by Eric Mack
News Max
Rather than propose new, restrictive gun laws, perhaps the governor should do something about the five cities where shootings occur.
“NJ Gov. Murphy Proposes 8 New Gun Laws, $12M More in Funding” Read Full Article »
by Josh Siegel
The Washington Examiner
“The increased activity that surged in March follows a temporary slowdown in February due to freezing weather and comes after drillers shut in a record amount of production in 2020 because travel shutdowns during the pandemic sapped consumption of oil-based fuels,” according to The Washington Examiner.
“Death of shale ‘exaggerated’: US oil patch springs to life” Read Full Article »
by Homes Lybrand, Tara Subramanium and Daniel Dale
CNN
This unaccustomed factual candor from CNN can be very useful for anyone attempting to be objective about the issue of firearms ownership in the U.S.
“Fact-checking Biden’s speech announcing new executive actions on gun control” Read Full Article »
by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
The Wall Street Journal
The caution about this change is that scientific reality, particularly in liberal minds, often has little impact. Since the crush to shut down western energy is first and foremost a rush to shut down western economies, science has little influence.
by Rob Picheta and Barbara Wojazer
CNN
This hardly represents a hardship. A 2 1/2 hour flight through European airports amounts to an all-day journey anyway. Trains there are much faster. The new proposed policy has no meaning for the U.S.
by The Editorial Board
The Wall Street Journal
The majority of the president’s infrastructure plan is aimed at crippling the country’s infrastructure by eliminating energy production.
by Editorial Board
The Washington Times
“The Center for Strategic and International Studies,” according to the Washington Times, “analyzed the contents of Mr. Biden‘s plan and concluded that more than half (56%) “could be understood to address climate change.” Given the plan’s price tag of $2.65 trillion over eight years — or about $330 billion a year — that means that somewhere north of $180 billion would be spent on climate change each and every year of the plan.”
by Kelsey Tamborrino
Politico
“Workers in the greener side of the energy industry earn significantly less than those who extract fossil fuels and run power plants, new data show,” according to Politico.
“The wage gap that threatens Biden’s climate plan” Read Full Article »
by Robert Bryce
New York Post
Both ratepayers and the environment will pay a fearsome price for this supposedly “environmentally-friendly” energy.
By Phred Dvorak and Matthew Dalton
The Wall Street Journal
“The industry rethinks sourcing of critical materials in effort to avoid any connection to alleged forced labor and human-rights abuses,” according to The Wall Street Journal.
“Solar-Energy Supply Chain Depends on Region Where China Is Accused of Genocide” Read Full Article »
by Josh Siegel
Washington Examiner
Biden administration blinks: tells court it will not, at least for now, order the shutdown of the already-operating Dakota Access pipeline. The pipeline is vital for moving Bakken oil and keeping energy prices low. The shutdown would have been a boon for the Burlington Northern Railroad owned by liberal doner, Warren Buffet. Failure to shutdown the pipeline also pits environmentalists against unions.
by Josh Siegel
Washington Examiner
As Biden plans to put America last, Republicans plan on new legislation that will do the opposite, but has little chance of success.
by Nicholas Rowan
Washington Examiner
Joe Biden says his anti-firearm executive order is “just the beginning.” The Supreme Court is about to rule on cases that would potentially say, “maybe not.”
“Supreme Court barrier to Joe Biden’s gun grab” Read Full Article »
by Tsvetana Paraskova
OilPrice.com
While some U.S. localities go dark, China powers up without a peep from the Biden administration.
“China Started More Coal Plants Than The Entire World Retired In 2020” Read Full Article »
by Stephen Moore
Washington Examiner
It could well be that America’s “last frontier” will be the front line in the battle against what the Founding Fathers feared most: the federal government they never intended.
“States fight back against Biden war on the West” Read Full Article »
Stop These Things
It could well be that the liberal pseudo-sophisticates of the “first world” will eventually be defeated by more realistic members of the third world.
by Mario Loyola
The Wall Street Journal
Permits are popular in liberal Washington D.C. where delay is tantamount to defeat.
“It Takes Lots of Permits to Save the Planet” Read Full Article »
by Abby Smith
Washington Examiner
Democrats may not be as confident about their green initiatives as they sound, as the Washington Examiner reports about their “escape clause: “Top House Democrats’ plan to eliminate carbon emissions from the power sector by 2035 includes a provision that would delay requirements to purchase more clean electricity if compliance costs become too high.”
“Democrats put a back-up plan in their climate bill if costs soar” Read Full Article »
by Jonathan Stempel and Sebastien Malo
Reuters
Reuters reports a minor victory for sensible power regulation: “Ruling in favor of BP Plc, Chevron Corp, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions should be addressed under federal law and international treaties.”
“Oil companies defeat New York City appeal over global warming” Read Full Article »
by Alex Stevens and Dr. David Kreutzer
The American Spectator
As Alex Stevens and Dr. David Kreutzer itemize for The American Spectator, Obama’s green jobs program of 12 years ago was a complete failure by any measure. Biden’s new program promises more of the same.
“If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try ‘Green Jobs’ Again” Read Full Article »