Tag: fracking
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Methane Mendacity – and Madness
RADICAL GREEN AND GOVERNMENT AGITATORS SLAM METHANE IN LATEST BID TO TERMINATE FOSSIL FUEL USE by Paul Driessen, ©2016 (Apr. 10, 2016) — Quick: What is 17 cents out of $100,000? If you said 0.00017 percent, you win the jackpot. That number, by sheer coincidence, is also the percentage of methane in Earth’s atmosphere. That’s a…
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Banning Fossil Fuel Benefits
DOES THEIR ABYSMAL GRASP OF ENERGY AND ECONOMICS MAKE HILLARY AND BERNIE UNFIT TO GOVERN? by Paul Driessen, ©2016 (Mar. 13, 2016) — “Natural gas is a good, cheap alternative to fossil fuels,” former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi famously intoned. (Psssst. Ms. Nancy, natural gas is a fossil fuel.) “If I thought there was…
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Last-Ditch Assaults on Affordable Energy
OBAMA AND ALLIES DOUBLE DOWN ON BIOFUELS AND CLIMATE, AND AGAINST CARBON-BASED FUELS by Paul Driessen, ©2016 (Mar. 6, 2016) — Separating reality from ideology and political agendas is difficult, but essential, if we are to revitalize our economy and help the world’s poorest families take their rightful places among Earth’s prosperous people. Energy reality is…
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Green Tech – the Climate Crisis Syndicate
MANUFACTURED CLIMATE CRISIS FEARS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SCHEMES CREATE GOLD MINE FOR THE RICH by Paul Driessen, ©2015 (Nov. 15, 2015) — Renewable Portfolio Standard advocates recently held their 2015 National Summit. The draft RPS agenda suggests it was quite an event – populated by bureaucrats, scientists and consultants who have jumped on the climate and…
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Government-style “Fairness” for the 1%
OBAMA CRONIES GET ABUNDANT FAVORS – AT THE EXPENSE OF WORKING-CLASS AMERICANS by Paul Driessen, ©2015 (Nov. 8, 2015) — Liberals love to extol their deep compassion for the poor, whom conservatives allegedly don’t give a fig about. Thus our Community-Organizer-in-Chief pontificates endlessly about income inequality, to justify his determination to “fundamentally transform” our nation,…
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Putin and Buffett’s War on U.S. Pipelines
BILLIONAIRES USE SECRETIVE FOUNDATIONS TO FINANCE ANTI-PIPELINE PROTESTS – AND GET EVEN RICHER by Paul Driessen, 2015 (Jun. 6, 2015) — Abundant, reliable, affordable oil and natural gas empower people. They support job creation, mobility, modern agriculture, homes and hospitals, computers and communications, lights and refrigerators, life and study after sundown, indoor plumbing, safe drinking…
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The Tip of the Climate Spending Iceberg
HOW YOUR TAX AND CONSUMER DOLLARS FINANCE CLIMATE CRISIS, INC. AND HOBBLE AMERICA by Paul Driessen, ©2015 (Mar. 28, 2015) — Lockheed Martin, a recent Washington Post article notes, is getting into renewable energy, nuclear fusion, “sustainability” and even fish farming projects, to augment its reduced defense profits. The company plans to forge new ties with…
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Methane Deceptions
DECEPTION, AGENDA AND FOLLY DRIVE LATEST OBAMA EPA ANTI-HYDROCARBON RULES. ARE FARMERS NEXT? by Paul Driessen, ©2015, CFACT.org (Jan. 26, 2015) — First they came for the coal mining and power plant industry, and most people did not speak out because they didn’t rely on coal, accepted Environmental Protection Agency justifications at face value, or thought…
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Vetoing Bipartisan Energy, Job and Economic Growth
OBAMA MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE ONLY “COMMON GROUND” HE RESPECTS IS HIS LIBERAL TURF by Paul Driessen, ©2015 (Jan. 10, 2015) — New Republican members were still being sworn in and expressing their desire for bipartisan initiatives, when Obama said he would veto the Keystone pipeline, ObamaCare fixes and other bills that run counter to…
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SAFE New Year
“BEWARE THE STATUS QUO” by New York State Grassroots Groups (Dec. 31, 2014) — With the cops now demoralized and neutered and The Safe Act in full effect – do YOU feel SAFE? Here’s what the criminals have to say, Halleluiah! We are Safe!!! New York has the Safe Act. The Cops are now demoralized…
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It’s Rarely About the Environment Anymore
IT’S ABOUT SLASHING OUR ENERGY USE, FREE ENTERPRISE, JOB CREATION, LIVING STANDARDS AND FREEDOMS by Paul Driessen, ©2014 (Oct. 25, 2014) — Back in 1970, when I got involved in the first Earth Day and nascent environmental movement, we had real pollution problems. But over time, new laws, regulations, attitudes and technologies cleaned up our air,…
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RFK, Jr. Wants Me Jailed … As a War Criminal!
PERHAPS HE SHOULD SERVE TIME FOR ECO-MANSLAUGHTER AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY? by Paul Driessen, ©2014 (Oct. 5, 2014) — The “people’s climate march” was notable for the amazing energy, economic and climate illiteracy displayed by the mostly young people parading along New York City streets September 21. Their chants, rants and placards demanded that we stop…
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Breaking Russia’s Energy Stranglehold
EUROPE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE ITS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICIES DICTATED BY PUTIN’S BLACKMAIL by Paul Driessen, ©2014 (Sep. 30, 2014) — European Union nations want to impose tougher economic sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine and providing the missiles that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. However, they are worried about biting the hand that…
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What Really Drives Anti-Fracking Zealots?
THEY WANT TO END FOSSIL FUELS AND CAPITALISM, CONTROL OUR LIVES AND IMPOSE ECO-UTOPIA by Paul Driessen, ©2014, CFACT.org (Sep. 21, 2014) — Recent news stories underscore the tremendous benefits brought by America’s fracking revolution. * The shale oil production boom could boost US crude production to 9.5 million barrels of oil per day (bopd)…
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Obama AWOL Again – On Energy Terrorism
OBAMA FAILS TO PREPARE FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT VACATION, GOLF AND CLIMATE CHANGE by Paul Driessen, ©2014 (Sep. 2, 2014) — Four news stories in four days sum up the Obama presidency and help explain why the world and U.S. economy are in such a mess. Obama just returned from his two-week beach and golf vacation at…
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Killing Marine Life With Ethanol
ETHANOL DAMAGES YOUR CARS, SMALL ENGINES, FOOD BUDGET – AND KILLS GULF OF MEXICO ANIMALS by Paul Driessen, ©2014 (Jul. 20, 2014) — Ethanol and other biofuel mandates and subsidies got started when politicians bought into claims that we are rapidly depleting our petroleum, and fossil-fuel-driven global warming is boiling the planet. Hydraulic fracturing destroyed…
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Greener Than “Green”
FRACKING IS FRIENDLY TO PROTECTED SPECIES AND MOSQUITO-DEVOURING BATS by Deroy Murdock, ©2014 (Mar. 7, 2014) — Williamsport, PA — A constant, mild hiss. That was my chief observation when I returned to Anadarko Petroleum’s Landon Pad A, a natural-gas site in Lycoming County, PA. October’s quietude was totally unlike the cyclone of equipment, personnel and activity…
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The Ignorance and Hypocrisy Behind Oil Export Bans
HELP CONSUMERS, SECURITY, ENVIRONMENT BY ELIMINATING PROHIBITION ON EXPORTING U.S. OIL AND GAS by Paul Driessen, ©2014 (Feb. 9, 2014) — US oil and gas production was already declining, when the 1973 Arab oil embargo sent oil and gasoline prices skyrocketing and created block-long lines at gas stations. Increased domestic production could have eased the supply…
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Fracking – Clean and Green
HATRED OF HYDROCARBONS DOES NOT EXCUSE FRACKOPHOBES FROM LEARNING FACTS OR SPEAKING FACTUALLY by Deroy Murdock, ©2014 (Feb. 5, 2014) — Williamsport, PA. The only thing deeper than a natural-gas well is the ignorance of the anti-fracking crowd. Fracking – formally called hydraulic fracturing – involves briefly pumping water, sand and chemicals into shale formations far…
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Build the Keystone Pipeline, Already!
KXL WAS AWOL FROM SOTU – ALONG WITH REAL ENERGY, JOB, ECONOMIC AND REVENUE SOLUTIONS by Paul Driessen, ©2014 (Feb. 3, 2014) — Obama frequently says he wants to turn the economy around, put America back to work, produce more energy, improve public safety, and open new markets to goods stamped “Made in the USA.” In…