Environmentalists’ Dilemma: “Green” Wind Farms Threaten Endangered Species
One dilemma faced by environmentalists pushing the use of wind farms to generate electricity is that the machines are actually a deadly environmental...
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Oil Companies Fined for Not Buying Nonexistent Cellulosic Ethanol
In 2007, Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). In keeping with Bush’s 2006 State...
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Interior Sec’y Puts 20-year Ban on New Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar has imposed a 20-year ban on new uranium mining claims on one million acres of public land near...
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Dozens of Power Plants Closing Due to New EPA Rules
Due to new federal air pollution regulations, more than 32 power plants across the country will be forced to close their doors, according...
Read moreN.D. Oil Boom Produces Labor Shortage
The current political debate over “jobs” ignores a vital component of jobs and the economy: Government make-work jobs are simply another form of...
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EPA Regulations Cost Jobs and Cause Blackouts
Reports indicate that the predominant costs of implementing the Environmental Protection Agency’s new "green" economy regulations are job loss (as coal plants are...
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Wind Turbines & “Green” Subsidies Under Fire
Despite billions in taxpayer subsidies pumped into the so-called “green-energy” industry, almost 15,000 windmills — maybe more — have been left to rot...
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Gaming the System in Clean Energy Development
The increase in federal subsidies for clean energy development from $17 billion in 2007 to $37 billion in 2010 has resulted in a...
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The Oil Map of the World Is Shifting to the West
Writing in the Washington Post on Friday, Daniel Yergin, author of The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power (which was adapted...
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New Geothermal Map May Give False Impression
Researchers claim to have discovered vast untapped oceans of geothermal energy they say could replace coal and other so-called fossil fuels as primary...
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Firewater and Other Urban Fracing Legends
A Colorado landowner ignites his cigarette lighter and holds it close to tap water running from a faucet in his home. A few...
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Approving the Keystone XL Pipeline
Political contention over TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline is rife with rhetoric and claims of environmental apocalypse, as the paperwork for the proposed 1,700-mile...
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Obama Administration Still Sold on Solar Power
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in an AP interview on September 21 that the Obama administration will continue to support solar power. He...
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Obama’s Commerce Secretary Nominee Calls for Carbon Tax
Should energy consumers pay extra taxes to fund government-mandated and subsidized renewable energy technologies? "Absolutely yes," says John Bryson, President Obama's nominee for...
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Democrats Work to Expand Natural-gas Drilling Regulations
Democrats on Capitol Hill are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to redefine "diesel fuel" so it can expand regulations in natural-gas...
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