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12 States Sue Obama Administration for Regulatory ‘Overreach’
Coal country is striking back at the federal government in the latest “war on coal” battle. Twelve states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency to… Read More
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Marine Veteran Slams Obama’s War on Coal
Marine veteran Shawn Adkins says he’s ready to fight back against Obama’s so-called “war on coal” as it tears through West Virginia. Federal regulations are… Read More
EnergyCommentary
EPA Ozone Regulation Could Be Most Expensive in U.S. History
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) expected ozone standard, expected to come in December, could be the most expensive regulation in U.S. history, according to a… Read More
EnergyInternationalCommentary
Energy: U.S. Should Pay Attention to Mexico’s Reforms
In recent years, the United States has seen a huge oil and natural gas boom fueled by hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and horizontal drilling. Now, American… Read More
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Wind Farms Divide Environmentalists: Renewable Energy vs. Dead Birds
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Paul Domski is a falconer and a bird lover. And he seriously doesn’t like wind farms or the federal government’s recent decision to protect… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Dallas Fed Makes Case for Crude Oil Exports
The Dallas Federal Reserve Bank made the case for why policymakers should lift the ban on crude oil exports: Removing the export ban would eliminate… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Is the EPA Really Interested in Your Criticism?
Americans will get to have their say on the Environmental Protection Agency and its proposed regulation to fight climate change this week. The agency will… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Ignore the New Obama Administration Report on Climate Change Action
The Obama administration released Tuesday a new report warning that with accelerating climate change comes accelerating costs: Costs will increase by 40 percent each decade… Read More
Energy Commentary
EPA Climate Regulations Will Affect You—but Not the Climate
Senators John Barrasso (R–WY), James Inhofe (R–OK), David Vitter (R–LA), and Roger Wicker (R–MS) rightly criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed regulations for new… Read More
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‘No Way’ Obama’s Climate Change Plan Will Reduce Temperatures, Says Rep. Mike Kelly
Following a speech about extremism at the Environmental Protection Agency, Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., called the Obama administration’s climate change proposal a “public relations piece.”… Read More
EnergyNews
Panel: Obama’s Emissions Regulations Mark ‘Unprecedented’ Executive Expansion
The Environmental Protection Agency kicks off public hearings today on its new carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions regulations for power plants. But before the… Read More
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One of the World’s Biggest Sources of Oil Is Right Here in America
SANTA FE, N.M.—Oil production in New Mexico keeps on booming, and it could continue to do so for some time. “I think the forecast is… Read More
EnergyCommentary
What Would America Be Like If the Radical Green Movement Won?
Could the radical-Green movement in America make mankind’s future resemble a science-fiction Earth ruled by apes? Recently I went to the see the blockbuster movie… Read More
EnergyInternationalCommentary
China: Oil in Iraq Exposes Dilemma
As the civil-war-stricken Iraqi government continues to battle the Islamic State, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been closely watching its substantial oil holdings… Read More
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Federal Agency Faces Backlash After Wind Farms Get Exemption for Killing Eagles
Wind industry insiders call it a “turbine collision,” though the feds prefer “non-purposeful take.” But critics such as Sharon Klemm get real on the U.S…. Read More
EnergyNews
Rep. Cory Gardner Explains How U.S. Energy Expansion Can Thwart Russia
According to Rep. Cory Gardner, natural gas production isn’t just beneficial to Americans back home. The Colorado congressman’s home state is the fourth largest natural… Read More
EnergyNews
Debate: Are Obama’s Climate Change Actions Helping or Hurting?
President Obama promised he wouldn’t wait for Congress to combat climate change, vowing to use executive action wherever possible. One year later, are Obama’s actions… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Rare Earths Bill Should Open Markets, Not Create Government Programs
The House of Representatives is likely to vote on Congressman Eric Swalwell’s (D–CA) rare earths bill (H.R.1022) that would create a number of taxpayer-supported government… Read More
EnergyNews
EPA’s Restrictions on Alaska Mine Spark Charges of Executive Overreach
Even though the Environmental Protection Agency appears to be backing off its push to preemptively kill a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska’s bush… Read More
EnergyCommentary
EPA Proposes to Choke Alaskan Mine Development
Alaska’s open-pit Pebble Mine sits on 55 billion pounds of copper, 67 million ounces of gold, and 3.3 billion pounds of molybdenum—$500 billion in value…. Read More
EnergyCommentary
Australia Repeals Carbon Tax
Australia has become the first developed nation to repeal its carbon tax after the Australian Senate voted to dismantle the tax on Wednesday in a… Read More
EnergyCommentary
House Bill Would Modernize America’s National Labs
Congressman Randy Hultgren (R–IL) and seven original cosponsors introduced the Department of Energy Laboratory Modernization and Technology Transfer Act of 2014 on July 17. The… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Cartoon: How to ‘Grow’ Gas Prices
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How U.S. Taxpayers Subsidize Fossil Fuels in Russia, Saudi Arabia While Being Penalized at Home
Americans have to pay more for electricity and compete for fewer jobs because of President Obama’s regulatory curbs on fossil fuels at home, even as… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Keystone XL Pipeline Decision Delayed—Again
The Washington Post reports that Nebraska’s supreme court will not hear oral arguments on the Keystone XL pipeline’s route through the state until early September,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Obama, Wall Street, and the IMF: All Wrong on Carbon Taxes
Last month the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommendedthat the United States “introduce a broad-based carbon tax.” In the summary of its annual report on the… Read More
EnergyNews
$6 a Gallon? Where Gas Prices Might Be Without the U.S. Energy Boom
If you think the price of gas is high, imagine paying up to $6 a gallon. That’s what energy expert Dan Steffens thinks the price could… Read More
EnergyNews
Gas Prices Will Climb, and You Can Blame Corn
JOHNSTON, Iowa — Most of what Tim Maher knew about the renewable fuel standard came from TV commercials. “They all talk about how it’s good… Read More
EnergyCommentary
What Obama Has Wrong on Climate Change
President Barack Obama again sought to make the case to the American people for “dealing with the rapidly growing threat of climate change” last month,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
EPA Harasses Americans
Just in time for the Fourth of July, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has added a new regulatory weapon to its arsenal…. Read More
