As we have covered in the past, the Biden administration is utilizing aggressive EPA rulemaking to pad the president’s environmental record. The administration rolled back a misguided EPA’s vehicle tailpipe emissions rule and delayed rules for existing natural gas plants until after the election, but the agency is plowing ahead with requirements for new powerplants…
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was established in 1975 in reaction to the OPEC oil embargo to mitigate future supply disruptions and to act as a backup oil supply in emergency scenarios, such as natural disasters. In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the administration wielded the SPR as a political tool to keep gas…
There is no denying that energy demand is surging—forecasted to grow 4.7 percent over the next five years, compared to a previous estimate of 2.6 percent. Efforts to meet this demand, however, are hotly contested and debated. Utilities in the Southeast United States are eyeing new gas power plants in order to keep up with…
Over the last couple years, the Biden administration’s federal agencies have proposed rule after rule to establish additional red tape across our domestic energy sector. For example, the EPA proposed vehicle tailpipe emissions so stringent it would essentially mandate the widespread adoption of electric vehicles by 2030. Though the agency slightly walked back the requirements,…
Recently, publications such as The Washington Post, Fox Business and the Telegraph have covered the effects of the clean tech and Artificial Intelligence boom on our nation’s power grid. The Washington Post’s piece laments AI’s effects on the clean energy transition and the inability of states to meet their climate goals. However, what the article’s…
The Guardian recently published an article in support of the film How to Blow up a Pipeline, which promotes eco-terrorism (How to Blow Up a Pipeline: an Eco-thriller Australia urgently needs). This movie glamorizes violence and justifies it as a valid tool for activism. This is wrong, no matter the magnitude of the issue. Believing…
Around the country, the Gas Leaks Project has plastered advertisements aimed at spreading a misguided message surrounding the harmful effects of natural gas. Mirroring a popular reality television show, the $1 million “Hot & Toxic” campaign sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors features characters that each showcase a potentially harmful byproduct of natural gas. Meant to…
In no surprise, Vladimir Putin was ‘re-elected’ president of Russia this month in a landslide victory. Putin embarks on a new six-year term facing no real internal competition to his power. The war in Ukraine has proved a battle of attrition, but as Reuters reports, “Putin is winning” that war. Though his people are suffering…
In an unexpected turn of events, the United Kingdom announced that it is turning away from its climate commitments, allowing new gas-fired power plants to be built into the 2030s. With an original objective of achieving complete renewable power generation by 2035, the ministers will allow the commission of new gas plants as a means…
This week, the new MethaneSAT took off on a SpaceX rocket in California, leaving environmentalists exuberated. Why? Because the satellite is intended to be a watchdog, monitoring and tracking methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. Designed by scientists from the Environmental Defense Fund and Harvard, and privately funded by the New Zealand government…
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