Manufacturing Unemployment
For most Americans, persistently high unemployment is a new development — but employment in the manufacturing sector has been taking a beating for decades. Painful as that is, it’s not ...
A 4/19 Mindset on Energy
The Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil leak occurred on April 20th. So why is President Obama pushing his April 19th global-warming agenda as a solution to it?
By now everyone has ...
Exploring for New Supplies of Votes
President Obama’s announcement that he would support a limited expansion of offshore drilling might sound like a step in the right direction. In reality, it tightens the noose on domestic ...
Corporate Support for Global-Warming Measures Won’t Make It Any Cheaper for the Rest of Us
One of the myths of environmental-policy battles is that they pit environmentalists on one side and industry on the other. In truth, it is unusual for affected ...
Hot Air
This week, the Senate debates America’s Climate Security Act (S. 2191), sponsored by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I., Conn.) and John Warner (R., Va). The Lieberman-Warner bill (LW) would restrict energy ...
No Toilets Left Behind
Want to see what’s wrong with the newly enacted energy bill? Just take a look at your toilet.
If it’s a low-flush toilet, that is. These water-stingy models were mandated under ...
A Whole New World?
Global warming is a complex issue to figure out, but one thing about it is actually quite simple — discerning which side dominates the debate right now. For the past ...
Chumps At The Pump
Gasoline is already more than $2.20 per gallon and climbing, and we’re still months away from the high-demand summer vacation season. So why has the U.S. Senate introduced two bills ...
Congress Battles Itself Over Affordable Energy
Two congressional events held last Wednesday — a news conference supporting more federal funding to help the poor pay their winter energy bills and a Senate hearing on a bill ...