As lawmakers return from a week-long vacation, here’s a preview of the week ahead in Washington. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIV4GwclIn0[/youtube] Now that Communist dictator Fidel Castro has departed… Read More
The biggest danger to the U.S. construction sector is not the sub-prime mortgage crisis … it is the chance that this Administration, or the next,… Read More
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority plan to extend Metrorail 11.6 miles to Dulles International Airport has enjoyed support from the Congressional leaders in both parties,… Read More
Despite 104 nuclear reactors safely providing 20 percent of America’s electricity, many Americans continue to fear nuclear power. Much of this anxiety results from myths… Read More
When the National Governors Association meets in Washington this weekend their top concern will be the price of gasoline which has reached $4.14 per gallon… Read More
Contrary to popular belief, the Supreme Court’s 5 to 4 decision in Massachusetts v. EPA did not require the EPA to issue rules regulating the… Read More
Al Gore has warned a group of leading investment managers at a UN-sponsored conference to cleanse their portfolios of “subprime carbon assets.” In Gore’s mind,… Read More
In Tuesday’s episode of “Boston Legal,” a judge ruled in favor of a citizen suing her town for attempting to build a nuclear power plant…. Read More
A new study by University of Washington economics professor Theo Eicher finds middle-class families are being priced out of the Seattle real estate market due… Read More
One of the latest environmentalist attempts to do an end run around the legislative process on global warming is to try and get the polar… Read More
The Heritage Foundation has many able analysts who have done great work on energy and the environment. But since the absolute farce that is the… Read More
A Barton, Md., reader of the Cumberland Times pierces through the doublespeak of environmental groups that advocate conservation as the key to avoiding imminent power… Read More
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) has joined six of his Senate colleagues (Jeff Bingaman, Carl Levin, John Kerry, Susan Collins, Joe Lieberman and Ron Wyden) in… Read More
The federal government is doing all it can to revive the economy and prevent the United States from dipping into a recession. Most notable is… Read More
Possibly the scariest outcome from Super Tuesday is that the top three candidates to become president all support a cap-and-trade approach to global warming. Sens…. Read More
The Los Angeles Times reports today that “the climate may be right for a global warming bill” due to “big chunk of industry” just wanting… Read More
Energy and environmental issues do not get much attention at budget time. Compared to the massive outlays for other programs and the overall 3.1 trillion… Read More
All eyes are on the Senate this week as politicians in both parties seek to wrap up work on an economic stimulus package. With a… Read More
Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the rest of Nevada’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Secretary Elaine Chao asking the Department… Read More
The 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act set Jan. 31, 1998 as the deadline to opening the Yucca Mountain repository for spent nuclear fuel. Today marks… Read More
For global warming crusaders nothing is more important than reducing the carbon humans emit into the atmosphere. The problem, as the more honest environmentalists have… Read More
The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Commission recently came out with recommendations to increase the federal fuel tax by over 200%. However, the report… Read More
President Bush should be commended for recognizing the need to expand nuclear energy in the United States. As a CO2-free, safe, affordable source of energy,… Read More
On energy and environment, the President offered no big policy changes for his final year, and in particular declined to endorse any major climate change… Read More
Brian Darling previews President Bush’s final State of the Union address, noting that Iraq, free trade and taxes will be major themes of the speech…. Read More
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s energy administration is proposing one of the most ambitious yet costly energy conservation packages, including goals to reduce electricity consumption by… Read More
Economists Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, renowned for their book “Freakonomics” and New York Times blog, have a certain knack for examining the hidden incentives,… Read More
The Federal Trade Commission began a series of hearings Tuesday into the carbon offset ‘market’ responding to worries from environmentalists that the burgeoning industry is… Read More
