FEBRUARY 5, 2011 Listening to the Shale Revolution Often the only ‘reform’ needed is a plan to remove obstacles to innovation. By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. With turmoil in the Middle East comes the inevitable spike in oil prices, topping $90 this week. Look for energy security to make one of its recurrent runs to […]
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Egypt Turmoil and Our Energy Supply: The Big Picture by Steve Maley (more by this author) Posted 02/03/2011 ET Egypt’s turmoil looms large over the world’s energy markets, but not for the reasons you might think. Egypt currently produces about 750 thousand barrels per day (BPD) of crude oil, which barely covers the country’s growing internal
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January 31, 2011 The Greedy Bastards Paradox Bogie If we accept President Obama’s economic arguments, his State of the Union address was most remarkable in the aftermath, when nothing happened. For the sake of argument, let’s agree with the President that the winning ticket of the global economic lottery will be investment in renewable energy,
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JANUARY 28, 2011 The president’s plans for “clean energy standards” amount to carbon controls by other means. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Cap and trade is dead. Long live cap and trade. The president presented his new, conciliatory face to the nation this week, and his State of the Union was as notable for what it
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WALL STREET JOURNAL JANUARY 27, 2011 Milton Friedman warned that government spending cancels out higher-return private investment. By STEPHEN MOORE Words matter in politics, which is why the federal government no longer “spends” (and wastes) money, but rather “invests” it. According to Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, nearly every penny of the $2.5
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JANUARY 25, 2011 By LAURA MECKLER WASHINGTON — Carol Browner is leaving her position as White House “energy czar,” and a staff shake-up is likely to eliminate her post altogether, according to Democrats familiar with events. The “czar” position, and Ms. Browner herself, have been lightning rods for critics of the president’s environmental-policy agenda and
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Published January 23, 2011 | FoxNews.com It must have been one hell of an eruption. About 250 million years ago, hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs were wiped from the face of the planet, 95 percent of the primitive life developing in the sea was wiped out — and 70 percent of the
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JANUARY 22, 2011 Four of every 10 rows of U.S. corn now go for fuel, not food. The global economy is getting back on its feet, but so too is an old enemy: food inflation. The United Nations benchmark index hit a record high last month, raising fears of shortages and higher prices that will
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JANUARY 19, 2011 Obama’s Rules Revelation The era of big regulation is over. Or is it? President Obama took to these pages yesterday to announce a new executive order to restore “balance” to federal regulation and root out rules that impede job creation and economic growth. If he means it, this will be one of
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JANUARY 18, 2011 A case study in the failure of green energy subsidies. Not long ago, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick was calling Evergreen Solar a “symbol” of his state’s economic future. Symbolism would appear to be overrated. Evergreen announced last week that it is shutting its Massachusetts plant and will lay off 800 workers. That’s
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