by Daniel Turner
Real Clear Energy
Joe Biden’s environmentalist-driven compulsion to cancel the XL pipeline will benefit liberal special interest groups, foreign governments, railroads, truck lines — nearly everyone except the American people.
by Julianne Geiger
OilPrice.com
According to oilprce.com, “From the drastic oil embargos of the ‘70s to the all-out oil price war of 2020, OPEC policies have threatened to upend the United States’ use and production of crude. But the group’s latest policies may be a lifeline for U.S. shale, which is struggling under the weight of the new pandemic world order.”
“U.S. Shale Could Be The Biggest Winner Of The Latest OPEC Cuts” Read Full Article »
by Editor of oilprice.com
Yahoo Finance
According to the authors, “During the Permian era, there was only one continent…And the earth’s vast ocean was teeming with marine plants and animals. This organic matter fell to the bottom of the sea… and over time turned into high-quality thick oil. The world’s most famous Permian formations are currently in the US.”
“The World’s Next Giant Oil Discovery Could Be Here” Read Full Article »
by Rachel Sharp
Daily Mail
Bill Gates makes offer for company that flys over 1.6 million private jet flights per year while lecturing the rest of us on the supposed danger of climate change.
by Phil Flynn
Fox Business
According to Flynn, “With Biden promising more regulations and a transition off of oil, our days of energy independence may be already behind us. This is a major blow considering what it took to achieve the independence that now too many people are taking for granted.”
“US energy independence is on the way out” Read Full Article »
by Abby Smith
Washington Examiner
“The Environmental Protection Agency has released a rule setting a new threshold for the agency to meet before it regulates greenhouse gas emissions from an industry, a last-ditch effort to protect businesses from strict climate mandates,” according to the Washington Examiner.
by David Blackmon
Forbes
“The oil and natural gas industry has made massive contributions to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic over the last year. Those contributions have gone largely unnoticed by consumers and the news media, and that’s a good thing for all of us,” according to Forbes.
“Fracking The Virus: How Oil And Gas Contribute To The Fight Against COVID-19” Read Full Article »
By Matthew Brown and Cathy Bussewitz
AP News
Oil companies are tying up drilling rights throughout the American West, making it difficult for the new Biden administration to restrict new oil and gas wells.
“Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate” Read Full Article »
by Jinjoo Lee
The Wall Street Journal
“Investors and politicians have made their views clear about oil’s uncertain future. Consumers, not so much,” according to The Wall Street Journal.
“Peak Oil? Drivers—and Voters—Could Delay It for Years” Read Full Article »
by Andrew Wheeler
The Wall Street Journal
“. . . the work of the Environmental Protection Agency—to protect human health and the environment—shouldn’t be exempt from public scrutiny. This is why we are promulgating a rule to make the agency’s scientific processes more transparent,” according to the EPA administrator, Andrew Wheeler.
“Why We’re Ending the EPA’s Reliance on Secret Science” Read Full Article »
by David Wojick
Watts Up With That ?
Even with subsidies, wind and solar energy are no match for natural-gas powered generation, Here are the latest figures:
“Wind and solar are losing ground to gas” Read Full Article »
by Abby Smith
Washington Examiner
Republicans join Democrats on Climate Change gravy train by teaming up to increase subsidies for so-called green energy.
Washington Examiner
“It is not worth arguing whether the world has a lower-carbon or carbon-neutral future ahead of it. It certainly does, even without any central planning effort. The United States, without any grand plan or signed treaty, has seen its carbon emissions decline dramatically over the last 15 years. Fracking, by allowing natural gas to replace coal on a large scale, has already reduced U.S. greenhouse emissions more than all of the environmental activism in the history of man combined,” according to the Washington Examiner.
“Keep calm, and keep drilling for oil and gas” Read Full Article »
by Allysia Finley
The Wall Street Journal
“Cooking with gas” was a pop phrase in the last century for really getting down to business, doing a job fast, quickly and efficiently. That phrase, and the very idea of cooking with gas, one of the most economical ways to cook, will be coming to an end in California if the Sierra Club has its way.
“Now We’re Cooking With Gas. But Tomorrow?” Read Full Article »
by Josh Siegel
Washington Examiner
Republicans join Democrats on climate scare by claiming their carbon tax is better than the Democrat’s regulation. Now both sides fail to grasp the reality that anthropogenic climate variation is no threat.
by Peter Landers
The Wall Street Journal
“Akio Toyoda says converting entirely to EVs could cost hundreds of billions of dollars and make cars unaffordable for average people,” according to The Wall Street Journal.
“Toyota’s Chief Says Electric Vehicles Are Overhyped” Read Full Article »
by The Editorial Board
The Wall Street Journal
Democrats aim to artificially make energy investments riskier so banks will be more reluctant to invest in them.
by Robert Bryce
Forbes
California’s regressive energy policies hit minorities hardest.
“California’s Natural Gas Bans Are Drawing Fire From Black And Latino Leaders” Read Full Article »
by Rebecca Beitsch
The Hill
Ever wonder why big business and big government work together? It serves the purposes of both of them…while it ill serves the people.
by Mining.com
Oilprice.com
Relying on China for rare earth metals could be disastrous. The Trump Administration has pursued other sources.
“Prices Of Chinese Rare Earths Are Soaring” Read Full Article »