Bob McCarty Writes

On Oct. 27, 2009, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) appeared before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to speak on behalf of the Kerry-Boxer cap-and-trade bill.  Senator Kerry spoke uncontested for 28 minutes, allowing no time for questions by members of the Committee.  In the video below, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) rebuts Senator [...]

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Details of the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill now the subject of hearings in the U.S. Senate bring to mind one question, “Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?” Unfortunately, this morbid humor offers little about which to laugh.

In a post three days ago, I warned you about what my friends in the oil [...]

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As the Senate is poised to vote on the Lieberman-Warner America’s Climate Security Act, a new poll finds an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose the higher energy costs the bill would impose.
The poll, conducted by the National Center for Public Policy Research, found 65% of Americans reject spending even a penny more for gasoline in [...]

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With gas prices rising each day during the past two weeks, it makes sense for drivers to do everything possible to make their vehicles as efficient as possible in order to lower their fuel costs this summer and beyond. Below are ten fuel-saving tips from GasBuddy.com:

1. Avoid High Speeds — As your speed [...]

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“People who live In glass houses should not throw stones” unless they want to go without power until repairs are made.

One day in the near future, Professor John Bell of Australia’s Queensland University of Technology hopes the statement above will become a reality. And, it appears it will, thanks to glass solar cell technology [...]

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