An investigative report by Adam Federman in the Washington Post says that the Biden administration is issuing oil and gas permits at a rate faster than Trump did. “Between Jan. 20 and Oct. 31, the Bureau of Land Management [part of the Interior Department] approved 3,091 new onshore drilling permits—permits it could have deferred or…
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What Can We Learn from the “Yellowstone” TV Series?
PERC (the Property and Environment Research Center) has put together a package of articles that elucidate lessons from the TV show “Yellowstone.” Writes PERC: “’Yellowstone,’ starring Kevin Costner, is one of the most popular shows on television. The action-packed drama follows the travails of a prominent Montana ranching family as they confront an onslaught of…
The Wild Swings of Joe Biden’s Energy Policies Put America Last, and Sink His Poll Numbers, Too
President Joe Biden’s climate and energy policies are one critical factor in his sinking poll numbers and in the dwindling chances that the Democrats will keep either house of Congress in the mid-term elections. Biden’s and the Democrats’ fortunes are falling almost as fast as the average American’s energy, food, and fuel prices are rising….
Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is Climate Alarmists
Global elites regularly decry the supposedly “existential” threat purported human-caused climate change poses to the environment, civilization, and even human survival. These same elites propose policies intended to avert global climate disaster, almost all of them involving ending the use of fossil fuels and fundamentally changing how people live—forcing people to live in high-density urban…
Watch Out for the Feds, Even If It’s Your Property and Even If It is a Church Camp for Troubled Youth
The U.S. Federal Claims Court decided on October 25 that the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) does not need to compensate a Nevada property owner for damages when it diverted a Nevada stream that had flowed onto the property. Flooding followed four times, but the court concluded that the diversion and the floods were not…
China, Facing Blackouts, Goes ‘All-In’ for Oil, Gas, and Coal
China’s energy production is in turmoil—but probably not because it is cutting back on fossil fuels. Although President Xi has claimed the country will cut back, it hasn’t so far. The causes of the current energy crisis are multiple. Reuters lists some: “China is in the grip of a power crunch as a shortage of…