We are witnessing a growing trend of angry attempts to erase past racial injustices through attacks upon Civil War monuments, those symbolically associated with a tragic era of slavery. Inflamed by violence leading to a death characterized in the media as a “white supremacist rally” protesting removal of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee…
Paul Driessen
Fair trade for thee, but not for me
Imagine what a Tesla or wind turbine would cost if the Left followed its own “principles”Permanent “Nobody wants to buy something that was made by exploiting someone else,” Ben & Jerry’s and Fair Trade co-founder Jerry Greenfield likes to tell us. Let’s hope he doesn’t drive an electric vehicle, doesn’t use a laptop or cell phone,…
Paul Driessen
Yet another renewable energy boondoggle
Croplands, habitats, taxes, family budgets, safety sacrificed to enrich politically connected few? Wilkinson Solar has filed papers requesting permits for a 74-megawatt solar electricity facility about 35 miles east of Greenville, NC. If approved, 288,120 solar panels would blanket 600 acres (0.94 square miles) of now scenic, serene farmland next door to the Terra Ceia…
Larry Bell
Solution to NKorea Nuclear Threat Must Be Permanent
There is no such thing as a temporary or delayed solution to grave nuclear dangers posed by North Korea to America and our allies throughout the world. Ahistory of failed policies over the past three decades demonstrates that economic concessions have gifted them with a treasure even more valuable than money — precious time to…
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Reusing produced water becoming more economical in the Permian
By Patrick Miller New research from the University of Texas at Austin found that recycling produced water from hydraulic fracturing in the Permian Basin can reduce the need for large upfront water requirements and potentially reduce seismic earthquakes caused by reinjecting the water into geologic formations. The study—conducted by the university’s Bureau of Economic Geology—was…
Patrick Miller
Trump talks taxes, energy during North Dakota appearance
President Donald Trump last week used a refinery in North Dakota as the backdrop to talk about his plans to reduce and reform taxes, but he also used the opportunity to discuss his administration’s energy and regulatory policies. “You’re the hardworking people that provide the energy that makes this country run,” Trump told a crowd…