by Kevin Mooney The Washington Examiner Joe Biden and running mate Sen. Kamala Harris are both on record opposing innovative drilling techniques that have transformed Pennsylvania into a major energy producer. The former vice president expressed his hostility toward the process of hydraulic fracturing, widely known as "fracking," during a March debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders. Biden [...]
Tom Tanton, E&E Legal's Director of Science and Technology Assessment As Appearing on IER's Podcast E&E Legal's Tom Tanton, a California resident, joins the Institute for Energy Research's (IER's) podcast to discuss CA’s recent rolling blackouts and what went wrong with the state’s energy policies to get here. Listen here.
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As appearing in RealClear Markets The Democratic Party has made it clear that they would rather pursue their destructive green agenda which further sets back America’s economy than give Americans the lifeline they need to get back on their feet. And if they flip [...]
by Valerie Richardson Washington Times Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden insisted Monday that he would not ban fracking as president, seeking to reassure pivotal swing-state voters benefiting from the oil-and-gas boom fueled by hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania. “I am not banning fracking,” Mr. Biden said in a speech at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “Let me say that [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Tone-deaf lawmakers ignore already failing electricity grid With wildfires burning 1.3 million acres throughout the state, and rolling power blackouts from the weak electrical grid, the California State Senate Appropriations Committee voted to pass Assembly Bill 326 to make driving an Electric Vehicle “more accessible for [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so. Recent reports about the extraordinary number of lawsuits against the Trump administration verify exactly what some of us predicted. After the 2016 election, it seemed clear that opponents [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe California’s bet on renewables and shunning of natural gas and nuclear power, is directly responsible for the state’s blackouts and high electricity prices’ California is rich in natural resources which once powered the state: natural gas deposits in the Monterey Shale formation; geothermal energy, abundant rivers [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Gov. Newsom warns: Be prepared for more power outages as heatwave continues At Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press conference Monday, he discussed the state’s heatwave, record temperatures throughout the state, and the rolling blackouts millions have to deal with over the very hot weekend. The California Independent [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The administration recently released a report called “Restoring America’s Competitive Nuclear Advantage,” compiled after an eight-month review by the White House Nuclear Fuel Working Group. That was composed of all the federal agencies involved in nuclear power, nuclear defense, and public [...]
by John O'Brien Legal Newsline CONCORD, N.H. (Legal Newsline) – New Hampshire’s governor has vetoed legislation that would have given personal injury lawyers a new way to file lawsuits, even when their clients haven’t been injured. Being able to make a claim for medical monitoring allows lawyers to sue companies with the hope of putting [...]
