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Bipartisan Lack Of Support

The Courant's June 9 editorial ["The Senate's Shame"] was wrong to imply that the leading climate legislation in Congress, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, failed…

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I Told You So

Last Saturday, Hans wrote a blog post about unrest in Egypt sparked by inflation in the price of food, which, in turn, is caused…

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Energy Dollars and Sense

Rising energy costs threaten the U.S. economy, and the GOP doesn’t seem to care. Last December, Congressional Republicans joined a Republican president in support of…

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Stay Poor

It's bad enough when European and American politicians desperate to "do something" about global warming appear willing to sacrifice economic growth in their own…

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Russia Makes an Energy Power Play

European governments are paying close attention to negotiations in Abuja, Nigeria, where Russian officials are trying to access the host country’s sizable natural gas…

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Chinese Coal and John Kerry

Richard McGregor reports in today’s Financial Times that the China’s energy demand continues to skyrocket, growing at an annual rate of 16.2 % so…

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Al Gore is a McCarthy-ite

Steven Mufson reports in today’s Washington Post that Kansans for Affordable Energy, a non-profit funded by coal interests, has taken out full page advertisements…

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Draft Gore, Seriously

The Draft Gore for ‘08 campaign is picking up steam. According to the Draft Gore Newsletter (sign up here!), signatures are piling up (more…

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Hogging All the Corn

This fall, Congress will consider an aggressive ethanol production mandate that spells bad news for pork producers in the Tar Heel State.  …

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Biofuels and Bolshevism

The developed world’s seemingly unquenchable thirst for miracle fuels made from food is pushing Russia further towards authoritarianism. The Financial Times today reports that…

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Al Gore and the Presidency

If Al Gore harbors Presidential ambitions, he would be insane to run in ’08. In the parlance of campaign operatives, Al Gore”‘owns” the global warming…

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Can We Trust James Woolsey?

Ex-CIA Director James Woolsey is a proponent of ethanol because he believes it can help make the United States more energy independent. Never mind…

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Hummers and Hybrids

The Hummer is the bane of the greens’ existence. It is big and loud, so it makes an easy target for those so keen on…

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Schwarzenegger: False Prophet

If you happen to catch Arnold Schwarzenegger’s speech to the U.N. on climate change today, please remember as you listen that the governator is full…

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Biofueling Disorder

Would you believe that the weather in Indiana could trigger popular unrest in China? Global demand for fuel made out of food is growing…

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Gas Tax Falls Flat

According to a story in today’s Financial Times, Europeans are buying more SUVs than ever. Evidently, European consumers don’t care that larger cars emit…

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Ethanol and Arkansas

Arkansas corn farmers have rarely had it so good. I should know. Due to surging corn prices, our family farm in Independence County has been…

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The Biofuel Fad

William Saletan argued in favor of biofuels on humanitarian and environmental grounds ["A Corny Cold War," Outlook, July 8]. He was wrong on both…

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Farmers are Shuckers, Too

It is not surprising that National Corn Growers Association President Ken McCauley uses the term “free market” pejoratively (“Reusable fuels: Good goal, good policy,”…

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