![]() Energy Facts Energy Features 07/29/2010 ENERGY The BP Spill: Has the Damage Been Exaggerated?05/12/2010 ENERGY Western Caucus Opposes Kerry-Lieberman Cap and Tax Proposal robbishop.house.gov (Congressional Western Caucus) "It is unacceptable to expect Americans to foot the bill for bad policies that do nothing more than advance political agendas here in Washington. While some special interests consider this bill a ‘win,’" read more. 05/11/2010 ENERGY Learning From The Gulf Blowout CDFE Senior Policy Advisor Paul Driessen on learning the right lessons from the Gulf of Mexico disaster. read more. 05/03/2010 ENERGY Turning Tragedy into Triumph MasterResource.org April saw two devastating disasters in the energy industry: a methane explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, West Virginia that claimed 29 lives, and another explosion at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, which took 11 more. The latter incident, because of the tens of thousands of gallons of oil now pouring from the ocean floor each day, will impact the Gulf region for years if not for decades to come. These tragedies are a terrible reminder of the trial-and-error nature of life. Humans have accomplished many wonders over the millennia – wonders that ended the vicious cycle of crushing poverty that has been mankind’s lot throughout most of history. read more. 03/04/2010 ENERGY Energy Suicide: Unplugging America Simply stated, when you lose electricity, you lose light and warmth, and you are instantly back to the dark ages... that is why energy is so critical, not just to our everyday lives, but to the future of the nation. It is, in many respects, life itself. 01/28/2009 ENERGY Video Release: Less Talk and More Action Needed from Administration to Create New Energy Jobs Obama lied! He has no intention of allowing new nuclear energy plants or allowing oil exploration and production at any place on America's outer continental shelf. His Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, is shutting down oil and gas production on American soil right now, making sure we have only foreign oil to rely on when the public realizes that outputs of wind, solar and biofuels are so tiny they cannot supply our energy needs. Obama says one thing and does another. See the opposition's video on American's energy policy. 11/10/09 ENERGY Affordable Energy: The Foundation of Human Rights and Economic Justice CDFE Senior Policy Advisor Paul Driessen's policy address delivered on November 5th to the Missouri Association for Social Welfare, University of Missouri – St. Louis campus. Driessen discusses the impact of global warming policies, the benefits of hydrocarbon fuels, the Copenhagen treaty, and more. 09/29/08 The Ethanol Racket Subsidized ethanol doesn't raise food prices, claims trade group. A Fortune video says otherwise. You decide. 09/15/08 Who are you calling stupid? CDFE adjunct scholar Alan Caruba storms anti-fossil-fuel zealot Thomas Friedman for urging America to use imaginary energy instead of the real stuff. 08/25/08 CORE's Niger Innis debates Sierra Club leader Carl Pope. Innis nails Pope at the Democratic National Convention for carrying on a War Against the Poor by opposing more oil and gas production. Al Jazeera Network carries the debate in a two part video posted on YouTube. ![]() ![]() 08/18/08 RUSSIA CRUSHES EUROPE'S ENERGY STRATEGY There are things more stupid than Europe's energy strategy, but we can't think what, unless it's the U.S. no-energy policy. Canada's Globe and Mail tells all. 08/15/08 INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY - EDITORIAL: THE AXIS OF OIL Oil's dominance is gradually ebbing and will eventually end. But eventually is a long time, and our energy economy can't totally retool in a decade. Down the road, there's a future powered by solar, wind, nuclear, biofuels and maybe hydrogen. In the meantime, the fastest way to boost energy security as well as slow the flow of wealth to terrorists, tinpots and would-be tsars is to drill, drill, drill wherever oil in U.S. territory may be found. 08/15/08Idle leases – or addled minds? Political grandstanding won’t help companies find oil on federal leases, say Newt Gingrich and Roy Innis.
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