By Paul Driessen — Policy integrity. Ethical culture. Environmental protection. Environmental defense. Friends of earth. Defenders of wildlife. Ethical investing. Not just their names, but their charter, culture and policies – their very being – represent a commitment to these profound values. Or so we […]

By Paul Driessen — An oil and natural gas boom is underway in the United States, born of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing , or “fracking.” It has created tens of thousands of well-paying jobs directly, and hundreds of thousands more in hundreds of businesses that supply […]

By Paul Driessen — In Walt Disney’s 1940 animated film “Pinocchio,” woodcarver Geppetto dreams that his wooden marionette will turn into a real boy. Geppetto’s hopes are immortalized in the song “When You Wish Upon a Star,” which begins: “When you wish upon a star/ […]

By Rebekah Rast — Nine gas stations in the nation now have pumps with E15 gasoline. E15 is a blend of regular gasoline mixed with 15 percent ethanol.  The pumps are recognized by their black and orange labels. And that label is not something you want to ignore. […]

By Paul Driessen — Climate alarmists are meeting in Doha, Qatar, to hammer out a new international treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol that expires this year. The US Environmental Protection Agency is poised to unleash its first wave of carbon dioxide regulations. And Congress […]

By Paul Driessen — Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have boosted shale gas production from zero a few years ago to 10 percent of all US energy supplies in 2012, observes energy analyst Daniel Yergin . Fracking has also increased US oil production 25 percent since 2008 […]

By Eric Hovde — Last year six million children starved to death around the world — again.  On top of this, Worldhunger.org reports that 925 million people went hungry in 2010 worldwide. Anyone who has watched television late at night has seen the commercials for […]

By Paul Driessen — The duplicity and hypocrisy of environmental pressure groups seem to be matched only by their consummate skill at manipulating public opinion, amassing political power, securing taxpayer-funded government grants, and persuading people to send them money and invest in “ethical” stock funds. […]

By Paul Driessen — Governor Mitt Romney strongly supports North American energy independence as the foundation of renewed U.S. employment and prosperity. President Obama is waging war on fossil fuels, job creation, and efforts to end our economic recession and reduce dependence on Middle Eastern […]

By Rebekah Rast — In September 2008, before Barack Obama was elected president and Steven Chu appointed Department of Energy Secretary, Chu stated, “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” Thanks in large part […]