by Jane Richey | Jan 14, 2014 | Agenda 21
A project that was supposed to prove the Environmental Protection Agency’s rules for new coal plants can work has suffered a serious setback. The Texas Clean Energy Project has just lost the buyer of its electricity, a possible death blow to a project already beset by...
by Jane Richey | Jan 14, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Congressional leaders say they have agreed on a roughly $1 trillion spending bill that will fund the U.S. government through the end of the 2014 budget year. Shaking off three years of a bitter partisan freeze, Democratic and Republican negotiators unveiled the $1.012...
by Jane Richey | Jan 13, 2014 | Free Markets
A new report commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute stated that the United States, in partnership with Canada, has the energy resources to make the country completely independent of outside sources for liquid fuel supplies by 2024.Calling the state of the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 13, 2014 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Ford pickups have been doing the country’s work for 66 years. They’ve hauled grain, towed logs and plowed snow. They’ve cleared debris after tornadoes and pulled floats in the Rose Bowl parade. They’ve shouldered those loads with parts forged...
by Jane Richey | Jan 13, 2014 | Agenda 21
The Energy Department on Tuesday is rolling out new, improved software to help Americans measure the energy efficiency of their homes. DOE says its energy-scoring software — called the Home Energy Scoring Tool — is like a vehicle’s mile-per-gallon...