Twice during the past week, I’ve written about the oil and natural gas industry and the recent decision by House Democrats to allow a quarter-century-old offshore drilling ban to expire. Today, however, I heard a CBS radio news report about the ban expiring today and felt obligated to set the record straight for benefit of [...]
Reasons to Oppose Offshore Drilling Obsolete
September 30th, 2008 · 8 Comments
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Texas Congressman Offers ‘Skinny’ on Light Bulbs
June 25th, 2008 · 5 Comments
An old friend in Oklahoma sent a link to the video below which, in turn, I’ve deemed worthy of sharing with readers of this blog. The video shows Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) speaking on the floor of the House of Representatives about the insanity of the federal government limiting our ability to be “pro-choice” [...]
Tags: · CFL, CFLs, compact florescent lightbulbs, congressman poe, congressman ted poe, Environment, Global Warming, Light Bulbs, Mercury, rep. ted poe, ted poe, texas congressman
Gore Ranks Environmentalists Above Soldiers
May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Though support for Al Gore’s crusade against human-caused global warming has waned with each passing month, the former vice president is still out and about touting his brand of environmental snake oil. In addition, he’s added something else to his repertoire: Slapping the faces of our military men and women.
According to a report [...]
Tags: · Air Force, Al Gore, american heroes, Army, Environment, environmental snake oil, former vice president, founding fathers, Global War on Terror, Global Warming, Gore, hero generation, Human-Caused Global Warming, Marine Corps, Navy, ohio state, snake oil, Terror, War on terror, World War II, world war two
Wow! Blogger Agrees with Environmentalists
April 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Today marks a rare occasion when I find myself in agreement with anything touted by hard-core environmentalists like Lester Brown, Ken Cook and Jonathan Lewis.
I find myself in partial agreement with the men from “Greenville,” all of whom were invited by the Grocery Manufacturers Association to come to share their views on biofuels with reporters.
During [...]
Tags: · american consumers, biofuels, carbon emmissions, clean air task force, commodity prices, Congress, deforestation, Earth Day, earth policy institute, ecosystems, energy independencecellulosic fuels, Environment, environmental working group, environmentalist, Ethanol, fertilizer, food prices, food-to-fuel mandates, fuel prices, grocery manufacturers association, jonathan lewis, ken cook, lester brown, price of food, world hunger
Senator: ‘Global Warming Alarmists Busted!’
August 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Thanks to Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), I’m able to share with you the content of a post that appeared on the Inhofe EPW Press Blog yesterday. Now, once and for all, we put to rest all that liberal talk — such as that espoused by Steve Outing in this post earlier today — of [...]
Tags: · Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Climate Research, Dr. Klaus-Martin Schulte, Environment, Global Warming, Global Warming Skeptics, James Inhofe, Sen. James Inhofe, Steve Outing

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