By Rick ManningAs originally published in the Washington Examiner. You may have heard about the Russian ship trapped in Antarctic ice. Various ice-breakers from other nations have attempted to free it, but to no avail. The ship is encased in tons of floating sea ice. What many in the mainstream media have failed […]
By Nathan Mehrens As originally published at FoxNews.com. While it may not qualify as a silver lining, there was one bright spot to emerge from Washington D.C.’s latest adventure in bad budgeting: A provision further enhancing our country’s expanding energy independence. Championed by U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) the […]
By Marita Noon Hydraulic fracturing started out as an “ exploding torpedo ” back in 1865. Today, nearly 150 years later, the actual process has made giant technological strides, but now, it’s the topic that’s explosive. While the White House has been encouraging Christmas dinner table conversation […]
By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. A Colorado lawmaker is seeking to put an end to two small mining claims on federal land in his state by having Congress designate the site and surrounding lands as a national monument. Sen. Mark Udall (D) has introduced legislation […]
By Marita Noon “Canada is a sovereign nation and we will develop our resources with appropriate regulations and enforcement to protect the environment,” said Paula Caldwell St-Onge. The Consulate General of Canada, St-Onge was in Albuquerque to talk up, and answer questions about, the Keystone […]
By Alan Caruba Barely a week goes by these days without hearing of some new demand by the Environmental Protection Agency that borders on the insane. Increasingly, EPA regulations are being challenged and now reach the Supreme Court for a final judgment. This marks the […]
By Marita Noon “Even green projects have an impact on their surrounding environment.” Green energy, specifically so-called renewables, has been sold to the American public as the answer to a host of crimes against the planet. But, as Lex Berko points out in her post […]
By Paul Driessen and Dennis Mitchell Earth’s geological, archaeological and written histories are replete with climate changes: big and small, short and long, benign, beneficial, catastrophic, and everything in between. The Medieval Warm Period (950-1300 AD or CE) was a boon for agriculture, civilization, and […]