EnergyCommentary
The past few weeks have been a remarkable time in environmental politics. Green groups have joined President Barack Obama in celebrating the global climate agreement reached… Read More
EnergyNews
HOT SPRINGS, Va.—Conservative lawmakers, scholars, and activists say it’s time for the Virginia General Assembly to look into the taxpayer funding of academics and scientists… Read More
EnergyCommentary
In an interview at the close of the recent Paris climate conference, Secretary of State John Kerry scolded Republican senators for saying out loud that… Read More
EnergyNews
California Gov. Jerry Brown raised some eyebrows while attending the U.N. Climate Summit in Paris this month, proclaiming that the “coercive power of the central… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Last week in Paris, I had the pleasure of speaking at an event hosted by the Heartland Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and Committee… Read More
Energy News
Republicans upset with President Barack Obama’s international climate change agreement remain committed to the few options they have to do something about it. “Honestly, I… Read More
EnergyCommentary
What better time than Christmas to spend other people’s money and give presents to the environmental activists? In addition to the other generous handouts renewable… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Proponents of energy subsides argue that they are necessary for any number of reasons, such as business certainty, to stimulate the economy, to preserve jobs,… Read More
EnergyNews
PARIS—Competing national interests and even personal rivalries have cast a cloud over the international summit on climate change meeting here, and the issue of “climate justice” has… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Although he probably didn’t mean to, Secretary of State John Kerry made a compelling case for why the U.S. and other countries should not go… Read More
EnergyCommentary
PARIS–Cronyism is on display here at the United Nations climate conference (COP21), as developing countries aren’t the only ones trying to cash in on carbon… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Unnecessary government subsidies promote inefficiency, limit competition, and cost taxpayers more than they get in return. A prime example is the wind energy Production Tax… Read More
EnergyNews
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz convened a subcommittee hearing Tuesday to dispute the validity of research from climate “alarmists,” whose findings have become central to crafting… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Week one of the U.N. climate conference in Paris (COP21) concluded with the adoption of a draft “outcome.” This was the must-have first step if… Read More
EnergyNews
The federal government is looking to use the budget process to expand its ownership of land across the United States despite already owning three of… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The United States is awash in crude oil and technology, which is allowing the oil industry to find more oil at less expense. Allowing exports… Read More
EnergyNews
The ripple effects of the financially troubled Spain-based renewable energy giant Abengoa just slammed into its biofuel plants in the United States. Whether it’s a… Read More
EnergyCommentary
There has been a lot of attention given to China at the climate conference in Paris. As the largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The House of Representatives recently voted to the lift a decades-long ban on exporting crude oil. Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate would do the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Politicians and bureaucrats from nearly 200 nations are gathered in Paris for an international global warming agreement. In his opening statements, President Barack Obama claimed… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Hey, Paris Climate Conference, 1997 called, and it wants its failed climate discussions back. Eighteen years ago, the Kyoto climate protocol was debated in Congress,… Read More
EnergyNews
PARIS—A U.N.-sponsored climate change summit opened Monday amid gathering clouds of global conflict that threaten to overshadow the negotiations. More than 150 heads of state, including President Barack… Read More
EnergyCommentary
President Obama’s opening remarks at the Paris climate agreement were effectively an apology for industrial progress. At the kickoff of the talks, Obama remarked, “I’ve… Read More
EnergyNews
Senate Republicans, girding for another budget battle in early December, are vowing to use the process to undercut President Barack Obama’s chances of brokering an international… Read More
EnergyCommentary
In October, a delegation of researchers from The Heritage Foundation had the opportunity to travel to Japan for a week. It is clear from their… Read More
EnergyNews
Some witnesses questioned the president’s climate initiative, the Clean Power Plan, during a House Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearing on Wednesday. Anne Smith,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Before a bill to fund the federal government even makes it to the floor, some in the House are already ceding ground on funding for… Read More
Energy News
Sen. Mike Lee on Thursday introduced a resolution “expressing the sense of Congress” that President Barack Obama should submit an international climate deal expected to… Read More
Energy News
Senate Republicans emphasized Wednesday that they will fight the Obama administration for the right to review an international climate deal expected to be struck in… Read More
EnergyCommentary
As the Obama administration prepares to leave for the U.N. climate treaty negotiations in Paris on Nov. 30, Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Kathleen Hartnett White… Read More
