Washington, D.C., January 3, 2014 – Senate Energy Committee Chairman Mary Landrieu? That’s likely in the second session of the 113th Congress, with the Louisiana Democrat moving up to take…
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December 3, 2013 – The World Bank and the United Nations last month held a news conference to tout their plan to raise big bucks -- $600 billion or so…
Cows get little respect these days. Except, of course, when cow is in the form of a two-inch-thick steak cooked medium-well and served still sizzling from the grill. Others prefer…
Do you remember the many predictions in past years that oil production has peaked world-wide and we will soon deplete this natural resource? M. King Hubbert, a petroleum engineer with…
Washington, D.C., 15 November 2013 -- The literature about the development of the atomic bomb, its use against Japan, and subsequent developments, is extensive and rich (including my own book,…
Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2013 -- Attempting to deflect continuing charges that its upcoming policies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions don’t have popular support in the country, the Environmental Protection…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put forward three excuses to justify its increasing regulatory authority over the natural gas, an authority that was specifically given to the States…
On August 9, 2013, President Obama signed into law the “Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013” (the “Act”). This legislation, passed with overwhelming support in the House and Senate, streamlines…
Washington, D.C., October 30, 2013 -- The evidence that the South American coast country of Chile is going heavily for wind power is evident at every major port, from Arica…
In February 2013 I wrote an editorial entitled “Where’s the Warming?” My argument was that the IPCC was facing a significant problem in writing the then-upcoming AR5 because the most…