As Mark Twain put it: “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” And, even when the dupe accepts his folly, sorry seems to be the hardest word. Frank Keating was governor of Oklahoma 1995-2003 and is responsible for its wind power calamity, as he calls it. Uncharacteristically of…
E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D.
What Do “Green Jobs” Produce?
Cornwall Alliance advisory board member H. Sterling Burnett published a good piece in the Washington Times recently that rebuts claims about “Green jobs” in two ways. Burnett points out that in response to President Donald Trump’s saying one reason to withdraw from the Paris climate accord was that staying in would drive energy prices higher,…
Patrick Miller
Court doesn’t stop oil flow through Dakota Access Pipeline
The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) will continue operating for at least the next two months as both sides in the ongoing legal dispute submit briefs, responses and replies to Judge James Boasberg in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes—both downstream from the point…
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Braskem to build $675M petrochem plant in U.S. because of shale
Braskem, the leading thermoplastics resins producer in the Americas, has announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has formally approved the final investment decision to proceed with the largest polypropylene production line in the Americas. Braskem will commit up to $675 million in investment capital towards the design and construction of the new facility which…
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Energy Secretary Right on Climate Change
By Tom Harris Energy Secretary Rick Perry did a remarkable thing last week: he expressed skepticism about the causes of climate change in a TV interview and, even after widespread condemnation from environmentalists and the press, he did it again a few days later before a major Senate committee. After telling a CNBC host on…
Riley J. Hood
The Muslim Report: Indonesia
“In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 The first experiment in “Islamic Democracy” is the United States of Indonesia. Prior to the Japanese invasion of 1942, Indonesia was the Dutch East Indies. In 1945, Mr. Sukarno declared “independence.” The Dutch tried to reassert…