Science & Technology

Crude Prices Likely to Drop Further After Iranian Sanctions Lifted

Justice may be slow but it is sweet. Iranian oil will put additional pressure on OPEC. ...

Bob Adelmann January 18, 2016

Interior Secretary Halts All New Coal Mining on Public Lands

Bob Adelmann January 15, 2016

The announcement that the Obama administration would be stopping issuing new coal leases on federal land should catch no one by surprise. Obama...

Smart Meter Petition, Purple Posts, and Public Private Partnerships

Kelly Holt January 13, 2016

Smithville, Texas, residents successfully pushed back against Smart Meter installation in the community at the last minute. ...

Oil Prices Down, Oil Bankruptcies Up, Industry Safe

Bob Adelmann January 12, 2016

OPEC's hopes that low oil prices, owing to its full-tilt pumping operations, would remove production in the United States' oil fracking areas continue...

Manhattan DA Fails to Make the Case Against Encryption

C. Mitchell Shaw January 1, 2016

Last month Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. released a report claiming that new encrypted devices pose "a threat to law enforcement efforts"...

N.C. Senator Calls for “Backdoors” in Encryption

C. Mitchell Shaw December 30, 2015

Last week, Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.), chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, wrote an error-laden piece for the Wall Street Journal in...

Gas & Retail Prices Drop, Consumers Not Spending; Recession Feared

Bob Adelmann December 21, 2015

Gas and retail prices are lower, but consumers aren't spending. Could a recession be on its way? ...

As Natural Gas Prices Drop, so Does Air Pollution

Bob Adelmann December 16, 2015

Natural gas prices dropped again, hitting lows not seen since March 24, 1999, and the amount of CO2 and other real pollutants has...

Crude Oil Below $35: Winners and Losers

Bob Adelmann December 15, 2015

With crude oil prices dropping below $35 a barrel on Monday, several energy companies are bing hurt, while companies such as Walmart are...

PARIS: Scientists Hold Alternative Conference, Challenge UN Agenda (Video)

William F. Jasper December 11, 2015

EXCLUSIVE: TNA’s Alex Newman reports live from Paris, interviews leading experts who expose the threadbare “science” behind the crumbling theory of global warming....

Oil Price Decline Forces Alaska Governor to Propose an Income Tax

Bob Adelmann December 10, 2015

Alaskans are soon to suffer the pain of falling oil and natural gas prices, since fossil fuel extraction has largely funded government for...

Google Uses Education Apps to Spy on Students

C. Mitchell Shaw December 10, 2015

A non-profit organization dedicated to exposing threats to digital liberties and preserving those liberties has accused Google of spying on students via the...