by Steven Nelson and Ryan King New York Post WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump touted plans Thursday to reduce electricity costs by quickly approving the construction of new power plants and spurring the deployment of small modular reactors for nuclear energy — saying it would unleash an economic boom. Trump, 78, said that more electricity would [...]
Just The News The president has a lot of leeway to make many unilateral decisions on energy policy with far-reaching impacts on the industry, as Biden has demonstrated, but the flip-flopping between administrations creates regulatory uncertainty for the industry. Biden campaigned on a promise to “end fossil fuel,” and during his tenure, his administration, with [...]
by Lawrence Wilson Epoch Times House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) believes the sweeping energy bill passed by the House has a chance of becoming law despite the statement that it will be “dead on arrival” in the Senate by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and indications from the White House that President Joe Biden would [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As appearing in the Washington Examiner Three major oil and gas pipelines have been scuttled or delayed this month. Is cancel culture coming for America’s newfound energy dominance? Recently, Virginia and North Carolina utilities threw in the towel on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which would have [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing on Townhall.com Since assuming office, President Trump has maintained a sharp focus on reducing Washington’s bloated bureaucracy, fighting stifling regulations, and cutting the red tape that stifles America’s economic progress. His new plan to overhaul the complex National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a cornerstone of those efforts. That’s because NEPA has [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com founder InsideSources.com President Trump is taking a well-deserved victory lap on his “energy dominance” policy. Speaking at the Shale Insight conference last week in Pittsburgh, Trump recounted a number of his energy policy accomplishments that have unleashed the American energy industry. Not only is America [...]
by Craig Richardson, E&E Legal President As Appearing in InsideSources.com America is vulnerable and exposed. Despite increased production, the United States has yet to achieve the level of energy independence adequate for national security or consumer protection. Today’s headlines are full of examples. When Iran captures vessels in international waters, it sends shockwaves reverberating through [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in the Daily Sentinel In 1961, President Kennedy established a national goal “before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” We did. Not long after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969, President [...]
