The name Donald Trump is dominating the news cycle during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Other than comments from oil entrepreneur Harold Hamm, energy won’t be a huge topic on the stage — though it does hold a spot on the…
Just two months have flown by since I first introduced the Clean Tax Cuts policy concept publicly, in writing, here in the pages of The American Spectator. Now it turns out I’ve just been invited to speak on Wednesday at…
It hasn’t gotten much attention but both presidential candidates have now enunciated their energy strategies for the country. Start with Hillary. She’s all in on green energy — Europe-style. She says within 10 years she will subsidize 500 million solar…
“California’s largest utility and environmental groups announced a deal Tuesday [June 21] to shutter the last nuclear power plant in the state.” This statement from the Associated Press reporting on the announced closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant…
Why do donors give money to the Sierra Club? Are they trying to strangle the American economy? The liberal green group is celebrating its “victory” of putting America’s major coal producers out of business — to say nothing of the…
Why waste food to replace something we already have too much of? The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) — also known as the ethanol mandate — was passed by Congress in 2005 and expanded in 2007. Regardless of market conditions, it…
Shutting down low-volume wells in North Dakota is an actionable offense. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final methane rule on May 12. The 600-page rule is agenda-driven and backed by pseudoscience, emotions, and unicorn dust, and it’s…
Congress has taken action that actually advances free markets and limits government intrusion. I was in the room when, on September 17, the House Energy and Commerce Committee—with bipartisan support—advanced legislation to lift the 1970s-era ban on crude-oil exports. HR…
