Mideast crisis dramatizes need to strengthen U.S. energy security with offshore drilling
WASHINGTON – The hostilities in the Middle East serve to dramatize the serious problems with our nation’s energy security.
While U.S. oil consumption will grow by one-third by 2025 – even with the rise of renewable fuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel – the United States remains dangerously dependent upon foreign nations, many in the war-torn Middle East, for a majority of our oil needs.
Posted: 07/31/2006 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy
Energy Security On The Shelf
The Senate still lacks the courage stand up to environmental special interests, even on an issue as important as America’s energy security.
Posted: 07/16/2006 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy
Europe's Colder Half
Blame it on global warming, but meteorologists say Central Europe’s winters are getting colder. And this winter (or one like it in the not-so-distant future), as the Danube freezes over and Warsaw is blanketed under heavy snow, 100 million people — citizens of the European Union’s newest member states and proven U.S. allies — could find themselves without heat.
Posted: 07/16/2006 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy
Is Decade-Old Daubert Ruling Effective at Reducing Junk Testimony?
What relevance does a decade old, academically elitist and somewhat obscure hoax have for the U.S. judicial system? A lot, it would seem.
Posted: 07/07/2006 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Regulations and Risks
In the Public Interest: Now is the Time to Tap the Outer-Continental Shelf
Ending the moratoria on new production in the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is among the most responsible actions Congress could take to ensure long-term economic growth while also decreasing America’s vulnerability to foreign powers.
Posted: 07/07/2006 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy