EnergyNews
This One Policy Switch Could Make Gas Way Cheaper
For nearly 40 years, there’s a been a ban on exporting crude oil from the United States to other nations in the world. Now, a… 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
EnergyNews
Here’s How New Mexico Made the Leap Into Top 5 Oil-Rich States
Move over, Oklahoma. New Mexico has regained its position as the fifth-highest state in terms of oil production in the country. In an annual report… Read More
EnergyCommentary
We’d Have an Energy Boom … If the Government Got Out of the Way
There’s been something of an energy boom taking place in the U.S. over the past few years, and it’s given the American economy a real… Read More
EnergyNews
12 States Sue Obama Administration for Regulatory ‘Overreach’
Coal country is striking back at the federal government in the latest “war on coal” battle. Twelve states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency to… Read More
EnergyNews
Marine Veteran Slams Obama’s War on Coal
Marine veteran Shawn Adkins says he’s ready to fight back against Obama’s so-called “war on coal” as it tears through West Virginia. Federal regulations are… Read More
EnergyNews
How U.S. Taxpayers Subsidize Fossil Fuels in Russia, Saudi Arabia While Being Penalized at Home
Americans have to pay more for electricity and compete for fewer jobs because of President Obama’s regulatory curbs on fossil fuels at home, even as… Read More
EnergyCommentary
This Standard Is One Reason the Price of Gas Will Increase
Not thinking things through is a chronic problem with policy-makers in Washington. Superficial and easily sound-bite-able policies dominate the thoughtful-but-complex ones. For instance mandates for… Read More
EnergyNews
EPA Administrator Denies New Regulations Are a ‘War on Coal’
In a recent interview on POLITICO’s Open Mike with Mike Allen, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy denied claims that the Obama administration is launching… Read More
EnergyNews
North Dakota Tribes to Obama: Deregulate Energy
President Obama will visit Cannonball, N.D., today, home of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, to celebrate increased cooperation between tribal and federal governments. One issue,… Read More
EconomyNews
Why One Walmart in North Dakota Is Paying $17.40 an Hour
A Walmart store in Williston, N.D., is offering to pay entry-level workers as much as $17.40 per hour—nearly 2½ times the federal minimum wage—in an… Read More
EnergyCommentary
How Washington Is Sneakily Implementing Cap and Trade
Critics of President Obama’s climate change regulations are often labeled by proponents as science deniers. While climate realists is a more accurate description, President Obama… Read More
EnergyNews
Coal Miners Fear Losing Their Jobs Over Obama’s EPA Clean Power Plan
It’s safe to say Nathan Huff is not a fan of the new Environmental Protection Agency regulations that mandate a 30 percent reduction in carbon… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Climate Change Is a Fact. But These New Emissions Regulations Won’t Help the Environment.
Draft regulations released Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency could cut carbon dioxide from existing power plants by 30 percent. Such a drastic cut will… 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
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
Video Sting Operation: Hollywood Elites Hate Fracking, but Would Take Money from ‘Big Oil’ and Hide It
Which do Hollywood liberals hate more: hydraulic fracturing – “fracking” – or oil from the Middle East? According to the latest undercover sting by filmmaker… Read More
The Great Society 50 Years Later: How We’re Failing America’s Poor
It was 50 years ago today that Lyndon B. Johnson gave his famed “Great Society” speech. His Great Society included a massive system of government… Read More
Wind Subsidies vs. Oil Subsidies
In sharp contrast to wind turbines, the wind lobby is spinning at 100 percent capacity—in order to keep the industry in the taxpayers’ pockets. Their… Read More
Wind Power is More Dangerous than Coal or Oil
The recent explosions in Massey’s Upper Big Branch coal mine and on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig highlight the tragedy of workplace fatalities. Though improvement… Read More
