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Biden Administration Partially Approves Alaska’s Willow Gas And Oil Project

March 16, 2023 by

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By Craig Rucker ~ The Biden Administration approved three out of five Alaskan drilling sites applied for by Conoco Philips. Alaska’s Willow project will bring urgently needed gas and oil to the American energy market which is essential to recapturing energy independence and security. However, the vacillating President, fearful of offending the climate change campaigners […]

Russia’s Biggest Weapon (And China’s Too) Is Fossil Fuel Energy

March 13, 2023 by

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By Donn Dears ~ The capacity of a modern economy to produce food and goods for its citizens, and weapons and fuel for its military to project power, are the undeniable twin pillars of global power. Both depend on reasonably priced and readily available energy. Almost 80% of America’s energy is supplied by oil, gas […]

No Current, Viable Alternative To Fossil Fuels

February 17, 2023 by

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By Larry Bell ~ During his State of the Union Address, President Biden blamed high U.S. energy prices on greedy oil companies despite as former presidential candidate Biden having virtually pledged to put them out of business. During a Democratic primary debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Biden said, “No more subsidies for the fossil fuel […]

America Needs Energy From Alaska’s Willow Project

January 30, 2023 by

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From the team at CFACT ~ By Clarence ‘Bud’ Albright ~ You don’t have to be Nostradamus to see the Biden Administration’s hostility to the traditional U.S. energy mix sets us up for long-term trouble. The president made it clear on his first day in office he would cede America’s hard-won gains in energy projects […]

Fusion Won’t Replace Hydrocarbons Anytime Soon

January 11, 2023 by

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By Larry Bell ~ If you’re counting on a reported fusion energy breakthrough to provide the juice to power all those generously taxpayer subsidized electric vehicles that Democrats plan to push on overloaded U.S. grids, perhaps consider hanging on to your old faithful fossil-fueled model a bit longer . . . at least for a few […]

Democrats’ Gasophobia Will Kill Americans

January 4, 2023 by

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By Deroy Murdock ~ The just-departed polar vortex confirmed that when Mother Nature is enraged, it’s wise to have options. Maddeningly, today’s “pro-choice” Democrats want Americans to have one energy choice. Neo-totalitarian, left-wing eco-extremists are banning new natural gas access in scores of locales. If not reversed, this cruel, stupid, needless policy will kill Americans. The Christmastime […]

Rail Strike Would Aid Biden’s War On Coal

December 2, 2022 by

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By Duggan Flanakin ~ Remember that rail strike that President Biden saved us all from just in the nick of time – right before the November elections?  It was in late September that the President announced a deal between rail companies and union negotiators that staved off a “real economic crisis.” As Biden himself explained, “The alternative was […]

COP-27 Financiers And Eco-Imperialists

November 25, 2022 by

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By Paul Driessen ~ As Americans give thanks this week for our many blessings, let us recall the Pilgrims’ and Native Americans’ primitive agricultural knowledge and technologies, the hunger and disease that were constants in their lives – and how so many around the world are not much better off today. Much of Africa still […]

The Coming Diesel Shortage Made Worse By Biden Energy Policies

November 7, 2022 by

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By Adam Houser ~ Halloween is over. And whether you’re one of those people who can’t stand that Christmas overtakes Thanksgiving, or whether you’ve already hung your stockings with care, from a retail and shipping perspective, the holiday shopping season has already begun. This happens every year. Yet something else is happening this year that […]

King Coal-Cat Meows, I Got A Few Lives Left

November 6, 2022 by

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By Duggan Flanakin ~ The cat came back, they thought he was a goner. But the cat came back; he just couldn’t stay away. – Fred Penner Remember the old days (a few months ago) when Western Europe and the U.S. were telling developing nations (but not China or India) that coal is evil and must not […]

How Europe’s Energy Crisis Is Becoming An Economic Crisis

November 4, 2022 by

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By Rachael Wilfong ~ Europe’s energy crisis is becoming an economic crisis. Skyrocketing energy prices are causing companies of all types across the region to cut thousands of jobs, dramatically roll back production, and in some instances, halt business altogether. In Western Europe, French glass company Arc International has made significant cutbacks due to rising […]

Bad Energy Policies Never Die

October 31, 2022 by

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From the team at CFACT ~ By Michelle Michot Foss and Lucian Pugliaresi ~ Thus far in 2022, political actors and their acolytes are dusting off, again, every bad idea that has ever permeated political debate in the United States regarding energy. Among them: • Price caps, which do nothing to provoke demand response or salient […]

New Report Reveals Biden Administration Knows Its Policies Increase Energy Costs For Americans

October 29, 2022 by

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By Katie Tubb ~ Americans know all too well that soaring energy prices have raised costs throughout the economy. What isn’t as obvious is that the Biden administration knows it is blocking solutions that could decrease those costs. Such an embarrassing admission likely won’t come in President Joe Biden’s next press conference. But it can be found buried […]

Self-Imposed Energy Shortage In The Northeast Will Make For A Rough Winter

October 27, 2022 by

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By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ The foliage in New York and all across New England is reaching its splendid peak, a sign that winter is just around the corner. And this winter promises to be chilling in more ways than one. In addition to coping with the region’s frigid temperatures, residents will have to grapple […]

“Fueling” A Counter-Revolution In Europe: Can It Happen Here?

September 15, 2022 by

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By Duggan Flanakin ~ Shades of Emanuel Macron! California Governor Gavin Newsom has horrified his core constituency by announcing his state will NOT be shutting down the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. The state legislature, perhaps remembering that power outages two decades ago led to Gov. Gray Davis being recalled, voted to extend the life of the plant until […]

Is Net Zero Emissions The Trojan Horse For Society?

September 14, 2022 by

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By Ronald Stein ~ The transition to electricity generation from breezes and sunshine has proven to be ultra-expensive for the wealthy countries of Germany, Australia, and the USA representing 6 percent of the world’s population (505 million vs 7.8 billion). Those wealthy countries now have among the highest cost for their electricity, while the poorer […]

Automobile Industry Mandated Toward A Death Spiral

September 11, 2022 by

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By Ronald Stein ~ Zero emissions at ANY COST seems to be the direction being mandated by governments and the Environmental, Social and Governance movements around the world, to divest in fossil fuels. The few healthy and wealthy countries of the United States of America, Germany, the UK, and Australia representing 6 percent of the […]

Let’s Talk About Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Looming Gas Pains

September 5, 2022 by

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By Craig Rucker ~ Like other leftist politicians and activists, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser rarely ponders even easily foreseeable consequences of her actions and demands solutions implemented and paid for by someone else. The District of Columbia is about to inflict an enormous new set of roosting chicken realities on its residents — and […]

Western Elites Blame The People For Resisting Failed Green Policies

August 12, 2022 by

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By Douglas Blair ~ Europe is in a world of hurt when it comes to energy. News outlet Die Welt reported last Sunday that the German government was preparing to deal with backlash from angry citizens who will need to deal with a massive energy crisis come winter. According to the outlet, German Chancellor Olaf […]

The Scientific Evil And Good We Do Lives On

August 9, 2022 by

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By Dr. Jay Lehr ~ Shakespeare said it in the play, Julius Cesar. We are surely witnessing this today as evil men and women will pass off our planet, leaving behind hundreds of millions of the Earth’s population in Energy Poverty. The essential value of energy is to allow humans to flourish (1) and enrich […]

Biden Promises, Policies And Political Problems

August 1, 2022 by

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By Paul Driessen ~ Presidential candidate Joe Biden promised to reunite America following its “season of darkness” under President Trump, and “shut down the virus, not the economy.” We’ve seen how that’s working out. His promise that there’ll be “no more drilling, no more pipelines, no more fossil fuels” has been far more successful. Within […]

Biden Family Connections To U.S. And China Energy Deals

July 21, 2022 by

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By Larry Bell ~ Here’s a head scratcher. Weren’t we told by President Joe Biden that the release of a million barrels of oil a day from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) from April onward, “will help address supply disruptions caused by Putin’s further invasion of Ukraine and the Price Hike that Americans are […]

America’s Dependency On Imports May Be Stagnating Its Economy

July 13, 2022 by

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By Ronald Stein ~ Shortages of the following may be leading to the new norm of shortages and inflation: Neon -the gas crucial to manufacturing electronic chips. Urea – the ingredient to make the EPA required Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) additive for all diesel vehicles. Refineries – projections of 20 percent closures over the next […]

From Energy Independence To Dependence On Unfriendly Nations

July 9, 2022 by

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By Ronald Stein and Dr. Jay Lehr ~ Why are we paying exorbitant prices to fuel our automobiles? The policies pushed by the ideologues who surround President Biden have three dire consequences: 1- Hobble the free market 2- Increase public dependence on government for energy 3- Believe it or not, give China the upper hand […]