EnergyNews
On Day One of New Congress, Obama Vows to Veto Keystone XL Pipeline
The White House said today that President Obama would veto the Keystone XL pipeline bill, which is supported by more than 60 U.S. senators. “If… Read More
EnergyNews
The Reaction to New York’s Fracking Ban
Hydraulic fracturing is now a no-no in New York state. And that has 64-year-old Marchie Diffendorf, a lifelong resident of the rural town of Kirkwood,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
How Obama and His Environmental Base Are Planning to Eradicate the Oil and Gas Industry
Why does the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory war against hydraulic fracturing look like the Natural Resources Defense Council’s 2007 agenda for eliminating domestic oil and… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Fracking Has Amazing Benefits. So Why Did This Texas Town Just Ban It?
Conservatives tend to champion state and local government over big federal government. But that doesn’t always mean state and local governments protect American freedoms. Such… Read More
EnergyNews
Power Company Fights with Farmers Over Private Property Needed for Pipeline
RICHMOND, Va. — Dominion Power is firing back at opponents by shooting down what it calls “myths” over the utility’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. A… Read More
EnergyNews
Fracking Good Times: North Dakota Tops U.S. Income Gains
North Dakota leads the nation in personal income growth. No other state even comes close. From 2008 to 2012, North Dakotans’ per-capita income jumped 31… Read More
EnergyNews
Bobby Jindal: How the ‘Radical Left’ Uses Energy Costs to Control Americans
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal yesterday accused the Obama administration of making energy more expensive with the goal of making Americans more dependent on government. “The… 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
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
Vermont Energy Project Would Reduce Heating Costs and CO2; Activists Oppose It Anyway
An energy project that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and slashes heating costs might sound like an environmental activist’s dream. But one renewable-energy group is standing… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Russia and China Just Signed an Energy Deal. Why You Should Be Scared.
Is anyone else scared to death about this week’s announcement out of Beijing that China and Russia have agreed to a 30-year natural-gas deal? The… Read More
EnergyAnalysis
Europe’s Energy Dependence on Russia Can’t Last
Vladimir Putin is the father of the most significant energy mix shift in Europe. Ukraine may be the straw that broke the back of the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Are Our Energy Sources Moral?
Energy is the master resource, as the late, great economist Julian Simon used to say. You can’t produce much of anything if you don’t have… Read More
EnergyAnalysis
The Future of Cars: Electric, Natural Gas, Driverless, and More
Ten years from now, electric (EV), hybrid and natural-gas powered cars will make some, albeit not yet decisive, inroads in our lives. There are economic,… Read More
In TTIP Negotiations, Neither Side Showing Commitment to Liberalization
Even as the leaders of two major business groups in the European Union and the U.S. met to talk about the need for further trade… Read More
President Obama Should Lift Ban on Energy Exports
America’s Founders felt the freedom to export was so important that they included it in the U.S. Constitution: “No Tax or Duty shall be laid… Read More
Unplugged: Administration’s Energy Policies Don’t Match Its Own Rhetoric
On Wednesday in Brussels, Secretary of State John Kerry pledged American leadership in making it more difficult for energy to be used as a geopolitical… Read More
Cruz’s Energy Bill a Win for Economy, Taxpayers, and Free Markets
Over the past few years, energy production has been one of the bright spots in the American economy. The U. S. is now the world’s… Read More
The Chorus for LNG Exports Gets Bigger and Louder
As Congress returns to work and focuses on a Ukraine aid package, exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) is getting all sorts of attention these days,… Read More
Exporting Natural Gas Is Part of the Solution
One of The Heritage Foundation’s recommendations for how the United States should respond to Russian aggression against Ukraine is lifting restrictions on exporting liquefied natural… Read More
Boehner Is Right to Call for Allowing Natural Gas Exports to Ukraine
House Speaker John Boehner (R–OH) rightly called for the immediate easing of restrictions against the export of U.S. natural gas to Ukraine this week. Currently,… Read More
IMF Package to Ukraine Should Include Real Economic Reforms
International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials beat the U.S. to the punch this week, arriving to discuss economic aid to Ukraine one day earlier than U.S…. Read More
All the Energy Technologies You’ll Be Propping Up in 2014
Heritage experts worked through the night to comb through the massive spending bill Congress just released. One of the big disappointments they found is a… Read More
Energy: What Works and What Doesn’t
President Obama told listeners during his weekly address that American energy is booming under his Administration. The reality is, however, that the private sector delivered… Read More
Subsidies and Taxes Complicate the Future of Nuclear Power
Rising maintenance costs and a sharp decrease in natural gas prices have put the future of some nuclear power plants into question. But other plants… Read More
Murkowski Pushes for Natural Gas Exports
The Department of Energy (DOE) approved its third application to export natural gas a day after Senator Lisa Murkowski (R–AK) released a white paper calling… Read More
House Pushes Back Against White House Carbon Measures
Before the House dismissed for August recess, it sent two important messages related to regulating (or not) carbon dioxide. The House decisively passed an amendment… Read More
EnergyNews
Thank You, George Mitchell, for Fracking
George P. Mitchell passed away on Friday, July 26, leaving behind a legacy as the man who unlocked America’s vast oil and natural gas shale… Read More
News
Lithuania LNG Terminal a Big Step in the Right Direction
Lithuania is building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at the port of Klaipeda. The project, which is expected to be operational by 2014, will… Read More
Delaying Natural Gas Exports Delays Jobs
A new study from the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) is calling for the Department of Energy (DOE) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)… Read More
