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Coal Cuts Dangerously Clip Texas Power Capacity

March 20, 2018 by PA Pundits - International

It could have been worse had Pruitt not halted the CPP By Larry Bell ~ As reported in the Houston Chronicle (chron.com), “Texas’ electricity grid operator expects the state’s power demand to hit an all-time high this summer, possibly requiring customers to reduce power consumption and triggering emergency measures to keep electricity flowing through the […]

Rather Than Drain Swamp, Rick Perry’s Proposal Would Pick Energy Winners And Losers

December 1, 2017 by PA Pundits - International

By Katie Tubb and Nicolas Loris ~ Picking winners and losers in the energy industry was a hallmark of the Obama administration. But it seems that pattern isn’t quite gone under Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s department. In late September, Perry directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to develop new standards to set prices for “resiliency” […]

Press Is Largely Ignoring Recent Awesome Fossil Fuel Related News

November 25, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Tom Blumer ~ Since Donald Trump’s election, environmental zealots have mostly had a very rough two weeks — and Donald Trump has had nothing to do with any of it. Two developments they consider really bad (meaning good for the rest of us) far outweigh the single item they’re celebrating. First, in Wyoming, just two […]

How Trump Can Reverse Obama Climate Change Regulations

November 22, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Josh Siegel ~ President-elect Donald Trump will come into power next year with the authority to redefine his predecessor’s ambitious and divisive legacy on climate and energy policy. Just as President Barack Obama has used regulations and executive actions to try and make the U.S. a world leader in cutting planet-warming emissions across much […]

‘Clean Power Plan’ Relies On Dirty Climate Science

October 25, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

The only thing this program will clean out is our pocketbooks By Larry Bell ~ Draconian energy regulatory policies are being premised upon tax-funded climate alarmism promulgated by government agencies we are supposed to trust. The latest and arguably most dangerous example is the Obama Administration’s proposed “Clean Power Plan” (CPP). CPP enactment is currently […]

Striking Down Obama’s Climate Legacy Has Its Day In Court

October 6, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

America’s energy – and economic – future hangs in the balance By Marita Noon ~ President Obama’s flagship policy on climate change had its day in court on Tuesday, September 27. The international community is closely watching; most Americans, however, are unaware of the historic case known as the Clean Power Plan (CPP)—which, according to David […]

Obama, With Co-Star DiCaprio, Says Climate Change Skeptics Should ‘Pay Penalty’

October 5, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Fred Lucas ~ President Barack Obama, joined by actor Leonardo DiCaprio at the White House, warned Monday night that the world is running out of time to counter climate change and the U.S. government must make laggards “pay a penalty.” “It takes time to ramp up these new energy sources, and we are in […]

Confusion, Muddle, Obfuscation And Racism

September 11, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

As Obama, UN and EPA seek to dictate our lives and livelihoods, the real issue is green racism By Paul Driessen ~ Winston Churchill called Russia a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. We could say Obama’s energy and climate policy is confusion wrapped in muddled thinking inside obfuscation – and driven by […]

What Obama Is Doing To Seal His Environmental Record

August 27, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Fred Lucas ~ Before his last day in office, President Barack Obama wants to impose new fuel-efficiency standards and establish a green energy plan for North America to top off an environmental legacy including major international agreements and a massive expansion of regulations and subsidies. “He will be leaving office with a very strongly […]

What’s Wrong With The Government’s Mandating Of Energy Efficiency

August 24, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Katie Tubb and Nicolas Loris and Paul J. Larkin Jr. ~ The Obama administration’s Department of Energy has churned through a list of energy efficiency regulations before the next administration. Just since June, the DOE has set or initiated standards for dehumidifiers, ceiling fans, battery chargers, and wine coolers. At issue isn’t health or […]

The Lifting Of This Oil Ban Could Add 800,000 New Jobs

July 7, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Nicolas Loris ~ 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 free market reforms can transform the energy sector and provide a massive boon to consumers. In June, CNN reported that the U.S. reached a sevenfold increase […]

Obama’s Green Energy Plans Kill Jobs, Hurt Consumers, And Cost Taxpayers

June 21, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Marita Noon ~ Proponents of green energy like to point out how the costs have come down—and they have. Renewable energy costs, such as wind and solar, are not expected to equal fossil fuel costs anytime in the near future, and recent growth has been propped up by mandates and tax incentives. But there […]

Obama Legacy Will Be Power Blackouts

June 8, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Larry Bell ~ President Obama is burning his so-called bridges to a “green energy” future that will leave America’s families and industries powerlessly impoverished. Any notions that generously subsidized solar and wind will significantly compensate capacity losses from shuttered coal plants and overregulated oil and natural gas suppliers are scientifically and economically delusional. And […]

SEC Issues Climate Chaos “Guidance”

May 30, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

What about risks from anti-energy policies imposed in the name of stopping climate change? By Paul Driessen ~ President Obama continues to use “dangerous manmade climate change” to justify a massive regulatory onslaught that will “fundamentally transform” America’s energy, economic, business, industrial, social, legal and constitutional systems before he leaves office. The more science batters […]

Senators To AG: Stop Targeting Opponents Of Obama’s Energy Policies

May 29, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Hans von Spakovsky ~ On Thursday, five U.S. senators sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch demanding that she stop using Justice Department “law enforcement resources to stifle private debate on one of the most controversial public issues of our time—climate change.” Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Mike Lee, R-Utah, Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., David […]

New Interior Department Rules Expected To Curtail Gulf Oil Production

May 27, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ The Obama Administration finalized new rules it says will improve drilling safety in the Gulf of Mexico, but some experts are saying the regulations will undermine safety. The Interior Department, which is responsible for licensing and regulating oil and gas production on the U.S. outer-continental shelf, unveiled the sweeping new […]

How Washington Politicians Wasted Billions Trying To ‘Invest In Our Future’

May 7, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Nicolas Loris ~ The federal government has wasted billions on energy projects promising to usher in a new energy future. Why? Because revolutions don’t come from the government—they come from the people, and the same holds true for energy. Despite many attempts to force it, the next energy revolution won’t come from Washington. All Washington […]

Obama Targets Electric Grid For Power Grab

April 26, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

The war on coal miners and their families is being extended to families and clients of oil and gas and nuclear energy operations as well By Larry Bell ~ The carbon-caused climate crisis cabal must be absolutely giddy that President Obama has made good on his pledge that “if somebody wants to build a coal-powered […]

Smelling Blood In The Political Water

April 24, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

Having destroyed US coal industry, Democrats and eco allies are now attacking all fossil fuels By Paul Driessen ~ The great white environmentalist sharks smell blood in the water. It’s gushing from mortally wounded US coal companies that the Obama EPA has gutted as sacrifices on the altar of “dangerous manmade climate change” prevention and […]

The Green War Against The Working Class

April 21, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Stephen Moore ~ 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 many of their policy solutions (i.e., raising the minimum wage) but at least their heart was in the right place. Then a strange thing happened about […]

Top 5 Reasons Congress Should Reject Obama’s Climate Change Treaty

April 20, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Nicolas Loris ~ Secretary of State John Kerry will join leaders from around the world to sign the Paris Protocol global warming agreement this Friday at the United Nations headquarters. Here are the top five reasons Congress and the next administration should withdraw from the accord: 1) Higher energy bills, fewer jobs and a […]

Obama’s Following Through With Promise To Bankrupt Energy Companies

April 16, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Nicolas Loris ~ Here’s one set of energy companies: Peabody, Arch Coal, Patriot Coal, Alpha Natural Resources, James River Coal and Walter Energy. Here’s another: Solyndra, Abound Solar, Fisker Automotive, Beacon Power, Vehicle Production Group. Both sets of companies have two common elements. They’ve all filed for bankruptcies and the federal government had a […]

Obama’s ‘All Of The Above’ Energy Strategy Is All Talk

April 1, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

By Nicolas Loris and Calvin Frauenfelder ~ 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 Obama administration has denied access to energy resources and job creation by prohibiting offshore drilling in the Atlantic. In 2010, the Obama administration […]

Banning Fossil Fuel Benefits

March 14, 2016 by PA Pundits - International

Does their abysmal grasp of energy and economics make Hillary and Bernie unfit to govern? By Paul Driessen and Duggan Flanakin ~ “Natural gas is a good, cheap alternative to fossil fuels,” former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi famously intoned. (Psssst. Ms. Nancy, natural gas is a fossil fuel.) “If I thought there was […]