A Real Turn-off: Last Phase of Light Bulb Ban Takes Effect Jan. 1
Beginning January 1, the manufacture and importation of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb will essentially be banned in the United States under a 2007 law. ...
Energy
What Happens Without Coal
It you think that wind and solar electrical power generation can replace all of the electricity now being produced via coal-fired plants, think again. ...
U.S. Oil Output to Double Every Three Years, Unless “They” Get Their Way
The one thing threatening America's resurgent oil and gas industry is the cabal of internationalists working behind their most popular tool, the "useful idiot" Josh Fox. ...
Energy Stakeholders Contest EPA Power Regulations
Energy industry leaders plan the Southeast Powering Our Future Forum in reaction to Barack Obama's Climate Action Plan, unveiled Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which imposes strict limits to...
Obama EPA War on Coal to Shut 200+ Coal-Fired Plants, Devastate Economy
EPA regulations are set to kill jobs, send electricity rates through the roof, and make the United States more susceptible to brownouts and more dependent on foreign oil. ...
George Mitchell, the Father of Fracking, Dead at 94
The supreme irony is that George Mitchell's discovery of "fracking" (horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas from shale) that unleashed the energy boom has completely disproved the "sustainability...
Despite Federal Study, Fracing (“Fracking”) Safety Still in Dispute
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory finds that chemicals used in oil and natural gas drilling known as hydraulic fracturing or "fracing" pose no threat to groundwater or drinking water...
CFR Analyst Calls for Elimination of Restrictions on U.S. Crude Oil Exports
A researcher for the globalist Council on Foreign Relations has concluded that unless limits on the export of U.S. crude oil are removed, the oil boom being enjoyed here will end...
Supreme Court Expected to Allow Severe Rules on Coal-fired Plants
If the Supreme Court reverses a lower court's ruling against the EPA, the costs of going green will become obvious to every living soul who turns on a light. ...
14,000 Idle Wind Turbines a Testament to Failed Energy Policies
The announcement by a wind turbine manufacturer that it planned to build more turbines in Ireland failed to mention the 14,000 turbines already lying idle around the globe due to lack...
Proposed EPA Sulfur Standard to Boost Gas Prices
Tighter restrictions proposed on sulfur content will add a penny or less to the retail price of a gallon of gasoline, according to the Obama administration, while the oil industry contends...
Fracking Boosts Job Growth, Saves East Coast Oil Refineries
A rebirth of East Coast refineries that utilize the oil drilling method known as “fracking” is altering the United States’ energy future. ...
The Real Green in Fedgov’s “Green Energy”
“Green energy” companies supported by Obama have primarily helped create jobs for elected officials and lobbyists in Washington, and profits for Wall Street. ...
Obama Administration Gets Sued Over Carbon Tax E-mails
President Obama's Treasury Department is facing a lawsuit filed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute for stonewalling a Freedom of Information Act request relating to plans for a carbon tax on fossil...
Energy Boom Could Make U.S. Largest Oil Producer by 2020
The growing energy boom in the United States could make it the largest global oil producer by the end of the decade, temporarily exceeding Saudi Arabia, and a top exporter of...