by Lil Tuttle | May 21, 2015 | Energy & Environment
A bipartisan group of Senators introduced legislation on May 19 to allow U.S. crude oil to be exported, arguing it will yield substantial economic and national security benefits to the U.S. One of the sponsors, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) told the Washington Times:...
by Lil Tuttle | Jan 13, 2015 | Energy & Environment
Liberals universally scoffed when conservatives argued for more domestic drilling to increase oil and gas supplies, reduce costs to consumers, and boost the American economy. President Obama called Drill, Baby, Drill ” a slogan, a gimmick, and a bumper sticker...
by Lil Tuttle | Dec 2, 2014 | Energy & Environment
“Global energy markets have been upended by an unprecedented North American oil boom brought on by hydraulic fracturing,” reports Bloomberg. With crude oil prices collapsing worldwide (at about $70 a barrel today), Russia and the OPEC cartel are the...
by cblpi_admn | Jun 1, 2013 | Energy & Environment, Policy Paper
By Becky Norton Dunlop Principles matter. Without sound principles to guide decisionmaking, good public policy can easily be derailed by pure emotional appeal, manipulative advocacy, and greedy con artists. The following eight time-tested principles are essential to...
by cblpi_admn | Jun 11, 2011 | Energy & Environment
By Ann McElhinney Ten years ago I believed that environmentalists were genuinely good and kind and caring. They were concerned about nature, the animals, and keeping the world clean and unpolluted. They were doing this work for all of the rest of us, and I was...
by cblpi_admn | Jul 20, 2007 | Energy & Environment
By Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D. How Warm is the Earth? You might have heard that "all reputable scientists" agree on global warming—that there is a "consensus," and that the science is "settled." But there is only one aspect of the problem that...
