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America Was Built on Coal. Now Biden Wants to Abolish It

Commentary The one promise that President Joe Biden has faithfully kept is his pledge to “close down” fossil fuels. We get two-thirds of our energy in America from fossil fuels, and almost one-third of our power comes from coal. That’s quadruple the amount of energy we get from wind and solar, which are niche forms…

Energy Industry Heaps Scorn on Biden for ‘No More Drilling’ Remarks

Representatives of America’s energy industry have criticized President Joe Biden’s recent “no more drilling” remarks at a rally in Yonkers, New York, that have been widely interpreted as a doubling down on his earlier pledge to phase out fossil fuels, even though he recently urged oil companies to pump more crude to bring down soaring…

Critical Facts Ignored in the Climate Change Debate

Commentary Many Western countries are enacting policies to rapidly transition away from fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil) to less reliable and costly “green” energy sources (mostly wind and solar) while ignoring the critical benefits that hydrocarbons provide. The outcomes will be nothing short of calamitous for more developed countries as their energy industries…

Inflation by Design

Commentary Years ago, one of my high school teachers showed us the great essay by Leonard Read called “I, Pencil.” We used pencils in those pre-internet days, and my “young mind full of mush” (hat tip to Rush Limbaugh) was inspired by the essay’s message: the common pencil, in its components, is extraordinarily complex and the…

Europe Strikes Deal to Ban Diesel and Gasoline Cars, ‘100 Percent’ Reduction of CO2 Emissions

The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement confirming zero-emissions targets for new vans and cars by 2035. According to the deal arrived at by E.U. negotiators with member states, the region will achieve zero-emission road mobility by 2035, according to an Oct. 28 press release. The deal seeks to reduce CO2 emissions…

As California, New York, and other states move to phase out the sale of gasoline-powered cars, public officials routinely echo the Biden administration’s claim that electric vehicles are a “zero emissions” solution that can significantly mitigate the effects of climate change. Car and energy experts, however, say there is no such thing as a zero-emissions vehicle: For now and the foreseeable future, the…

Learning All the Wrong Lessons From America’s Energy Crisis

Commentary Self-inflicted wounds create teachable moments, but the architects of America’s current energy crisis are learning all the wrong lessons. Skyrocketing energy costs are one of America’s harsh post-COVID realities. And with one in four American households struggling to pay for their energy needs before COVID, policymakers should have set their sights on making energy more affordable…

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America Was Built on Coal. Now Biden Wants to Abolish It

Energy Industry Heaps Scorn on Biden for ‘No More Drilling’ Remarks

Why International Climate Summits Are Doomed to Fail, Part 2: Upward Mobility for Poor Depends on Energy

Critical Facts Ignored in the Climate Change Debate

Biden Demand Oil Companies ‘Should Be Drilling More Than They’re Doing Now’

Biden Demands Oil Companies ‘Should Be Drilling More Than They’re Doing Now’

Inflation by Design

Europe Strikes Deal to Ban Diesel and Gasoline Cars, ‘100 Percent’ Reduction of CO2 Emissions

Learning All the Wrong Lessons From America’s Energy Crisis

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