EnergyCommentary
EPA Finds No Widespread Water Pollution From Fracking
Americans could be forgiven for thinking fracking poses an inherent threat to groundwater. The anti-fossil fuel “Keep It in the Ground” movement has waged a… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Let’s Make American Energy Great Again
For the past eight years, President Barack Obama and his allies in Congress have feverishly worked to centralize energy regulatory power in Washington, empowering federal… Read More
EnergyNews
The Dakota Pipeline Protests, Explained
Cody Schulz, chairman of the Morton County Commission in North Dakota, is keeping especially close track of a conflict over an oil pipeline that would… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Facts About the Dakota Access Pipeline That Protesters Don’t Want You to Know
For more than three months, thousands of protesters, most of them from out of state, have illegally camped on federal land in Morton County, North… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Union Lets Workers’ Pensions Erode, Keeps Money for Its Own Employees
The United Mine Workers of America—a roughly 100,000-member coal mining union—is lobbying hard for a taxpayer bailout of its underfunded pension plan before the end… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Lifting of This Oil Ban Could Add 800,000 New Jobs
Since Congress lifted the long-standing ban on crude oil exports, U.S. companies are taking advantage and Americans are reaping the benefits. This example shows how… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Green War Against the Working Class
There was a time in America—and it wasn’t even so long ago—that liberals actually cared about working class people. They may have been misguided in… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Obama’s ‘All of the Above’ Energy Strategy Is All Talk
President Obama has made a couple of about-faces when it comes to offshore drilling in the Atlantic. After coming under pressure from environmental activists, the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Calls for Fracking Bans Ignore Sound Science
Some politicians and environmental activists have been quick to call for blanket bans on hydraulic fracturing under claims that the process is poisoning America’s drinking… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Lifting the Crude Oil Ban Shows America Is Open for Business
The first shipment of American crude oil has reached European markets. This comes only a month after Congress took a big step toward a more… Read More
EnergyNews
West Virginia Turns to Prayer as Obama’s ‘Clean Power’ Looms
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—There’s little separation between church and the fossil fuel industry in West Virginia’s coal country. Still reeling from recent mine shutdowns, the state legislature… Read More
EnergyCommentary
It’s Time to Lift the Ban on Exporting Crude Oil
The House of Representatives recently voted to the lift a decades-long ban on exporting crude oil. Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate would do the… Read More
EnergyNews
How Conservatives Reacted to Obama’s #KeystoneXL Announcement
President Barack Obama announced that his administration will not authorize construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline during remarks at the White House on Friday. “This… Read More
EnergyCommentary
9 Reasons Why Obama Just Made Wrong Decision on Keystone Pipeline
It took President Barack Obama only 2,604 days to reject the permit application for the Keystone XL pipeline. In a statement today, Obama said the pipeline… Read More
EnergyNews
Why North Dakota Is Taking a Different Path in Lawsuit Against Obama’s Clean Power Plan
Almost immediately after the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan was posted on the federal register, dozens of states filed a lawsuit challenging the regulations. But… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Why Democrats Are Wrong to Use the Crude Oil Export Ban as a Bargaining Tactic
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has passed a bill to lift America’s decades-long ban on crude oil. Three Democrats joined all of the Republicans… Read More
EnergyCommentary
What Happened When One Company Lowered Its Costs and Improved the Environment? Government Fines.
Here’s how the federal government rewards an energy company for upgrading its power plants to lower costs for families and businesses and improving the environment:… Read More
EconomyNews
Lowest Gas Prices for Labor Day Weekend in 11 Years
Good news for those loading up the Tahoe to get out of town this Labor Day weekend: Gas prices are at a record low. The… Read More
EconomyNews
After EPA Spills Toxic Waste in Colorado River, Nearby Residents Hope for Recovery
Days after a federal agency accidentally released millions of gallons of contaminated mine water into a major waterway, neighboring local businesses are speaking out about… Read More
EnergyNews
Supreme Court Rules Against Obama’s Energy Regulation
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a significant setback to the Obama administration and its environmental plan to curb emissions from power plants. In… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Supreme Court Decision Against EPA a ‘Victory for Common Sense’
Today, the Supreme Court in Michigan v. EPA held that the Environmental Protection Agency improperly ignored costs when it decided to regulate hazardous air pollutants… Read More
EnergyNews
Billionaire Environmentalist Pushes New Oil Tax in California
In an effort to combat high gasoline prices in California, billionaire environmentalist activist Tom Steyer is pushing for a state ballot measure to pass an… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Death of the Green Energy Movement
The green energy movement in America is dead. May it rest in peace. No, a majority of American energy over the next 20 years is… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Oil Production Is Up 53% Since 2010, But It’s Declining on Federal Lands. Here’s Why.
Thanks to hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling methods perfected at the end of last decade, production of crude oil in the United States has skyrocketed…. Read More
EnergyNews
How Big Money Impacts Environmental Policy
Is big money dangerously and improperly compromising environmental policy? Climate change advocates have long asserted that the fossil fuel industry “bought” science—i.e., paid scientists for… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Media, Environmentalists Were Wrong: How the Gulf Coast Roared Back After Oil Spill
Five years ago this week a blowout of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig 40 miles from the Gulf Coast tragically claimed 11 lives and spilled… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Out-of-State Billionaire Wages War on Affordable Energy in Nebraska
I had the privilege of serving as mayor in the small, Shenandoah Valley town where my wife and I raised our children. So, I am… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Cartoon: The Oil Producer Obama Favors
The Heritage Foundation’s David Kreutzer wrote about President Obama’s attitude toward oil in a column earlier this week: Though environmental impact statement after environmental impact… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Obama Administration Worries About Environmental Effect of Keystone Oil, Not Iranian Oil
Though environmental impact statement after environmental impact statement from his own Department of State concludes that the Keystone XL Pipeline would not have a significant… Read More
How Obama’s Veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline Unfolded in Real Time
After its passage in both the House and the Senate, legislation authorizing construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline reached President Obama’s desk today. But,… Read More
