John Kerry, Joe Biden’s new Climate Envoy, tells oil and gas workers to retrain for solar jobs that pay less than half of what they make now. By Catherine Mortensen President Joe Biden’s new Climate Envoy, former Sen. John Kerry, is telling high-wage workers in the oil and gas industry, whose […]

  By Frank McCaffrey Today we look at an action taken on the first day of the Biden administration to rescind a permit on the Keystone XL pipeline, put forth by the Trump administration. Now this is a move that costs tens of thousands of […]

Under President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. finally achieved energy independence. By Richard McCarty In the 1970s, America saw what happens when a country is dependent upon unfriendly countries for oil. Prices skyrocketed, gas was rationed, and drivers still had to sit in long lines to get gas. […]

By Rick Manning The Environmental Protection Agency this year set the Renewable Fuel Standard quota to 15 billion gallons conventional biofuel be blended into the nation’s fuel supply, including ethanol and biodiesel. The way it works is refiners and importers that meet up to the quota are awarded Renewable Identification Numbers (RINS) credits from the EPA, […]

Executive Action Aims to Reduce Dependence on Chinese Resources By Catherine Mortensen President Donald Trump has made it clear, with or without the help of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats, he is moving forward with his promise to put America first. The latest example is in […]

By Catherine Mortensen Among the many strange moments at the first presidential debate of 2020 on Sept. 29, perhaps the strangest of all was Joe Biden’s flip-flop on the Green New Deal. On the one hand, he said, “The Green New Deal will pay for itself,” but […]

By Rick Manning With the election around the corner, the D.C. swamp is hard at work.  Various special interests are trying to make their pet issue look like an election asset or liability.  One interest group working overtime is the biofuel lobby.  The federal Renewable Fuel Standard […]

By Catherine Mortensen President Donald Trump’s energy policies have created an America that is energy independent for the first time in 60 years. That means we produce more energy than we consume. As a result, the price we pay now at the pump and to heat our […]

By Catherine Mortensen Americans for Limited Government, along with 65 other conservative groups, sent a letter to President Trump this week urging him not to allow political meddling in the permitting process for the Pebble Mine in Alaska. Just hours after sending the letter of support for the […]

By Catherine Mortensen At the height of the Great Depression, my great-grandfather and his two sons left their tiny Northern New Mexico village in search of economic opportunity. All three men found work at the massive open pit Bingham Copper Mine just west of Salt Lake City. […]