Welcome to the Renewable Energy Future: A Lesson From Germany
Germany's power grid is in trouble, and federal regulators are warning something must be done before the onset of winter's usual skyrocketing energy...
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The Green River Formation: World’s Largest Oil Shale Deposits
The Green River Formation of Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado may hold more oil than the rest of the known reserves on the planet...
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Japan Without Nuclear Power For the First Time Since 1970
Japan’s nuclear power woes could spur an electricity crisis that will likely cause severe power shortages this summer. ...
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DOI Tightens Rules on Oil and Gas Drilling
The U.S. Department of the Interior has issued new costly regulations regarding hydraulic fracturing, a process used in 90 percent of oil and...
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Sky-high Electric Bills Courtesy of Obama EPA’s War on Coal
As Obama's EPA institutes new regulations on coal-fired power plants, the number of operating plants will steadily dwindle, causing increased costs and job...
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Worldwide Energy Boon: Ice that Burns
Vast stores of natural gas trapped in methane hydrates offer a low-cost alternative energy source that could jump-start the U.S. economy now that...
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Oil Bubble Is Good for U.S. Manufacturing
The rising oil production from North Dakota’s Bakken Formation now equals that of Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay for the first time, according to the...
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Big Losses for Taxpayers as Another Green Company Turns Rotten
Beacon Power, the beneficiary of the endless flow of taxpayer guarantees emanating from the Department of Energy, went into bankruptcy in just over...
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United Mine Workers Assn: EPA Shot Us in Washington
United Mine Workers Association (UMWA) President Cecil Roberts (left) recently blasted the actions of EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, who has proposed new stringent...
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Joe Biden Blames Republicans for Blocking Renewable Energy Programs
As the issue of rising gas prices dominates Obama’s current standing among the public, the White House is scrambling to broadcast the President’s...
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$7, $8 Gas? Sen. Paul Tries to Blunt Bill That Would Push Your Gas Prices Higher
Remember $1.83 per gallon gasoline? Seems like a very distant memory? That was the national average price we paid for the precious liquid...
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Obama Claims Solyndra “Not Our Program, Per Se”
After once touting Solyndra as a success story, President Obama sought to distance himself from the now-bankrupt and scandal-plagued manufacturer of solar panels,...
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Energy Independence for America?
On top of recent articles at The New American here, here and here about huge oil deposits in the United States, now comes...
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Wind Farms Paid to Stop Producing Power
While President Obama travels around the United States touting “green energy” as the solution to the nation’s spiraling energy costs, the wind farms of...
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Coal: The Rock That Burns
“Load sixteen tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt… ” — Tennessee Ernie Ford Coal is...
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