By Michael Bastasch Residents of Anacortes, Washington are furious with environmental activists for littering their town with more than one ton of trash left behind from recent anti-fossil fuel protests ostensibly held in the name of protecting the Earth. Eco-activists held protests on a BNSF railroad line over the weekend to prevent oil trains from…
By Andrew Follett The various nations of the European Union pay a lot more for electricity than American states do, according to an analysis of data by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The DCNF aggregated average annual power prices from the E.U. and U.S. in 2013, the last full year of data. The average European spent 26.9 cents…
By Michael Bastasch A libertarian think tank was served with a subpoena by U.S. Virgin Islands prosecutors as part of a racketeering probe not long after Democratic attorneys general promised to investigate groups with ties to the oil industry for allegedly misleading the public on global warming. More subpoenas are likely on the way as…
By Casey Harper A Missouri family is outraged that a new city ordinance requires they destroy their vegetable garden. Sugar Creek, a suburb of Kansas City, passed the ordinance March 28 requiring all front yard gardens be at least 30 feet away from the street. Residents have until Friday to comply. Nathan Athans said the city passed the…
Andrew Follett Experts say Britain’s dependence on wind and solar power could lead to massive blackouts this winter. The U.K. will be more vulnerable to blackouts than it has ever been for at least the next four years, Paul Massara, the former CEO of one of Britain’s largest electricity companies, told The Times of U.K. Britain’s energy difficulties are due…
By Andrew Follett Rooftop solar companies, including Elon Musk’s SolarCity, are facing huge financial hurdles as state governments cut back on lucrative green energy subsidies and reform regulatory schemes. “Is the solar industry’s boom for real, or is it being propped up by hefty government subsidies?” Richard Martin asked in a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Technology…
Andrew Follett Greenpeace responded to accusations “of cultural ignorance and colonialism” by stating on Twitter Monday “The struggle has never been about saving the planet. The planet does not need saving. This Struggle is about us.” The struggle has never been about saving the planet. The planet does not need saving. https://t.co/RvdQ0LVFKF pic.twitter.com/Q8useSP3OB — Greenpeace (@Greenpeace)…