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No Drilling, No Jobs, No Money Nicolas Loris The Obama Administration lifted the moratorium on new permits and drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, but the same problem persists as it has for over a year...
View ArticleA Bird-Brained Prosecution (Persecution?)
Indicting oil and gas companies but giving wind turbines a pass. The Obama Administration’s hostility to oil and gas exploration is well known, but last week it took an especially fowl turn. The U.S....
View ArticleMexico Targets Repsol in Maverick Tactic to Gain Offshore Technology
Mexico Targets Repsol in Maverick Tactic to Gain Offshore Technology By Andres Cala Bogged down by outdated nationalist policies, entrenched into the country’s constitution, Mexico has gone maverick to...
View ArticleHow North Dakota Became Saudi Arabia
How North Dakota Became Saudi Arabia Harold Hamm, discoverer of the Bakken fields of the northern Great Plains, on America’s oil future and why OPEC’s days are numbered. STEPHEN MOORE Harold Hamm, the...
View ArticleNYT editorializes against the national interest [gasp!] with counterpoint...
Say No to the Keystone XL Unless good sense intervenes, it looks increasingly likely that the State Department will approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry a coarse, acidic crude oil from...
View ArticleUK slowly coming to its carbon senses while neighboring North Sea oil barons...
George Osborne Vows UK Won’t Go It Alone On Carbon Targets Monday, 03 October 2011 13:36 James Murray, The Guardian Chancellor hints he could water down UK’s ambitious carbon targets George Osborne has...
View Article‘Climate proofing’ crops is a great idea – just don’t forget it is more...
Scientists eye ‘windows of opportunity’ for adapting food crops to climate change Increased aid from biotechnology needed in the next 2 decades to tap the genetic potential of seed banks COPENHAGEN,...
View ArticleMisanthropic loons still trying to stifle crop development
Note the misinformation like “terminator technology” – hybrid seeds are generally infertile or revert to base stock after one generation – either way high-productivity hybrids are not suitable for seed...
View ArticleOh noes! Harvesting timber is environmentally friendly
Wood is the greenest building material, USDA says A report from the U.S. Forest Service on Thursday found that using wood in building products yielded fewer greenhouse gases than other common building...
View ArticleEUC dances to greenies’ anti-energy tune, UK likely to veto
EU Commission Agrees Specific CO2 Value For Oil Sands – Source Alessandro Torello BRUSSELS–The European Union executive body has agreed to propose that oil extracted from sands should be treated as a...
View ArticleThe Obama administration gets a lot wrong, but it does seem to be getting...
Good For Canada And Us Energy: Environmentalists are making a last stand against the Keystone XL pipeline with a scare campaign about groundwater. Time to review the facts and let the project proceed....
View ArticleDavid Henderson: The Special Contribution Of Vaclav Klaus To Climate Policy
David Henderson: The Special Contribution Of Vaclav Klaus To Climate Policy Tuesday, 04 October 2011 14:57 David Henderson Vaclav Klaus, the President of the Czech Republic, recently passed his 70th...
View ArticleCranks and scammers seek to sabotage advanced agriculture in the name of...
Here’s some sad news for you guys – unless you only eat weeds and wildlife all your food has been modified and has been since the advent of farming. In fact a lot has been modified very deliberately...
View ArticleHydraulic fracturing wrongly bears brunt of public concerns on shale gas...
Hydraulic fracturing wrongly bears brunt of public concerns on shale gas development, expert says CHRIS CASTEEL WASHINGTON — Hydraulic fracturing has wrongly been the focus of public concerns over...
View ArticleShale gas panel offers olive branch to industry
Shale gas panel offers olive branch to industry Jennifer A. Dlouhy When a government task force said natural gas drilling wasn’t inherently dangerous to water supplies — but still urged tougher...
View ArticleUnusual positive item about sewage outfall and wind farm platforms – and...
Accidental Nature: The benefits of human waste Richard Taylor-Jones I’m now well into filming for this year’s Autumnwatch series and already we’ve come across plenty of stories that apply very well to...
View ArticleOf course they do: Environmentalists oppose plan for £150m ‘green’ power station
Environmentalists oppose plan for £150m ‘green’ power station ENVIRONMENTALISTS are objecting to plans for a £150m “green power” station that would use household waste to power more than 25,000 homes...
View ArticleKeystone XL and the anti-development cultists
Keystone XL: The wrong question The Keystone XL pipeline from Canada’s tar sands would have pros and cons, but foes would do better to shift their focus to the larger environmental issues. The question...
View ArticleLawrence Solomon: Harper’s next stand
Lawrence Solomon: Harper’s next stand The PM spoke out for the seal hunt. Now he must support the Alberta oil sands Prime Minister Harper, it’s time to stand up for Alberta and for Canada. You and your...
View ArticleRoger Pielke Jr.: Cornucopians vs. Malthusians
Cornucopians vs. Malthusians Back in 1980, Paul Ehrlich and Julian Simon made their famous bet, recounted by John Tierney at its culmination 10 years later: In 1980 an ecologist and an economist chose...
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