Apr 12, 2012 View Enlarged Image Energy: To hear President Obama talk about energy, you’d think annual oil price spikes were routine and predictable. But it’s another energy myth Obama peddles to avoid responsibility for high gas prices. In February, Obama lamented these “gas price spikes that happen every year.” A few days later, he [...]

April 11, 2012 By S. Fred Singer All bets are off for the future of energy in the United States and, indeed, the world, as the price of natural gas plummets to ever-lower values — thanks to the development of technology that can access gas and liquids trapped in hitherto inaccessible shale rocks.  In 2011, [...]

By Lauren Fox April 9, 2012 Marking the similarities between President Barack Obama’s time in office and former president Jimmy Carter’s is nothing new. But as of Monday, Obama has hit one more Carter benchmark – both saw gas prices double in their first term of office. [See Where Gas Prices are Spiking the Most] [...]

The Tonopah Solar company in Harry Reid’s Nevada is getting a $737 million loan from Obama’s DOE. The project will produce a 110 megawatt power system and employs l45 permanent workers.That’s costing us just $16 million per job. One of the investment partners in this endeavor is Pacific Corporate Group (PCG). The PCG executive director [...]

Fleeced Americans send message to Obama one note at a time By Anneke E. Green The Washington Times Friday, April 6, 2012 Vice President Joseph R. Biden may think the administration’s energy policy is “the best it’s ever been,” but consumers don’t agree. Customers outraged by high gas prices are turning to sticky notes to [...]

By Jonah Goldberg (Archive) · Friday, April 6, 2012 In his speech before the Newspapers Association of America/American Society of News Editors Wednesday, likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney accused the president of changing positions to get re-elected. For instance, Romney charged that, “As president,” Obama “delayed the development of our oil and coal and [...]

April 6, 2012 Mike Evan From Energy Biz: “Renewable energy generation has grown nationally by 27% in the past three years, largely due to federal policy support and favorable tax policies, recently released data show.” The numbers speak for themselves – notwithstanding politically-inspired criticism, the pro-renewable energy policies pioneered by the Obama Administration have generated [...]

So much for an ‘all of the above’ energy strategy. Apr 4, 2012 WSJ For three years the Environmental Protection Agency has imposed a de facto ban on new coal-fired power while doing everything it can to harm existing coal plants. But for once there’s something good to say about the latest EPA carbon rule: [...]

As companies go bust, Europe rethinks solar power subsidies. Apr 4, 2012 WSJ The green economy strikes again, or shall we say strikes out. Oakland-based Solar Trust of America filed for bankruptcy this week, leaving its planned multibillion-dollar plant in California on ice. The company declared itself insolvent after its parent—Germany’s Solar Millennium—filed for bankruptcy [...]

Apr5, 2012 John Ransom If you thought solar sucked last week, it sucks even more now that Solar Trust of America has filed for bankruptcy. The name is kind of fitting in the ironic and Orwellian fashion we’ve come to expect from the Obama administration. The name symbolizes the bankruptcy of Obama’s energy policy: solar… [...]