MARCH 4, 2011 By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL The Obama administration has its share of headaches: a possible government shutdown, Arab unrest, the union uprising. The real migraine may be a firestorm over gasoline prices. Oil last week topped $100 a barrel, and gas has hit $4 a gallon in pockets of the country. The price
OBAMA’S GAS PRICE MIGRAINE Read More »
MARCH 3, 2011 Why is Washington blocking oil exploration in states like Alaska and Louisiana when the Middle East is such a powder keg? By SEAN PARNELL, governor of Alaska The revolution that began in Tunisia, spread to Egypt, and is now dramatically unfolding in Libya is far from over. The events in North Africa
TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT AMERICAN OIL Read More »
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Environmental activists have yet to meet an energy project they won’t try to stop. Adam J. White February 28, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 23 “Sputnik” was not the only nostalgic moment in the State of the Union address. When President Obama called on Congress to “invest” in “clean energy
GREEN POWER, RED LIGHTS – ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS Read More »
February 24, 2011 By Victor Davis Hanson President Obama established a bipartisan debt-reduction commission — and then ignored its findings, which called for unpopular reductions in entitlements and across-the-board spending cuts. His first two budgets led to the largest deficits in U.S. history. The ensuing $3 trillion dollars in red ink prompted the tea party
AFTER OBAMA, THE DELUGE – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON Read More »
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,
THE GREEDY BASTARDS PARADOX Read More »
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
CAP AND TRADE RETURNS FROM THE GRAVE Read More »
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
WHITE HOUSE ENERGY ‘CZAR’ TO EXIT IN STAFF SHAKE-UP Read More »
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
AMBER WAVES OF ETHANOL Read More »
JANUARY 22, 2011 Renewable energy’s state capitalists. One of the least edifying spectacles in American business is the sight of industry titans begging politicians for alms. We therefore direct your attention to today’s nearby letter from Rhone Resch, the solar industry’s man in Washington, for a classic of the genre. Mr. Resch more or less
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
SOLAR POWER ECLIPSE Read More »
