Spending bill bans IRS targeting, preserves incandescent light bulbs
by Stephen Dinan Congressional negotiators reached a deal late Monday on a massive spending bill to fund the government for the rest of 2014, agreeing to undo last year’s cut…
If you like your light bulb, you can’t keep your light bulb
by Marita Noon Americans will be feeling a new and unexpected pain of government overregulation before they vote in November. Yet, more than two-thirds of the public is currently unaware…
Congress was Right to Ring in the New Year by Ending Wind Subsidies
George Landrith, President of Frontiers of Freedom, commended Congress for allowing the decades-old practice of wasting billions of taxpayer dollars subsidizing the wind industry to expire with the New Year.…
UK wastes millions on wind turbines
With payback periods of 190 to 452 years, these wind turbines in the UK make no sense at all. by Michael Bastasch Towns all over Britain are blowing millions of…
Energy policies increasingly faith-based, not science-based
President Barack Obama has claimed his administration will “restore science to its rightful place,” but his policies are increasingly faith-based. Obama’s insistence on mandating alternative energy use, regardless of the…
The Farm Bill, Sausage and Boondoggles
by George Landrith It is said that those who respect the law and enjoy sausage, should not see how either are made. Too often the farm bill is exhibit A…
The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s “green energy” push
President Obama’s politically motivated, science-eschewing ethanol mandates ravage the environment in America’s heartland and the Gulf of Mexico while enabling the well-connected to reap windfall profits. by Dina Cappiello &…
Clean vs. Dirty: By the Numbers
by Gordon S. Jones More people are employed in green energy than in fossil fuel energy. So says Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in a recent speech, relying on numbers generated…
Wind Power: A Costly, Inefficient Alternative
Wind power requires taxpayer-provided subsidies and loan guarantees and special regulatory favors to exist – if that sounds like Solyndra, you’re right. The recent auction of 113,000 acres just off…
Obama’s Coal Regs Will Harm Working Families
by Jason Stverak President Obama’s call for the EPA to impose new regulations on coal-fired power plants was a giveaway to the environmental lobby at the expense of the American…
The Top 5 Lies About Fracking
Explosions, poisons, pollution, cancer, and global warming all considered. by Ronald Bailey Gasland Part II, the sequel to director/activist Josh Fox’s earlier anti-fracking docudrama Gasland, will run on HBO. It…
Climate Change Isn’t World’s Biggest Problem
by Alex B. Berezow It’s particularly trendy among politicians and members of the media to be worried about climate change. When President Obama recently spoke before a crowd in Berlin,…
Obama’s Climate Plan: Emphasizing what doesn’t work, ignoring what does
by Marita Noon For months President Obama has been in the uncomfortable position of straddling a barbed-wire fence—does he appease his ardent environmental supporters or advocate for economic growth that…
‘Carbon Pollution’ and Wealth Redistribution
by Benjamin Zycher President Obama’s recently proposed policies will do little to combat climate change — but they will do much for his political and economic objectives. No crisis…
The Rationale for Wind Power Won’t Fly
Physical limitations will keep this energy source a niche provider of U.S. electricity needs. by Jay Lehr To understand the folly that drives too much of the nation’s energy policies,…