Obama Punts, Delays Pipeline Decision
The administration delays final approval of a multibillion dollar pipeline project until after the president’s reelection campaign.
Environment
Huge Gasfield Discovered in North West England
Will the environmentalist lobby allow Britain to fully take advantage of its domestic gas reserves?
EPA Continues War on Coal in Texas
The Environmental Protection Agency is waging a regulatory campaign against the oil and natural gas industry.
Light Bulbs and Obama’s Paternalism
The push to ban incandescent light bulbs from the United States exposes the utterly misguided paternalism of the Obama Administration.
Electricity Costs Rising in the United Kingdom
As coal and nuclear face scrutiny for environmental reasons, Britain becomes more dependent on natural gas, driving up the price.
Malthusianism for the Twenty-First Century
As the world once again faces its “limits to growth,” calls for population controls resurface.
Germany’s Irrational Nuclear Energy Policy
The German government’s decision to abandon nuclear will worsen Europe’s energy troubles and increase the use of fossils.
EPA Ruling Forces Company to Cancel Drilling Plans
The Environmental Protection Agency denied Shell a drilling permit in Alaska because of 245 people seventy miles away.
The Gospel of Protecting the Environment
Global warming has given the antagonists of capitalism a new reason to preach a return to primitivism.
Did Global Warming Cause Japan’s Quake?
Environmentalists rush to blame Japan’s devastating earthquake on climate change, revealing plainly their anti-capitalist agenda.
American Gasoline Prices Will Continue to Rise
Gasoline prices are on the rise, but the American consumer can’t blame unrest in the Middle East.
The Roller Coaster Decade
How will history look back on this decade? There have been catastrophes and there has been progress.
Obama’s Disastrous Energy Policy
Obama insists that drilling “cannot come close” to meeting America’s energy needs.
Who’s to Blame?
In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began on April 20, the question has been asked in media both left and right: who’s to blame? From Time magazine to The Washington Independent to cable news, journalists seemed more obsessed about wondering who is responsible than reporting on the actual catastrophe. In all […]
The Political Disaster of the BP Oil Spill
The BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, still spewing after more than a week and several failed mitigation attempts, is certainly an environmental disaster, the extent of which will likely not be known for many weeks to come. But it is also a political disaster. First of all, though the initial accident was […]