Predictions
The Competitive Enterprise Institute has published a new paper, “Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions.” Keep in mind that many of the grossly… Read More
EnergyNews
Western Lawmakers Prepare Bills to Modernize Endangered Species Act
Local conservation efforts, not U.S. government regulations, boosted the population of a bird species in Colorado, one lawmaker said during a roundtable discussion on Capitol… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Here Are 4 Outrageously Insane Climate Proposals
Judging from the much-hyped and widely mocked speech by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations earlier this week, it’s clear that some… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Tragedy of Greta Thunberg
Sixteen-year-old Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg lives in the healthiest, wealthiest, safest, and most peaceful era humans have ever known. She is one of… Read More
EnergyNews
Climate Change Protesters Snarl DC Traffic in a ‘Fight for My Future’
Banners waved in the morning breeze as Climate Strike protesters filled McPherson Square Park at 7:00 a.m. Friday. More than 300 people prepared to march… Read More
