When it comes to energy policy, the European Union — and Germany in particular — have provided the perfect model. Indeed, if U.S. policymakers want to dramatically increase energy prices, destroy jobs and impose hardship on industry, then they should follow the EU’s lead.
Read moreWhat was notable about the last night’s State of the Union address with regard to energy was not what the president said, it was what he did not say.
Read moreJust when it seemed the hype over biofuels was finally dying down, the New York Times gave biofuel producers a Christmas present.
Read moreThe Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 — one of the most pork-filled bits of federal energy legislation ever passed by Congress — continues to haunt us.
Read moreWe have to kill eagles in order to save them. That’s now the official policy of the U.S. Interior Department.
Read moreMichael J. Economides, an international authority on petroleum engineering, died late Saturday evening while onboard a jetliner bound for Santiago, Chile. He was 64.
Read moreThe Justice Department announced late last week that a subsidiary of Duke Energy has agreed to pay $1 million for killing golden eagles and other federally protected birds at two of the company’s wind projects in Wyoming.
Read moreFor years, the wind-energy sector and renewable-energy advocates have repeatedly claimed that wind turbines are essential to the fight against carbon dioxide emissions and catastrophic climate change.
Read moreForty years have passed since the OPEC oil embargo of 1973. In that time span, the United States has increased its population by about half, nearly tripled its economic output, and nearly doubled its per capita GDP.
Read moreFor some environmentalists, the threat of climate change is so great that we must allow wind turbines to kill bald and golden eagles.
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