WaPo Slips Coal Critique into the Entertainment Section
Have you seen Spike TV’s new show on coal mining in West Virginia? I haven’t, but I’ve read the Washington Post’s review, and while it didn’t tell me anything about the show, it did provide an...
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For Natural Gas, the Other Shoe Drops
For years, certain natural gas producers, led by Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon, have pursued a myopic strategy of demonizing coal in an effort to seize a larger share of the electricity...
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Iain Murray on Japan’s Nuclear Crisis
CEI’s Iain Murray has an op-ed in The Washington Times today explaining what can be learned from the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan. Here’s an excerpt: Without this vigorous defense of nuclear, the...
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An Assault on Coal Exports
Not content with destroying coal in the United States, there are ongoing assaults on allowing U.S. companies to export coal. It’s one thing to destroy coal in favor of more expensive energy in an...
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Sierra Club’s “Beyond Coal” Campaign Is Beyond the Pale
Last Thursday, the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee of the House Transportation Committee held a hearing on “Environmental Protection Agency Mining Policies: Assault on Appalachia.” Video...
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Irrational Fossil Fuel Hatred
Energy blogger Robert Rapier has an excellent post about the naive hatred shown towards the fossil fuel industry by what he calls Democrats. I’m not completely convinced that its a position held by...
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A Few Energy Links
1. Everything you’ve heard about fossil fuels may be wrong, Michael Lind (Salon): The arguments for converting the U.S. economy to wind, solar and biomass energy have collapsed. The date of depletion...
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The Big Mercury Lie
There’s a big lie making the rounds that EPA’s ultra-expensive new mercury regulation is worth the cost ($10 billion annually) because it will protect fetuses from developmental disorders. EPA...
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CEI’s Myron Ebell Discusses the Utility MACT Vote
CEI’s Myron Ebell appeared on E&E-TV this morning to discuss the upcoming vote on Senator Inhofe’s (R-OK) CRA vote to end the EPA’s mercury and air toxic’s rule. You can watch the video here. Here...
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The Growing Irrelevance of U.S. Climate Policy
The world will burn around 1.2 billion more tons of coal per year in 2017 than it does today — an amount equal to the current coal consumption of Russia and the United States combined. Today’s...
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