Solyndra to Solar City: Lesson Not Learned in Green Energy Loan
Basking in the glow from the $535 million fire left when Solyndra crashed and burned, the Department of Energy is ready to subsidize additional hundreds… Read More
Report: Increased Energy Production Would Boost Jobs, Federal Revenue
Energy research firm Wood Mackenzie released a report on Wednesday that lends weight to arguments for greater energy exploration and production in the United States…. Read More
Exxon Storming the Arctic
Last week, oil giant ExxonMobil announced an agreement with Russia’s state oil company, Rosneft, to explore for oil in the Arctic continental shelf in the… Read More
Obama Postpones New Ozone Standards, Has More Work to Do
President Obama may have finally added or saved a few jobs—7.3 million to be specific. In a surprising but welcome move, the President asked Environmental… Read More
Valero Hits Back at ‘Misleading’ Report on Keystone Pipeline
The renewable energy advocacy group Oil Change International released a report on Wednesday claiming that oil from Canadian tar sands imported to the United States… Read More
Jones Act Oil Waiver Symptom of Regulatory Overload
The Obama Administration’s decision to waive provisions of the Jones Act last month when releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is typical of this… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s “Green Jobs” Pipe Dream
President Barack Obama has a problem on his hands when even his stalwart allies at The New York Times have no choice but to admit… Read More
Canada Under Attack by Environmental Extremists
It seems that Canada, America’s friendly neighbor to the north (and beloved by the left for its universal health care system) has a new enemy… Read More
Are Green Jobs ‘Gone with the Wind’?
President Obama plans a big jobs announcement—right after he finishes his vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. Expect him to say that green jobs are the key… Read More
Top 10 Reads: August 22, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. The Politicized Hiring of Eric Holder’s… Read More
Close Encounters of the Green Kind
In a scenario best-saved for a science-fiction novel, two scientists from Penn State and another scientist from NASA have sounded another bell in global warming… Read More
Top 10 Reads: August 18, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. The Movie Obama Won’t Want You… Read More
The Ethanol Mandate Needs to Go
In the name of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing America’s dependence on foreign oil, the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) mandates that… Read More
Gingrich Wants House GOP to Pass Democrat-Backed Offshore Drilling Bill
Speaking at Heritage this morning, former Speaker Newt Gingrich called on House Republicans to put politics aside and pass a new proposal from two Democratic… Read More
EPA’s Mission Impossible: A Deadline to Destroy Domestic Energy
Last week, Bloomberg reported that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory push against the fossil fuel industry will cost America’s largest utility, the Southern Company,… Read More
EPA Regulations Could Cost America’s Largest Utility $18 Billion
Bloomberg reported Friday on the latest developments in the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory push against the fossil fuel industry. Southern Co., the largest American utility… Read More
Is the President Serious about Jobs and Economic Growth? A Simple Test
Here’s a simple test for whether the President is serious about jobs and the economy: Does he rein in the Environmental Protection Agency? With the… Read More
10 Two-Letter Words That Inspired Gov. Paul LePage to Reform Maine
He left home at 11 after a rough childhood, spending time on the streets, yet managed to finish both high school and college. He later… Read More
Radical Environmentalists’ Continuing Campaign Against Economic Freedom
Recently, radical environmentalists have waged a campaign to stifle free enterprise and economic freedom. Here are some of their recent skirmishes, ranging from crop destruction… Read More
Morning Bell: The Obama EPA’s Brave New Future
Say goodbye to cars and trucks as you know them. Say hello to a brave new future ushered in by the Environmental Protection Agency. It’s… Read More
Exporting Natural Gas Benefits America
Natural gas prices in the United States have been low in the past few years, and increased estimates in natural gas reserves from shale formations… Read More
If IPCC Sea Level Numbers Aren’t Bad Enough, Try Tripling Them
A recent study authored by Mark Crowell of the Federal Emergency Management Agency estimates that in the U.S., climate change will increase the area subject… Read More
Top 10 Reads: July 22, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. America’s jobless ask: Where’s the recovery?… Read More
Protectionist Green NGOs are Hurting the World’s Poor
Wrongheaded environmental policies and “green” protectionism are endangering millions of jobs and costing consumers in both developing and developed countries. A new report about the… Read More
New Study Forecasts Huge Job Growth If Regulators Allow Gulf Oil Drilling
U.S. employers added only 18,000 jobs last month — a remarkably low figure that contributed to the increase in unemployment to 9.2 percent. That’s the… Read More
Study: Marcellus Shale an Economic Godsend for Pennsylvania
A study released Wednesday, commissioned by the Marcellus Shale Coalition and conducted by three Penn State University energy policy experts, offers a striking view of… Read More
Natural Gas: Boom or Bust? All Signs Point to Boom
According to many experts, the United States stands to be the Saudi Arabia of natural gas production. Last month, the New York Times reported otherwise,… Read More
Top 10 Reads: July 18, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. From the Tea Party and beyond… Read More
Opening Access, Not Subsidies, The Key to America’s Energy Future
Over the years our federal government has implemented a number of bad policies to reduce dependence on foreign oil. The latest flavor-of-the-month policy is… Read More
Heritage Findings Reaffirmed: U.S. Not Ready for a Massive Oil Crisis
The United States lacks effective energy policy responses in the event of a major oil crisis. This was the conclusion reached at a recent simulation… Read More
