by Andrew Restuccia
The Wall Street Journal
EPA director Andrew Wheeler challenged California Governor Gavin Newsom’s mandate for only electric cars to be sold in the state by 2035 as being impossible in view of the state’s shortage of electrical power and grid inadequacies. He also said the mandate is illegal in light of the state’s lack of authority to set such standards.
by Jonathan Lesser
Real Clear Energy
The wind industry’s chimerical promise of more high-paying jobs is more than offset by job losses in conventional energy and the general loss of jobs due to higher energy costs, according to Real Clear Energy.
“Hot Air and the Offshore Wind Industry” Read Full Article »
by Chris White
Daily Caller
The extensive alignment between the anti-energy views of environmental groups and the military and economic goals of our enemies makes such groups prime targets of infiltration.
by Babatunde Williams
Spiked Online
“A transition to renewables sent energy prices soaring, pushed thousands into poverty and fuelled a populist backlash,” according to the author.
by Patrick Michaels
Inside Sources
Accurate calculations of carbon dioxide emissions’ cost to include benefits gives a whole new view to the equation.
“Lower Cost of Carbon Emissions Destroys Rationale for Carbon Tax” Read Full Article »
by Jonathan Garber
Fox Business
Biden’s anti-fracking energy policy could cost over one million American jobs.
“Biden-backed fracking policy could derail America’s economic recovery” Read Full Article »
by Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
“Trump expected to continue energy dominance agenda; Biden eyes drilling ban on public lands,” according to The Denver Post.
“2020 presidential election will have major impact on oil and gas policy” Read Full Article »
by Kevin Mooney
Washington Examiner
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have sworn to eliminate innovative and safe oil and gas exploration in the United States, a wrong-headed policy that would devastate energy production in Pennsylvania and throw hundreds of thousand workers out of jobs.
“Biden’s anti-energy plan would devastate Pennsylvania and boost China” Read Full Article »
by Paul Steidler
Real Clear Energy
China puts American power grid at risk as the major supplier of electrical transformers.
“End China’s Infection of the US Power Grid” Read Full Article »
By Rebecca Beitsch and Rachel Frazin
The Hill
“Oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) are just a few of the 21 fossil fuel and mining projects the Interior Department has forwarded with reduced environmental scrutiny due to the June order,” according to The Hill.
“Major drilling projects among dozens fast-tracked after Trump order” Read Full Article »
by David Holt
Real Clear Energy
Consumer Energy Alliance opposes Democrats’ energy policy as detrimental to American families, particularly those with lower incomes.
by James Taylor
Real Clear Energy
Biden’s emission-free America would exact a heavy price…needlessly.
“Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Would Be a Disaster for the Environment” Read Full Article »
by Christopher Horner
The Pipeline
Green New Deal is devoted to energy scarcity and higher prices, not improving the environment. Joe Biden seems to have “forgotten” these obvious truths.
“The Year the Lights Went Out in California” Read Full Article »
Editorial Board
Wall St. Journal
Biden says his “Green” plans will create millions of new energy jobs— but out-of-work energy workers won’t get them.
by Andrew Fawthrop
NS Energy
Rare minerals, vital to national defense, are being held up by environmentalists’ concerns over the Pebble Mine Project.
“Rhenium discovery adds fresh intrigue to Alaska Pebble mine decision” Read Full Article »
by Seth Whitehead, executive director, Illinois Petroleum Resources Board
Chicago Sun Times, Letters to the Editor
“The repeal of the costly and redundant methane rule could help save up to 14,000 Illinois jobs, far outweighing the negligible climate benefit,” according to the author.
by Ronald Stein, P.E.
The Heartland Institute
“Since intermittent electricity from wind and solar cannot provide continuous uninterruptable electricity, the state continues to rely on the Southwest and Northwest states for its power, and continues to be proud of “leaking” emissions to other states electrical generation so California can claim in-state emission reductions to meet its insatiable electricity demands,” according to the author.
“California’s Dysfunctional Electricity Policies may lead to more Blackouts” Read Full Article »
by David Wojick
The Heartland Institute
“Kamala Harris co-sponsored the Senate resolution to support the Green New Deal. Now Joe Biden has endorsed the plan. Naturally, people want to know what the GND will cost – usually meaning in state and federal government spending. But that is the wrong question. The real question is, how much do Green New Dealers expect to get out of it, at what total cost?” according to the author.
“The Green New Deal means monumental disruption” Read Full Article »
by Benjamin Zycher
National Review
The Trump administration has issued new rules to reform the misguided Obamarules against methane emissions. The changes are sure to incite those who believe in anthropogenic climate change.
“The Trump-Administration Reforms Obama’s Misguided Methane-Emissions Rule” Read Full Article »
by Paul Tice
The Wall St. Journal
“The climate-change movement is taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic, equating it with the “existential crisis” of man-made global warming. While praising the current display of unilateral government action as a model for addressing climate change, many environmentalists and liberal politicians have also called for a surge in government spending on renewable energy projects,” according to The Wall St. Journal.
“If You Like Lockdowns, You’ll Love the Carbon-Free Future” Read Full Article »