Budget-Busting Climate Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act Must Go

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The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 16, 2022. The bill was badly mistitled and intentionally so. The Biden administration and Democrats in Congress took advantage of Americans’ desire for a response to high and rising prices for food, fuel, and other basic consumer goods. […]

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Biden’s Gas Tax Suspension: Meager Help and Deficit Spending

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Today President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass legislation suspending the federal tax on gasoline for July through September, “to give Americans a little extra breathing room as they deal with the effects of Putin’s war in Ukraine.” Not Much Savings Put the emphasis on “little.” The average driver drives 1,125 miles per month,

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Biden energy policy at a glance: You give me 94 bucks and I’ll give you 2.3! Happy?

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So, President Joe Biden is taking 50 million barrels of oil out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to cool the rapid rise in gasoline prices. Will it work? Not for long—if at all. We use about 20 million barrels per day. So 50 million is enough to supply all our oil for only about

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Biden/Harris appointees to Department of Energy—Not a Bit of Energy Expertise

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On August 20 the Biden/Harris Administration announced five new appointees to the federal Department of Energy. Here are their qualifications: progressive political activism degree in political science progressive political activism degree in environmental science progressive political activism degree in education and ethnic studies progressive political activism degree in what? progressive political activism degree in political

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Unmasking the Latest Bipartisan (and Dangerous) Climate Bill

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It is summer in the United States, which means temperatures are hot and western forests and grasslands are burning—as has been the case as long as people have lived here. In our current age, however, in which there is alleged to be a political “solution” to nearly every problem, politicians believe they can use governmental

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Why “Green Energy” Isn’t “Clean Energy”—or a Good Substitute for Fossil Fuels

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Remember President Obama’s “Clean Power Plan”? It aimed to reduce global warming (aka climate change) by cutting American emissions of carbon dioxide from electricity generation. It never got very far, and the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) killed it. But now President Biden has his own version. He announced his “Energy Efficiency and Clean

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Biden’s Climate Appointments and the Potential Disruption to the Global Fossil Fuel Market

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With President-elect Joe Biden about to assume office, he will soon roll out his “clean energy” plan, aimed at reducing America’s dependence on fossil fuels. But such a move will cause ripples beyond America’s borders. It will likely impact key developing countries that have become increasingly reliant on fossil fuel imports from the booming U.S.

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