EnergyCommentary
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently released data showing that 2015 was the second hottest year on record (since 1895) for the U.S. On… Read More
EconomyCommentary
TransCanada, the company that should have built the Keystone XL pipeline years ago, is filing a claim under Chapter 11 of the North American Free… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Paris climate change conference, which took place last month, was full of exhibitions highlighting new green technology. One of these, called the SolarSoundSystem, involved… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The past few weeks have been a remarkable time in environmental politics. Green groups have joined President Barack Obama in celebrating the global climate agreement reached… Read More
EnergyNews
HOT SPRINGS, Va.—Conservative lawmakers, scholars, and activists say it’s time for the Virginia General Assembly to look into the taxpayer funding of academics and scientists… Read More
EnergyCommentary
In an interview at the close of the recent Paris climate conference, Secretary of State John Kerry scolded Republican senators for saying out loud that… Read More
EnergyNews
California Gov. Jerry Brown raised some eyebrows while attending the U.N. Climate Summit in Paris this month, proclaiming that the “coercive power of the central… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Last week in Paris, I had the pleasure of speaking at an event hosted by the Heartland Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and Committee… Read More
Energy News
Republicans upset with President Barack Obama’s international climate change agreement remain committed to the few options they have to do something about it. “Honestly, I… Read More
EnergyCommentary
What better time than Christmas to spend other people’s money and give presents to the environmental activists? In addition to the other generous handouts renewable… Read More
EnergyNews
PARIS—Competing national interests and even personal rivalries have cast a cloud over the international summit on climate change meeting here, and the issue of “climate justice” has… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Although he probably didn’t mean to, Secretary of State John Kerry made a compelling case for why the U.S. and other countries should not go… Read More
EnergyCommentary
PARIS–Cronyism is on display here at the United Nations climate conference (COP21), as developing countries aren’t the only ones trying to cash in on carbon… Read More
EnergyNews
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz convened a subcommittee hearing Tuesday to dispute the validity of research from climate “alarmists,” whose findings have become central to crafting… Read More
EconomyCommentary
PARIS—Proponents of an international global warming treaty are optimistic that this final week in Paris will generate an ambitious, legally binding treaty, with lots of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
PARIS—Leaders from around the world, including President Barack Obama, have been saying that the COP21, also known as the Paris climate conference, is the last… Read More
InternationalCommentary
PARIS—One week into the Paris climate change negotiations, and it’s now doubtful whether President Barack Obama will be able to make good on his promise… Read More
EnergyCommentary
There has been a lot of attention given to China at the climate conference in Paris. As the largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Politicians and bureaucrats from nearly 200 nations are gathered in Paris for an international global warming agreement. In his opening statements, President Barack Obama claimed… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Hey, Paris Climate Conference, 1997 called, and it wants its failed climate discussions back. Eighteen years ago, the Kyoto climate protocol was debated in Congress,… Read More
EnergyNews
PARIS—A U.N.-sponsored climate change summit opened Monday amid gathering clouds of global conflict that threaten to overshadow the negotiations. More than 150 heads of state, including President Barack… Read More
EnergyCommentary
President Obama’s opening remarks at the Paris climate agreement were effectively an apology for industrial progress. At the kickoff of the talks, Obama remarked, “I’ve… Read More
EnergyNews
Senate Republicans, girding for another budget battle in early December, are vowing to use the process to undercut President Barack Obama’s chances of brokering an international… Read More
EnergyNews
Some witnesses questioned the president’s climate initiative, the Clean Power Plan, during a House Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearing on Wednesday. Anne Smith,… Read More
Energy News
Sen. Mike Lee on Thursday introduced a resolution “expressing the sense of Congress” that President Barack Obama should submit an international climate deal expected to… Read More
Energy News
Senate Republicans emphasized Wednesday that they will fight the Obama administration for the right to review an international climate deal expected to be struck in… Read More
EnergyCommentary
As the Obama administration prepares to leave for the U.N. climate treaty negotiations in Paris on Nov. 30, Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Kathleen Hartnett White… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., recently gave an important speech on the Senate floor in which he said, “We as a Congress are not shepherding the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Everyone reading this should do the attorney general of New York, Eric T. Schneiderman, a big favor: buy a copy of the U.S. Constitution, highlight… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Polls bear it out: When it comes to climate change, the world isn’t much interested in taking action. Most folks, it seems, are reluctant to… Read More
