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 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 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 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 »
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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 Lee Habeeb
Newsweek
Outdoor apparel company epitomizes the hypocrisy of the left on climate and anti-energy issues.
by Kevin McGill
NBC 5 Chicago
“The lawsuit was led by Louisiana, with plaintiff states including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and West Virginia,” according to NBC 5 Chicago.
“13 States Sue Biden Admin. Over Pause on Oil & Gas Leases on Federal Land” Read Full Article »
by Paul Driessen
The Heartland Institute
“Banning carbon-based fuels will impose enormous costs that Team Biden deliberately ignores,” says Paul Driessen, writing for The Heartland Institute.
“THE SOCIAL COSTS OF CARBON CANCELATION” Read Full Article »
by Josh Siegel
Washington Examiner
Big corporations and unions, allied with Democrats, push hydrogen as a fuel in hopes that their smaller competitors can’t comply with such far-fetched regulations.
by Abby Smith
Washington Examiner
“Top Democrats are ditching carbon pricing and carbon taxes in favor of a policy known as a clean electricity standard. President Biden placed a clean electricity standard, targeting 100% carbon-free power by 2035, at the center of his aggressive climate plans,” according to the Washington Examiner.
“Carbon taxes are out, and clean electricity standards are in” Read Full Article »
by Will Horner
The Wall Street Journal
“A lack of investment in new supply is expected to lead to shortages of the battery metal,” according to The Wall Street Journal.
“Booming Electric-Vehicle Demand Supercharges Lithium Prices” Read Full Article »
by Liz Peek
The Hill
As Biden sends checks to aid Americans during the pandemic, his quickly-failed energy policies will eat up much of that money with higher gasoline and home-heating prices.
“As gas prices soar, Americans can blame Joe Biden” Read Full Article »
by Nora Naughton
The Wall Street Journal
“Car dealers say they are struggling to square the industry’s enthusiasm with shoppers’ reality,” according to The Wall Street Journal.