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The Administration may release more crude oil from the SPR to lower gasoline prices before the election
Never mind that the SPR is already at historically low levels, leaving the U.S. vulnerable to disruptions in crude oil markets at a time when the world…
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Ed Ireland
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The Current Administration Declares War on the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry
With US oil production reaching historic levels in 2023, the administration is trying to destroy the oil and gas industry to score points with…
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March 2024

The U.S. produced more crude oil in 2023 than any nation at any time despite over 200 legislative roadblocks imposed since the last…
The U.S. oil and gas industry has weathered the vicious attacks that started on January 1, 2020.
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"Environmentalists and different folks are willing to destroy the environment in order to protect the environment," say fishermen in the…
The Biden Administration and the Department of Energy plan to approve a lease of 2 million acres of ocean off Maine for floating wind turbines that have…
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Bloomberg: "US Economy Scores a Win From the Bear Market in Natural Gas"
Says Bloomberg News, not Michael Bloomberg, who has vowed to slash U.S. natural gas power plant capacity in half, block all new natural gas power plants…
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Revisited: Wind power output in Texas is trending down even as wind generation capacity increases
Winds in the U.S. have declined in recent years.
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February 2024

Wind power output in Texas is trending down even as wind generation capacity increases
The inherent unreliability of wind power is highlighted by the recent experience in Texas.
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January 2024

U.S. breaks promise to supply Europe with LNG citing concerns about climate
Robert Bryce's "Iron Law of Electricity" says the decision will backfire.
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The Carbon Tax Cliff
Why carbon taxes are a very bad idea
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December 2023

The potentially deadly combination of two EPA proposed policies: the carbon and methane rules
Destabilizing U.S. power grids seems to be a feature, not a bug, of EPA proposed rules.
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Natural gas expected to generate half of U.S. electricity in 2024 and EPA announces new methane rules that will reduce natural gas supplies
A prescription for disaster.
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COP28 seeks to stop U.S. natural gas production to lower world CO2 emissions while new EIA study shows natural gas reduced U.S. CO2…
Carbon dioxide reduction has never been the goal of the COP meetings; reducing U.S. geopolitical power is the actual goal.
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