EnergyCommentary
The Government’s New Power Grab
The feds have launched a new power grab, and it’s coming at the expense of property rights. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps… Read More
EnergyNews
The Valley of Missed Opportunity: One Town’s Fight for Economic Revival
WINDSOR, N.Y.—Marian’s Pizza Shack sits 10 miles north of the Pennsylvania line, an invisible boundary that separates this small business from economic opportunity. After 23 years in… Read More
EnergyNews
Can This Controversial Pipeline Boost the Economy and Protect the Environment?
It may seem like one of the smaller, less consequential clashes as environmental fights go, but the battle taking shape over a pipeline that would… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Death of the Green Energy Movement
The green energy movement in America is dead. May it rest in peace. No, a majority of American energy over the next 20 years is… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Oil Production Is Up 53% Since 2010, But It’s Declining on Federal Lands. Here’s Why.
Thanks to hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling methods perfected at the end of last decade, production of crude oil in the United States has skyrocketed…. Read More
EnergyCommentary
Time to End the Production Tax Credit Once and For All
If we want to build a healthier American economy, Congress must stop supporting special interests at the expense of our nation’s economic potential. The Production… Read More
EnergyCommentary
New Report: Energy Department’s Loans, Loans Guarantees Costing Taxpayers $2.21 Billion
Despite many politicians hailing green energy programs as a success, taxpayers are likely to take a $2.21 billion hit for the Department of Energy’s loan… Read More
EnergyNews
How Big Money Impacts Environmental Policy
Is big money dangerously and improperly compromising environmental policy? Climate change advocates have long asserted that the fossil fuel industry “bought” science—i.e., paid scientists for… Read More
EnergyCommentary
How the Sierra Club’s Lexus Liberals’ Agenda Hurts Poor Americans
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren and the whole gang of Democratic leaders claim that one of their highest priorities is to lift up the middle… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Media, Environmentalists Were Wrong: How the Gulf Coast Roared Back After Oil Spill
Five years ago this week a blowout of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig 40 miles from the Gulf Coast tragically claimed 11 lives and spilled… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The State of Our Planet Is Better Than Ever
Today is Earth Day and to hear the experts like Usher and Al Gore tell the story, the planet is in a miserable state. We’re… Read More
Quadrennial Energy Review: A Plan to Buy Off the States
The Obama Administration has revealed “the nation’s first ever Quadrennial Energy Review” (QER)—a first ever merely because the energy plans of past Administrations were titled… Read More
EnergyCommentary
What Harvard Students Pushing Fossil Fuel Divestment Are Missing
It’s usually a lot easier to tell someone else to solve a problem than to do it yourself. A movement has sprung up on many… Read More
EnergyNews
Here’s the Deal on the Court Fight Over Obama’s Carbon Regulations
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently heard oral arguments in two cases challenging a signature aspect of President Obama’s… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Out-of-State Billionaire Wages War on Affordable Energy in Nebraska
I had the privilege of serving as mayor in the small, Shenandoah Valley town where my wife and I raised our children. So, I am… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Cartoon: The Oil Producer Obama Favors
The Heritage Foundation’s David Kreutzer wrote about President Obama’s attitude toward oil in a column earlier this week: Though environmental impact statement after environmental impact… Read More
EnergyNews
Maryland Might Ban Fracking for 2 Years
Legislation that would prohibit hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in Maryland for two years was recently sent to the governor’s desk. The Senate approved the bill… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Obama Administration Worries About Environmental Effect of Keystone Oil, Not Iranian Oil
Though environmental impact statement after environmental impact statement from his own Department of State concludes that the Keystone XL Pipeline would not have a significant… Read More
Energy News
Amidst Drought, California Struggles to Find Solution to #SaveOurWater
Yesterday, California Gov. Jerry Brown met with water, agricultural, and environmental leaders to collaborate and discuss solutions to address the state’s worsening drought. .@JerryBrownGov meets… Read More
EnergyNews
Obama Outkicking the Coverage With International Climate Commitments
Perhaps President Obama is frustrated he couldn’t pass climate legislation when Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and the White House, and perhaps this frustration… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Backlash Against Obama’s Committing US to International Climate Agreement
Perhaps President Obama is frustrated he couldn’t pass climate legislation when Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and the White House, and perhaps this frustration… Read More
EnergyCommentary
New Federal Regulations Threaten Fracking Boom
The Department of Interior missed an opportunity for real reform recently when it released new regulations on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on federal lands. Since… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Moniz Kicks the Cask Down the Road
After several years of treading water, there has been significant movement on nuclear waste management, though when it comes to the Obama Administration’s plans, the… Read More
EnergyNews
Why This Economist Wants Government to Stop Wasting Money on Alternative Energy
On Tuesday, a House Science subcommittee held an oversight hearing on the Department of Energy. The Heritage Foundation’s Nick Loris was on hand to testify… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Congressman: Government Should Pay for Damage Done by Fracking Ban
New York had more electoral votes than any other state in every presidential election from 1812 to 1948. It has lost electoral votes in every… Read More
EnergyCommentary
No, Being a Climate Change Skeptic Isn’t Like Fearing Vaccines
National Geographic’s latest cover story generated lots of attention for comparing climate change skeptics to those who fear vaccinations, disbelieve NASA’s moon landing, and oppose water fluoridation…. Read More
EnergyCommentary
EPA Administrator Insults Property Owners in Pushing New Water Rule
Speaking before the National Farmers Union annual convention this week, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy attempted to assure the group about the joint EPA and Army… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Obama Schooled on Constitution by His Former Law Professor
President Obama has defended his knowledge and commitment to the Constitution by reminding Americans he used to teach constitutional law courses. When it comes to… Read More
EnergyCommentary
How Removing Crude Oil Export Ban Would Promote Economic Freedom
Thursday’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on America’s crude oil export policies will focus largely on the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports… Read More
Certainty Will Come by Eliminating Handouts for Ethanol and Wind
Energy policy was a hot topic for prospective Republican nominees for President at last week’s Iowa Agriculture Summit (Ag Summit). Unfortunately, a number of the… Read More
