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Keystone XL Jobs vs. Subsidized Green Jobs
Demonstrators carry a giant mock pipeline while calling for the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline during a rally in front of the White House in Washington November 6, 2011. President Obama...
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Thank You, George Mitchell, for Fracking
Newscom George P. Mitchell passed away on Friday, July 26, leaving behind a legacy as the man who unlocked America’s vast oil and natural gas shale resources. Born into a poor family, Mitchell wasn’t...
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NYC Soda Ban Shot Down Again: Bad Day for the Food Police
BILL GREENBLATT/UPI/Newscom New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other self-appointed nutrition czars are probably very upset. The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department,...
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House Pushes Back Against White House Carbon Measures
Rep. Tim Murphy, R-PA. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Photos/Newscom) Before the House dismissed for August recess, it sent two important messages related to regulating (or not) carbon dioxide. The...
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Wind Power: Only When the Wind Blows and the Subsidies Flow
Jerry & Marcy Monkman / DanitaDelimont.com “Danita Delimont Photography”/Newscom Wind turbines produce power only when the wind is blowing. But perhaps more importantly, wind production builds only...
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Murkowski Pushes for Natural Gas Exports
Newscom The Department of Energy (DOE) approved its third application to export natural gas a day after Senator Lisa Murkowski (R–AK) released a white paper calling for the Administration and the DOE...
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Subsidies and Taxes Complicate the Future of Nuclear Power
Newscom Rising maintenance costs and a sharp decrease in natural gas prices have put the future of some nuclear power plants into question. But other plants face retirement under the burden of specific...
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Court Kicks Yucca Mountain Review Back in Motion
Newscom Despite the politics surrounding Yucca Mountain and the Obama Administration’s policy to terminate the project, a federal court today held the executive branch to its chief role: executing the...
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Energy: As Mexico Finally Enters the 21st Century, Obama Parties Like It’s 1938
Photo credit: Agencia el Universal/El Universal de Mexico/Newscom Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto recently announced the first, very timid steps to take Mexico’s energy sector—famously...
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What’s Another $45 Million at the Energy Department?
Newscom The Department of Energy (DOE) announced it is spending $45 million of taxpayer money for 38 different projects for advanced transportation technologies. But private companies should be making...
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