Here’s How Much Obama Cost Americans By Banning New Coal Leases

Here’s How Much Obama Cost Americans By Banning New Coal Leases

Michael Bastasch President Barack Obama’s decision to put a moratorium on new coal mine leases could end up costing Americans billions of dollars as more federal lands are locked up. Instead, if Obama could have generated nearly $88 billion of economic activity from opening more federally-controlled lands to coal mining, according to a recent study…

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Obama Touts Low Gas Prices, Then Promises To Make Energy More Expensive

Michael Bastasch After President Barack Obama touted record-low gasoline prices during his tenure in his State of the Union address Tuesday, he quickly promised to make energy more expensive for Americans by making oil and coal “reflect the costs” of global warming. “Now we’ve got to accelerate the transition away from dirty energy,” Obama said….

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5 Truths About Fracking The Media Missed In 2015

Andrew Follett The United States benefited enormously from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in 2015; but media outlets have mostly focused on headlines about earthquakes and aquifer pollution — neither of which have sufficient evidence to draw conclusions. From foreign policy to cheap domestic energy and even booming job growth, here are five key stories the media…

French Power Station Generates Electricity For 1,500 Homes From Cheese
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French Power Station Generates Electricity For 1,500 Homes From Cheese

Supporting the development of alternative fuel sources is undoubtedly important; whether it be solar, wind, or… cheese? A French power station is taking the waste products from a nearby cheese factory and using it to power as many as 1,500 homes. Edie.net reports: The power plant in Albertville, Savoie, owned by biofuel producers Valbio, uses…

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Fracking, Not Renewables, Is Responsible For Emissions Reduction

Andrew Follett The biggest cause of CO2 emissions reduction is America’s fracking natural gas boom, not solar or wind power, according to a study by the Manhattan Institute. The study shows that solar power is responsible for 1 percent of the decline in U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions, while natural gas is responsible for nearly 20 percent. U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have dropped by…

Study: Shale Gas Emissions Are Massively Overestimated
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Study: Shale Gas Emissions Are Massively Overestimated

Andrew Follett The amount of methane leaked from shale gas production has been massively overestimated according to a new study. The study was authored by University of California Professor of Physics and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory senior scientist Dr. Richard Muller and his daughter Elizabeth Muller, a former policy adviser for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation…

No Peak Oil: Proved U.S. Oil and Gas Reserves Continue To Increase

No Peak Oil: Proved U.S. Oil and Gas Reserves Continue To Increase

By Michael Bastasch Published: December 4, 2014 It was only four years ago that economist and New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman sounded the alarm on peak oil, lamenting that high oil and commodity prices reflect the fact that we live in a “finite world.” But now oil prices are plummeting as U.S. oil production…