Energy and Environment
Ken Salazar’s Offshore Charade Continues
Written by IER
The Interior Department’s lease sales this week in the Central Gulf of Mexico received the highest bids to explore for oil and gas there in at least three decades. This result seemed to surprise Secretary of Interior Salazar. But it should not come as a shock. Under Secretary Salazar’s leadership, ...
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Rio + 20 Conference Report and Sustainability Economics
Written by Ken Haapala
"..The leaders of Brazil, India and China have made it clear that they will not punish their citizens by stopping economic growth. Russia needs revenues from exports of oil and gas to maintain its budget and government spending... Ken Haapala Read more: Rio + 20 Conference Report and Sustainability Economics
• Rio+20 Report
• The Royal Society ...
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Issa Uncovers the Truth About Green Jobs
Written by IER
Slugging it out in the debates over federal energy policies can be a thankless task, but sometimes you have a fun day. For example, Rep. Darrell Issa’s June 6 grilling of representatives from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics on their definition of “green jobs” is laugh-out-loud funny. Beyond the ...
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A New Day For North Dakota: "The Fracking Miracle"
Written by IER
VIDEO | WASHINGTON DC — The Institute for Energy Research, in a joint venture with The Heritage Foundation, released today a video telling the story of economic freedom, energy abundance, and job creation that are happening in North Dakota’s oil-rich Bakken shale formation. “A Fracking Miracle” ... Read more: A New Day For North Dakota: "The Fracking Miracle"
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North Dakota’s Economic Boom Inspires Action on Energy Legislation
Written by Tray Smith
The U.S. House will vote next week on a package of energy and jobs bills Republican leaders say will help lower the price of energy and boost economic growth. The Domestic Energy and Jobs Act combines seven energy-related bills aimed at boosting energy production on federal land.
House Majority ... Read more: North Dakota’s Economic Boom Inspires Action on Energy Legislation
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UN Plans to Expand Phony Water Crisis: 'Smart Water Meters' on the Way
Written by Anthony Wile
UN-Water Survey Examines Water Law Reform ... Twenty years ago this June world leaders gathered in Rio de Janeiro for an Earth Summit to develop an action plan for sustainable development.
They discussed a wide variety of topics including climate change, alternative sources of energy to ... Read more: UN Plans to Expand Phony Water Crisis: 'Smart Water Meters' on the Way
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The EPA and Tier 3 Regulations
Written by Robert Murphy
Although the general public hasn’t heard much about it, the EPA is preparing to issue so-called “Tier 3” regulations on automakers and refiners, which are even more stringent than the “Tier 2” standards announced in 1999 and fully implemented in 2006.
As usual, EPA hasn’t given a satisfactory ...
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The American Sovereignty Campaign is a Front for Environmentalists
Written by Senator Jim DeMint
A stealth effort is underway to convince conservatives the United Nations Law of the Sea treaty is needed to protect the very thing the Reagan Administration believed it wouldn’t—American sovereignty.
Members of the misnamed American Sovereignty Campaign(TASC) are working to achieve radical ... Read more: The American Sovereignty Campaign is a Front for Environmentalists
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The Greatest Hoax? Global Warming, Says Sen. James Inhofe
Written by Roger Aronoff
The issue of global warming continues to be a fault line in this country and across the world. There are, on the one hand, those who believe, like Al Gore, that the earth is warming to a catastrophic degree, that it is caused by man’s overuse of carbon-based energy, and if we don’t hurry and do ... Read more: The Greatest Hoax? Global Warming, Says Sen. James Inhofe
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