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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
A Warming Climate has Positive Effects on Life on Earth There’s a lot of debate around global warming. Many say the planet is getting warmer. However, is moderate global warming actually beneficial? Here’s 10 facts the fear mongers don’t want to talk about. 1. Less energy used in the winter Warmer climates means…
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…