By Kevin Mooney — Even if Washington D.C. politicians manage to balance the budget and resolve the current fiscal crisis, the economy is not likely to recover within the current regulatory environment, Myron Ebell, the director and of energy and global warming policy for the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) told listeners at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Instead of [...]

By Rebecca DiFede — As reported in the Daily Caller on Saturday, the Sierra Club received $26 million dollars in donations from Chesapeake Energy between 2007 and 2010 with a large majority of the cash coming directly from the CEO Aubrey McClendon. Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be that big of a deal. Sure $26 million is a large sum of money, [...]

By Kevin Mooney — Despite an adverse court ruling out of Ecuador, Chevron continues to remain on the offensive against trial lawyers who are suing the company over environmental allegations that have been hotly disputed.  An Ecuadorian appeals court in Lago Agrio  upheld a ruling earlier this month ordering the company to pay $18 billion in damages to plaintiffs who [...]

By Kevin Mooney — Manufacturing jobs are coming back to Louisiana thanks to innovations in the energy industry that pressure groups in the northeast are attempting to block. The substantial deposits of natural gas that are now available could create about 35,000 jobs in the state as key industries mobilize to exploit these resources, according to the American Chemical Council [...]

By Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr. — Maryland’s 7.2 percent unemployment rate is below the national average, but still too high. Budget shortfalls next year could reach $700 million or more, the Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute warns. Many of our cities and counties likewise face mounting debt. Families need temporary assistance to address unemployment, poverty and homelessness. Aging roads, [...]

By Rick Manning — The Labor Department’s green jobs training debacle unearthed by the Department’s own Inspector General reveals that the program has failed miserably to achieve its goals.  The Labor Department initially claimed that 79,854 would get jobs, while only 8,035 found employment.  Even worse, only 1,336 of the trainees who found employment still had the job six months [...]

By Paul Driessen — Hydraulic fracturing sends “huge volumes of toxic fluids” deep underground at high pressure, to fracture shale rock and release natural gas, Food & Water Watch claims. “Billions of gallons of toxic fluids” will “contaminate” groundwater and drinking water “for generations.” We need to “Ban Fracking Now.” Environmentalists used to support “clean natural gas.” Whence the intolerant [...]

By Paul Driessen and John Nichols — Delaware’s political establishment thinks First State electricity consumers should subsidize the manufacturing of super-sized fuel cells, under the auspices of California-based Bloom Energy, to replace natural gas and coal-fired power plants in generating electricity. The politicos want to build a factory in Newark, where rail service is available to ship Bloom’s 10-ton, 100-kilowatt, [...]

By Rebekah Rast — You could safely say that the environment and environmental concerns are a priority for this administration. Agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) see fit to regulate and over-regulate every aspect of the environment including air, water, soil and everything in between.  Knowing that your drinking water is safe to drink is a good thing, but [...]

By Niger Innis — The Environmental Protection Agency insists that its recent air quality initiatives will protect minority and poor Americans from pollution that “disproportionately affects” their health and impairs “environmental justice.” The Affordable Power Alliance is not convinced. We believe EPA needs to reexamine its entire air pollution regulatory program and carefully consider all aspects of health, welfare and [...]