United States Could Be Energy Independent If…

The United States could be energy independent if it possessed the collective political will to make it happen. After all, the country has the largest energy reserves on earth, according to a recently-released Congressional Research Service report. As shown in the first chart...

The fossil fuel funded climate debate

As the U.S. Congress and the United Nations continue to initiate actions to combat climate change by regulating energy emissions, many questions remain in the public's mind. Polls indicate that a vast majority of...

Oil is not a Villain! Here’s what it’s done for us

Oil is the most versatile and energy dense resource we have yet to discover. Often foolishly bedeviled by green energy supporters as a polluting fossil fuel, we would all of us in fact

Modern society's pyrrhic victory

There is a price we are all being asked to pay collectively for modern society and all of its amenities.  Technoiogical advancements in the twentieth century have provided us both with achievements that lead...

How Green is the Cash for Clunkers?

The environmental gains achieved by getting clunkers off the road are small. There is a lot of hype surrounding the ‘cash for clunkers', which is a nice gimmick but only with transitory effects. Besides, just how...

What might the world look like if the bailout works? Like Sarah P

I don't mind what people call me, never really have, never really will - a progressive, a Marxist, Communist, Liberal, Left-wing, Socialist - all those are very fine with me.But, mostly I am, and steadfastly - a cynic.If you don't really know what a cynic is - well, you will...

Carbon capture no 'silver bullet' for climate change

Redwater, Alberta is a small town, approximately 40 minutes northeast of Edmonton.  The town supports farming,  a fertilizer plant and  the oil industry in the surrounding community, with a...

Energy politics and investment strategies

President Obama’s campaign slogan of ‘change’ has been echoing through America’s airwaves and business community for several months now.  Whether done overtly or covertly, it is becoming established...

Republicans introduce American Energy Innovation Act

Republicans are set to announce an energy bill in Congress designed to directly compete with Democrat efforts to pass comprehensive energy legislation in 2009 ahead of the UNFCCC in December in Copenhagen.  In...

Climate’s Urgent Repair

   Writing about biofuels that aren’t always contributing to climate improvement, followed by explaining the destructive effects of carbon emissions and nitrous oxide-N20 gasses into the atmosphere, this...

Oil & gas executives scoff at energy independence

Many oil and natural gas executives would have Americans believe that energy independence is a goal that can not be achieved by current leadership in their industries.  In reality, America is decades away from...

Skeptics for hire exposed; the business of sowing doubt

Climate change skeptics have been claiming for over a decade now that the evidence for human-induced global warming is inconclusive, claiming the trends that climate scientists are observing and documenting are...

Energy Symposium Held Without ‘Fossil Fuelers’

The non-partisan Reform Institute’s National Energy Symposium drew more than 45 corporate executives, policymakers and industry experts to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to openly discuss the nation’s energy,...

Natural Gas Industry Deserves Second Look

On numerous occasions during the past three years, I've advocated on behalf of the nation's energy producers. Today, I advocate on behalf of one producer, Williams, and contend that individuals in the anti-fossil...

Hijacking Environmentalism: Green Capitalists & BC's Carbon Tax

It was a posh restaurant in Gastown. Good Australian wine flowed freely, and the hors d’oeuvres were out of this planet. I had expected to see men in worn-out jeans and beards, kind of like those streakers on...

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