Vermont Struggles With Renewables
By William Tucker • RealClearEnergy When the Green Mountain power company, Vermont’s largest utility, announced earlier this year it will be buying nuclear power from New…
What’s Up With the Prices at the Pump?
by Marita Noon • Breitbart News Network First, Saudi Arabia drove down the price of oil by increasing its production, which gave Americans a welcome drop…
Unlocking the Potential
The Keystone XL pipeline is our best bet for a secure energy future. By Peter Roff • U.S. News A decision handed down Friday by the…
Time for Solar Subsidies to Sunset
by Peter Roff • The Hill Some of solar energy’s more persuasive advocates have some people believing the age of free, homegrown electricity is just around the…
Debunking the Anti-Fracking Fearmongers
by Alex B. Berezow • RealClearScience World events have made it quite clear to most Americans that we should develop more of our own energy sources.…
Average Price of Electricity Climbs to All-Time Record
by Terence P. Jeffrey • CNSNews.com For the first time ever, the average price for a kilowatthour (KWH) of electricity in the United States has broken through…
People who claim to worry about climate change use more electricity
People who say they are concerned about climate change use more electricity than those who say the issue is ‘too far away to worry about’, government-commissioned study finds by Matthew…
Five Legal Obstacles to the EPA’s Power Plant Rules
by Ben Adler The famous adage that nothing is certain in this world but death and taxes should probably be amended. At least insofar as politics and policy are concerned, there…
There’s a Hefty Price to Pay for Driving Down U.S. Coal Usage
by The Oklahoman Editorial Board Reports of the demise of coal-fired power plants are greatly exacerbated by reality. Using coal to make electricity isn’t going away any time soon. And…
Towards Energy Independence
“Despite what some argue, North American energy independence is not out of reach. The massive production gains expected in Canada combined with the output from Mexico and US domestic reserves…
When Gas Prices Rise, Blame Obama and the EPA
The renewable fuel standard has proven to be a fool’s errand. by Peter Roff It did not exactly come as a surprise when the Obama administration announced that it was…
What Obama Isn’t Telling You About the ‘All-of-the-Above’ Energy Strategy
by Fred Lucas The White House held a “Solar Summit” Thursday, continuing to promote subsidies for solar panels just days after a new nonpartisan government report showed restrictions of drilling…
The Emerging Law of the Gun
by Peter Huessy Russian President Vladimir Putin annexes the Crimea in gross violation of international law. What should America do, if anything? There are many different ideas. Some suggest doing…
The Roots of Russia’s Revanchism – Energy
Western energy disarmament is proving suicidal. by William Tucker On Wednesday, the New York Times published a very nice account of a speech President Vladimir Putin gave to a group…
No plausible reasons left to reject the Keystone Pipeline
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough discussed with NBC News’ David Gregory the administration’s foot-dragging on the Keystone XL pipeline. The Sunday interview came in the wake of the…