By Rebekah Rast — The U.S. boasts 48,611 Megawatts (MW) of wind power capacity as of March 2012 . The capacity of the U.S. wind fleet could provide enough electricity to supply 10 million American homes . The key word in these facts: capacity.  However, the wind doesn’t always blow and these giant turbines rarely, if ever, hit their maximum potential or capacity. […]

By Rick Manning — The winner of the Obama/Pirate caption contest achieved something that is rare in this world, and actual laugh out loud, from contest judges. Among the many outstanding entries which played upon the themes of Obamacare, Pillaging, Pretending and Plunder, the winner, NAME OR […]

By Mark Wohlschlegel — The Department of Defense has a new mission — to purchase and integrate 1,500 new Chevy Volts into its fleet.  Who gave this order to begin “Operation Inefficient”?   That’s what ALG would like to find out. Why exactly?  The military line […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at onminesafety.com . By James Sharpe — Dr. Greg Wagner has left MSHA, but his departure has not stopped a swirl of controversy surrounding the nature of his employment or the amount he was paid during his 32-month detail […]

By Rick Manning — Time to update the infamous Lizzie Borden poem to reflect the modern day version of what Elizabeth Warren did to coal mine workers’ health care benefits : Lizzie Warren took an axe, and gave coal pensioners forty whacks. And when she saw what she had done, she gave their health care forty one. […]

By Rick Manning — ABC News’ website headlined an article in June, “Emperor Penguins Threatened By Shrinking Kingdom,” with this just being one of a series of articles crying the alarm around the globe that the loveable penguin , star of both the big and small screen is endangered by […]

By Rick Manning — Is it time to send Bob Casey to the minors? Senator Bob Casey from Pennsylvania has a unique record of ineptitude.  Sitting in the majority, where your legislation should just by accident find its way to the floor for consideration once in a […]

By Kevin Mooney — “Another Delay!” “Another Victory!” That’s how environmental activists describe efforts in Saltillo, Texas aimed at scuttling production of the Keystone Pipeline XL in the Southwestern U.S. Since this portion of the pipeline does not extend across an international border, President Obama […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column first appeared at TheHill.com By Rick Manning — Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz has been busily traveling Europe trying to get the European Union to crack down on the use of tracking cookies that online advertisers depend upon to get the right […]

By Mark A. Wohlschlegel II — In May of 2012, Americans for Limited Government filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) with the EPA regarding their regulation and corresponding law suit on the topic of coal-ash. This stemmed from our suspicion of the green groups […]