Obama administration gives wind farms a pass on eagle deaths, prosecutes oil companies

CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. – The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping ...

Keystone XL and Natural Gas Provide Energy Trade Opportunities

Jim West/ZUMA Press/Newscom In June 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama said, “If we continue to let our trade policy be dictated by special interests, then American workers will continue to ...

Israel: We Will Always Be a Friend to Cyprus

At a meeting with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu promised that Israel would continue to maintain good ties with Cyprus, regardless of its newly-rekindled relationship with Turkey. ...

INFOGRAPHIC: Obama’s Red Tape Rising

Regulatory costs skyrocketed in the first term of the Obama Administration, which added nearly $70 billion to the already excessive annual burden of government do’s and don’ts. Virtually every aspect ...

Heritage Analysts: What We Saw in Venezuela

LEO RAMIREZ/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom The situation encountered by Heritage analysts on the ground in Venezuela last week was of a country that has been looted and is falling apart—literally and figuratively. ...

New EPA Regulations Mean Higher Gas Prices

Newscom It’s no secret that the White House, regardless of Administration, releases unpopular news on Friday afternoons. On the popular television drama West Wing, the fictional Bartlett Administration calls it ...

Keystone XL: Parallels to the Alaska Pipeline

Jim West/ZUMA Press/Newscom As the U.S. commemorates the 40th anniversary of passage of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline Authorization Act of 1973, it is worth remembering the challenges the project overcame and ...

Climate Protestors Rally Against Keystone XL Pipeline

Supporters of President Obama’s continued obstruction of the Keystone XL pipeline and more government controls to prevent climate change attended a “Forward on Climate” rally on February 17 in Washington, ...

Iran Suffers Another Accident: $40 Million Platform Unit Sinks In Gulf

A $40 million engineering structure belonging to Iran’s South Pars gas field, which was to be used in offshore platforms, sank into the Gulf as it was being installed, media ...

It’s Time to Stop Picking Winners and Losers in the Energy Industry

Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom Representative Mike Pompeo (R–KS) hopes his new bill calling for the repeal of all energy tax credits on both conventional and renewable energy sources will level ...