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The Illinois Legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill placing strict regulations on hydraulic fracturing last week, and now heads to Gov. Quinn’s desk where he has promised to sign it. SB[...]
Economics · Featured · FIRE · Liberty
The other day I came across a good review of Edmund Contoski’s latest book, The Impending Monetary Revolution, The Dollar and Gold, at Feathered Quill Book Reviews. An excerpt from that[...]
Economics · Environment/Energy · Featured · Regulation
We are fighting a battle against scientific ignorance and environmental nihilism that we cannot afford to lose.
Environment/Energy · Featured · Regulation
President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency has already promulgated a tsunami of 1,920 regulations, many of which will bring few health or environmental benefits, but will impose high economic and unemployment[...]
The London-based newsletter Oil & Energy Insider posted on their April 12 issue information about a new bill being considered in Congress to overturn some of the most damaging parts of the[...]
Environment/Energy · Featured · Regulation
President Obama is not the “warrior for the middle class” he campaigned as, but he’s most concerned about creating wealth for his “green cronies.”
Environment/Energy · Regulation
Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s choice to replace Lisa Jackson at the Environmental Protection Agency, has been chastised for having lied to Congress, in claiming that EPA did not use “dangerous[...]
In addition to my interesting conversation with EPA Advisor Bob Sussman which was covered in a separate post here, there were a number of other interesting findings that emanated from[...]
In his first energy speech of his second term, “President Barack Obama tried to move past partisan fights over energy policy on Friday with a modest proposal to fund research[...]
Climate change has again moved to center stage. In his State of the Union address, President Obama stated, “But for the sake of our children and our future, we must do[...]
Environment/Energy · Politics · Regulation
As opposing camps gear up for the coming war this Congress over the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), we should prepare ourselves for a constant bombardment of claims and accusations designed[...]
Environment/Energy · Regulation
An oil and natural gas boom is underway in the United States, born of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” It has created tens of thousands of well-paying jobs[...]
Budgets/Taxes · Economics · Education · Environment/Energy · Health Care · Politics
The following are statements from staffers, fellows, and policy advisors at The Heartland Institute, a national free-market think tank based in Chicago. For more comments, refer to the contact information[...]
Environment/Energy · Liberty · Regulation
Companies everywhere extol their sustainable development programs and goals. Sustainability drives UN programs like Agenda 21, EU and US green energy initiatives, and myriad manufacturing, agricultural, forestry and other efforts.[...]
This Nov. 16 announcement from our National Academies is a great example of propaganda promoting fear of catastrophic global warming from burning fossil fuels. Just in time for Congress in this lame-duck[...]
The unexpected result of Tuesday’s election resurrected the memorable words broadcast by Emperor Hirohito August 15, 1945, announcing the end of Japan’s participation in World War II. “The hardships and[...]
During the October 16 debate and on other occasions, when talking about energy policy President Obama has said he is for all of the above–oil, natural gas,”clean” coal, and renewable energy. “Clean”[...]
Education · Environment/Energy · Health Care · Politics
In the thread below, nearly two dozen Heartland staffers, fellows and policy advisors weigh in on the second presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Enjoy: “Both candidates did[...]
Environment/Energy · Regulation
[First posted at Forbes.] Newly unearthed information shows Florida Republican party leaders failed to disclose scandalous conflicts of interest regarding the state’s renewable energy law, even as Republican leaders hypocritically[...]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering a proposal that would create a new tax on broadband Internet service. The new tax would be designated to fund the Connect America Fund[...]
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