Global Warming-Energy-Environment

Ted Lieu’s Koch Problem By Megan Barth | July 12, 2016

Junk Science Gigolos

Oil Industry Faces Huge Worker Shortage By Oilprice.com -- Nick Cunningham | July 12, 2016

Labor and equipment bottlenecks, Declines in production that the U.S. has posted for more than a year will surely continue for a little while longer

A free market for energy is a boon to consumers and the environment By Jack N. Gerard | July 10, 2016

We've also cut greenhouse gas emissions more than any nation on earth. To maintain that progress -- and America's status as a global energy superpower -- both parties should adopt market-based, consumer-focused platforms

New study: U.S. brimming with oil reserves, but . . . By Herman Cain | July 10, 2016

. . . our fearless leaders have no interest in going to get them

Fuel me or fool me By Paul Driessen | July 9, 2016

America has centuries of fossil fuels, but hydrocarbon deniers want to strangle our future

Denmark’s Costly Energy Plan Roadblocks By Jack Dini | July 9, 2016

Another report casts serious doubt on the accuracy of the statement that Danes satisfy 20 percent of their electricity through wind power

Bill Gates And Other Billionaires Backing A Nuclear Renaissance By Oilprice.com -- James Stafford | July 7, 2016

Bill Gates' TerraPower, for instance, has designed a traveling wave reactor, which utilizes nuclear waste

James Hansen’s Failed Ultimatums: A Free Market, Anyone? By Institute for Energy Research | July 7, 2016

Free-market wealth-is-health adaptation is a better strategy than political shenanigans and a government-directed energy future

Big Brother of Smarter Planet, Smarter Cities By Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh | July 5, 2016

IBM’s Smarter Cities • U.N.’s Agenda 2030 seventeen stated goals for the globe

EPA’s forcing of unrealistic MPG hikes endangers drivers, zaps the economy By H. Sterling Burnett | July 4, 2016

CAFÉ standards: Choose the car you want. The life you save may be your own, and the planet won’t care.

Keystone blowback: TransCanada sues Obama for $15 billion By Dan Calabrese | July 1, 2016

Seven years of foot-dragging followed by a political denial cost the company a fortune.

Regulation Overload By Jack Dini | June 30, 2016

Unparalleled increase in regulatory burdens spells a decline in economic freedom and individual liberty, with a concomitant increase in political gamesmanship and cronyism

U.S. Offshore Oil Production Going Up By Institute for Energy Research | June 30, 2016

Despite oil prices being down, offshore oil production in the United States is booming through new wells coming on line and tiebacks

California Again Having Electricity Shortage Issues By Institute for Energy Research | June 28, 2016

California has been designing through regulation and mandates an electricity system largely dependent on the weather. Time will tell how this experiment works out

Diablo Canyon Closure Has a Crony Problem By Katy Grimes & Tom Tanton | June 28, 2016

Cronyism in Energy Production

Potash Price Surge Could Lead To Higher Food Costs For Billions By Oilprice.com -- James Stafford | June 27, 2016

Global supply-demand picture recovers, the premium-priced posh potash, SOP, is the emerging darling that gives us cause to look more bullishly

Lithium- An Essential Nutrient For Humans By Jack Dini | June 27, 2016

Lithium does have a serious drawback- toxicity

Meet Lyuba By Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser | June 27, 2016

Just hope that the current interglacial period will last for a few more decades to come. Anything else would spell disaster for much of mankind!

How to Vote for Carbon Sense By Viv Forbes | June 24, 2016

Put the Greens or their candidates last in every contest

Germany is Cutting Back on Renewable Subsidies to Stabilize its Electric Grid By Institute for Energy Research | June 24, 2016

Germany has plans to have its electricity be 40 to 45 percent renewable by 2025

Move Over Oil - Lithium Is The Future Of Transportation By Oilprice.com --James Stafford | June 23, 2016

Let the Hoarding Begin

What happens to hydraulic fracturing wastewater on cropland By American Chemical Society | June 22, 2016

Compounds in wastewater from hydraulic fracturing can take weeks or longer to break down in agricultural topsoil.

Increase In U.S. Rig Count Will Not Cap Oil Prices By Oilprice.com -- David Yager | June 22, 2016

So drilling and service can relax. With the exception of oil sands, the North American upstream oil and gas sector is more likely to be in the early stages of a long-term recovery than experiencing a short-term blip

Uranium Prices Set To Double By 2018 By Oilprice.com --James Stafford | June 15, 2016

Increasingly, this is shaping up to be the the Year of Uranium

The gods must be laughing By Tom Harris | June 11, 2016

No matter what eco-activists say, truth does not apply to science

More job-killing rules from EPA By Paul Driessen | June 11, 2016

Social cost of methane regulations will further constrain energy production, for no benefit

Wind Turbines Are Killing Birds and Bats By Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh | June 10, 2016

While millions of birds and bats are dying needlessly, wind and solar power inconsistent energy production cannot replace coal. The world’s economy needs fossil fuels, nuclear energy, and hydro-power that provide a constant source of electricity

Billionaire Investors Back A Gold Price Rally In 2016 By Oilprice.com | June 9, 2016

What happens with juniors is that they do all the heavy lifting, and then the majors swoop in with the big money once a new discovery is ready to be mined.

Pharmaceuticals in streams may come from multiple sources By American Chemical Society | June 8, 2016

Scientists are figuring out how streams get contaminated with drugs.

Lignin from plants boosts the effectiveness of sunscreen By American Chemical Society | June 8, 2016

Adding lignin, a waste product from paper-making, to sunscreen improves its effectiveness.