NR PLUS Regulatory Policy

Biden’s Oil-and-Gas Leasing Lockdown, Brought to You by the NEPA

By Jordan McGillis June 10, 2022

Given that one Biden campaign promise was to ‘end fossil fuel,’ no one should be surprised to see sue-and-settle tactics quietly working toward that end.

NR PLUS Regulatory Policy

Forgetting the 1970s Gas Lines, at Our Peril

By Jordan McGillis May 27, 2022

Unless we’d like to repeat that era, we ought to keep its price controls firmly in the rearview mirror.

NR PLUS International

Carbon Tariff: Heaping Coals on the Consumer’s Head

By Jordan McGillis May 11, 2022

With our economic health faltering, now would be an inopportune — indeed, inexplicable — moment to ratchet prices higher still.

NR PLUS International

Bulgaria and the Strategic Importance of U.S. Natural Gas

By Jordan McGillis May 2, 2022

On weakening a major source of Russian influence in Europe.

NR PLUS International

The Problem of Economic Dependence

By Jordan McGillis March 10, 2022

Glaring as Germany’s shortsightedness about Russia now appears, the U.S. is stumbling into an analogous trap with our primary geopolitical opponent, China.

NR PLUS International

What China’s Interference with Indonesian Oil Says about Regional Hegemony

By Jordan McGillis February 2, 2022

Nations such as Indonesia will be key to successful U.S. deterrence of Chinese aggression.

World

Climate Policy with Chinese Characteristics

By Jordan McGillis August 30, 2021

Xi Jinping’s emissions-trading scheme shows no indication that it will curb the China’s growing appetite for coal, oil, or natural gas. It was never meant to.

Energy & Environment

Biden’s Other Pullout

By Jordan McGillis August 26, 2021

Moving on from the hard realities of global-energy geopolitics has allowed our greatest adversary to seize the advantage.

International

How the U.S. and Taiwan Can Unite on Energy and Foreign Policy

By Jordan McGillis June 15, 2021

As U.S. and Taiwanese representatives reaffirm trade and investment ties this summer, liquefied natural gas should be at the forefront of the conversation.

World

Electric La-La Land — Handing China the Metals Card

By Jordan McGillis May 31, 2021

A new report sounds the alarm on the mismatch between policies forcing an energy transition and the availability of the minerals that would make it feasible.