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Connecticut Homeowners Fight to Prevent City From Taking Their Homes for Redevelopment
Every day, Janet Rodriguez sits at her home in West Haven, Conn., and she waits. She waits for a knock at her front door, a… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Fraud Factor of Obama’s New Climate Agenda
Recently, President Obama visited Alaska to scare up support for his climate agenda. But it’s becoming clear that this agenda is not, in fact, about… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Lessons From Solyndra Still Haven’t Been Learned
In a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz this week, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology expressed concern over the use… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Cartoon: Obama’s Mountain Size Denial
Katie Tubb wrote earlier this week on President Obama’s trip to Alaska: President Obama gave a doom and gloom speech yesterday at the Global Leadership… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Obama Is Ignoring the Science on Climate Change
President Obama gave a doom and gloom speech yesterday at the Global Leadership in the Arctic (GLACIER) conference in Alaska to build momentum for the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Obama’s New Climate Rules Will Hurt Poor, Minority Americans the Most
“We know that low-income, minority communities would be hardest hit.” That’s Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, speaking about the higher energy prices that would… Read More
EnergyCommentary
What We Can Learn From California’s Failed Green Jobs Plan
In the eyes of the Obama administration, California is the gold standard for state energy policy. The feds lavishly laud the Golden State’s aggressive green… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Federal Judge Blocks EPA and Corps’ Water Rule From Going into Effect
On Aug. 27, 2015, a federal district judge in North Dakota issued an order delaying the effective date of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s and the Army… Read More
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Jim Inhofe on What the Left Gets Wrong About Climate Change
Sen. Jim Inhofe is no stranger to the climate change debate. The Oklahoma Republican, who leads the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, believes that… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Obama Called Conservatives Hypocrites on Solar Energy and Free Markets. Here’s What He Got Wrong.
President Obama is having a hard time with the definition of free market. The most recent example came from his remarks at the National Clean… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Head of EPA Admits Climate Regulations Will Hit Low-Income Minority Families Hardest
The chief environmental regulator in the United States had some blunt words of reality regarding the administration’s climate change regulations. The Clean Power Plan that… Read More
EnergyCommentary
4 Reasons Obama’s New Methane Emission Regulations Don’t Make Sense
The Obama administration is proposing new regulations to reduce methane emissions for the oil and gas industry 40 percent to 45 percent from 2012 levels… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Why Wind Energy Is Not Going to Meet All Our Energy Needs
The Department of Energy released its annual Wind Technologies Market Report last week, and the headline is roughly the same as years past: wind is… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Nuclear Industry, Not Government, Should Handle Nuclear Waste Issue
By law, the Department of Energy is supposed to collect spent nuclear fuel and deposit it at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain. Nuclear power customers in 33… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Gold King Mine Spill: The EPA Is the Polluter
At least one person knew there was going to be a spill from the Gold King Mine before EPA actions caused a breach and at… Read More
EnergyNews
Climate Scientists Question Significance of Obama’s New Carbon Rule
Days after the Obama administration finalized plans to reduce carbon emissions, some climate scientists have criticized the administration for failing to detail how the regulations… Read More
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Senate Republicans Allege Collusion Between EPA and Environmental Group Over Climate Regulations
A day after the Obama administration finalized a “historic” plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, Republicans on a prominent Senate committee are alleging that an… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Why Young “Conservatives” for Energy Reform Aren’t What They Seem
Earlier this year, the Young Conservatives for Energy Reform (YCER) co-hosted a “National Security and Energy Independence Reception” on Capitol Hill with the American Wind… Read More
EnergyNews
Obama’s Plan to Combat Climate Change, Explained in Under 90 Seconds
In an effort to address climate change, the Obama administration has finalized a new rule designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the nation’s largest… Read More
The Social Cost of Carbon: It’s Not What You Think
The social cost of carbon (SCC) is a metric that the Obama administration uses to justify increased regulations across the energy sector of the economy…. Read More
EnergyCommentary
Let Them Have Solar Panels: New Obama Plan Doesn’t Help Poor, But Reducing Regulations Would
The White House is planning to give more than a half a billion dollars in government and private funding for solar panel installations for low and… Read More
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California Implements Strictest Fracking Regulations in US
California implemented new hydraulic fracturing regulations Wednesday, making the state home to perhaps the strictest fracking rules in the nation. The regulations force increased transparency… Read More
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Supreme Court Rules Against Obama’s Energy Regulation
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a significant setback to the Obama administration and its environmental plan to curb emissions from power plants. In… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Supreme Court Decision Against EPA a ‘Victory for Common Sense’
Today, the Supreme Court in Michigan v. EPA held that the Environmental Protection Agency improperly ignored costs when it decided to regulate hazardous air pollutants… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Dayaratna Testifies on the Impact of the Clean Power Plan
Kevin Dayaratna, PhD, The Heritage Foundation’s Senior Statistician and Research Programmer, testified before the House Subcommittees on Energy and Environment regarding the impact of the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
New Fuel Standards for Big Trucks Won’t Help the Environment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently proposed fuel efficiency standards for medium and… Read More
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Is EPA Helping Green Groups Raise Funds in Exchange for Favorable Research?
On first glance, this is a rather routine story in the environmental policy wars. A study published in the journal Nature Climate Change said researchers… Read More
EnergyNews
The Issue That May Determine Who Wins Iowa
With the race to the White House in full swing and the Iowa Caucus less than eight months away, one issue hits Iowans closer to… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Are Airline Prices Going to Rise Because of the EPA?
If we see airline prices go up in 2016, you might be able to thank the lawyers at radical environmental groups Center for Biological Diversity… Read More
Ex–Im Is Not the Key to Nuclear Industry’s Competitiveness
In the final days before the charter of the Export–Import Bank (Ex–Im) is set to expire, supporters of its export subsidies are claiming that Congress… Read More
