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OPEC Lost $76 Billion Last Year Due to US Fracking
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries lost $76 billion in 2016 due to low oil prices caused by rising U.S. oil production, according to a… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Why Conservatives Should Be Excited About New EPA Agenda
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has been in his new role for just over 80 days. He spoke with The Daily Signal about his… Read More
EnergyNews
Largest US Solar Panel Maker Files for Bankruptcy After Receiving $206 Million in Subsidies
The company once hailed as Europe’s largest solar panel producer filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, blaming cheap Chinese panels for flooding the market. “The ongoing price… Read More
EnergyNews
Al Gore Personally Pleads With Trump to Stay in the Paris Climate Agreement
Former Vice President Al Gore personally asked President Donald Trump not to withdraw the U.S. from a United Nations agreement aimed at limiting global warming,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Time for Trump to Fulfill Promise and Withdraw From Paris Climate Agreement
President Donald Trump has promised to make a “big decision” in the next two weeks on the Paris climate accord after promising to “cancel” the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Why Trump Can and Should Pull Out of Paris Climate Change Agreement
On April 22, 2016, the United States and 170 other countries signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which seeks “to combat climate change and… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Trump Opens Doors on Oil Exploration, but Deeper Reforms Still Needed
In another move to free up domestic energy supplies, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at lifting the Obama administration’s offshore drilling… Read More
EnergyNews
Congress Asked to Eliminate $270 Million a Year in Solar Subsidies
Conservative groups have asked lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee to eliminate a solar subsidy program worth $270 million. In a letter sent Tuesday, the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Here’s How Wrong Past Environmental Predictions Have Been
Each year, Earth Day is accompanied by predictions of doom. Let’s take a look at past predictions to determine just how much confidence we can… Read More
Energy News
Former Obama Official Says Bureaucrats Manipulate Climate Stats to Influence Policy
A former member of the Obama administration claims Washington, D.C., often uses “misleading” news releases about climate data to influence public opinion. Former Energy Department… Read More
EnergyNews
Taxpayers Foot Bill for $14,799 in Gym Memberships
A Las Vegas-based Environmental Protection Agency official used his government credit card to purchase $14,799 worth of gym memberships. A conservative advocacy group released documents purporting… Read More
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Interior Employees Paid $6 Million While Facing Misconduct Investigations
Department of the Interior officials were paid $6 million while on extended administrative leave—often while under investigation for misconduct—without documented approval, a government watchdog reported… Read More
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States File Legal Challenge Maintaining Trump EPA Must Fight Global Warming
A coalition of states filed a legal challenge Wednesday against the Trump administration’s decision to roll back a slew of Obama-era climate regulations. The legal… Read More
EnergyNews
Retiring Staffer Claims EPA Employees Were ‘Insulted’ by Trump’s Recent Visit
A retiring Environmental Protection Agency employee said career staff were “frankly insulted” when President Donald Trump visited agency headquarters to sign an executive order rolling… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Government Funding Won’t Address Western Water Issues
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Sometimes, members of Congress have the memories of goldfish. One such example is… Read More
EnergyNews
Environmentalists File First Wave of Lawsuits Against Keystone Pipeline
Environmentalist groups filed lawsuits Monday suggesting the Trump administration’s approval of the Keystone XL pipeline violates several environmental laws and potentially worsens climate change. Members… Read More
EnergyNews
First Amendment Rights Still in Peril Following Climate Change Probes
Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of the day an army of Democratic prosecutors unveiled a coordinated campaign to hunt down so-called “climate change deniers.” Constitutional experts… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Flimsy Statistical Models Obama Administration Used to Justify Environmental Agenda
President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued an “energy independence” executive order on energy and climate policy. One provision of this order pertains to the social… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Trump’s Sweeping Executive Order on Climate Policy Has Been Sorely Needed
As promised, President Donald Trump has issued an “energy independence” executive order to undo several of the Obama administration’s climate change regulations. To the benefit… Read More
EnergyNews
Trump Readies ‘Energy Independence’ Order to Repeal Obama Climate Policies
President Donald Trump will issue a sweeping “energy independence” executive order Tuesday to dismantle signature global warming policies put in place by President Barack Obama’s… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Unlocking Our Immense Oil and Gas Supply Can Make America Great Again
American lawmakers would be wise to embrace the ongoing energy revolution. The Baker Hughes oil rig count for the United States increased on Friday for… Read More
EnergyCommentary
State Department Gives Long Overdue Approval to Keystone XL Pipeline
If you had a child when TransCanada first submitted its application to build the Keystone XL pipeline, he would be halfway through the first grade… Read More
EnergyNews
Trump to Dismantle Obama Climate Legacy, Lawmaker Says
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order dismantling the previous administration’s climate legacy, according to Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. Inhofe told The… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Trump’s Budget Takes a Cleaver to Cronyism and Waste at the Energy Department
President Donald Trump released his budget blueprint today, and his proposal for the Department of Energy is a breath of fresh air. This proposal reflects… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Next Farm Bill Shouldn’t Play Favorites With Energy
The House Agriculture subcommittee on commodity exchanges, energy, and credit is holding a hearing March 9 titled “The Next Farm Bill: Rural Development & Energy… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Time to Say ‘Au Revoir’ to Paris Climate Deal
President Donald Trump will soon issue an executive order calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to rescind the Clean Power Plan, a key component of… Read More
EnergyNews
New EPA Administrator Emphasizes Federalism, Rule of Law
“The future ain’t what it used to be at the EPA.” That was the message of Scott Pruitt, the newly confirmed administrator of the Environmental… Read More
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Group Defends Carbon Dioxide as ‘Elixir of Life’ in Climate Change Debate
Forget everything government officials, many media outlets, and “activist scientists” have warned about the damaging effects of carbon dioxide, because in reality there’s no cause… Read More
EnergyNews
Climate Change ‘Lunacy’ Called a Gift to Conservatives
For conservatives, the “lunacy,” “wrongness,” and “criminality” of climate change theories is the gift that keeps on giving, the executive editor of the London branch… Read More
EnergyCommentary
While Draining the Swamp, Drain Government-Controlled Oil Reserves
As the new administration seeks to reduce the regulatory burden on the energy market, one critical change is to liquidate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The… Read More
