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American Energy Can Jump-Start US Recovery

By Paul Driessen (Dec 14, 2011)

Our nation’s economic growth may finish an anemic 2 percent on the year. Faced with looming taxes and regulations, few companies are expanding, hiring or buying... more

Scandal and Insanity at Penn State

By Paul Driessen (Dec 09, 2011)

In a repeat of Copenhagen, on the eve of the Durban climate change gabfest, someone released another horde of emails from alarmist climate researchers, including Dr. Michael... more

Electricity Parks and Progress for Chile

By Paul Driessen (Nov 10, 2011)

  Progress improves lives. It brings better, cleaner, more energy efficient technology. It reduces poverty and improves working conditions, health, nutrition,... more

It's Libel -- Except When Mike Does It

By Paul Driessen (Oct 25, 2011)

  Lewis Carroll died too soon. Just imagine the fun he’d have with the cliquish clan of climate catastrophe researchers who seek to control science, debate... more

What the Frack is Going on Here?

By Paul Driessen (Oct 01, 2011)

  Hydraulic fracturing sends “huge volumes of toxic fluids” deep underground at high pressure, to fracture shale rock and release natural gas, Food &... more

Delaware's Very Own Solyndra

By Paul Driessen (Sep 26, 2011)

  Coauthored with John Nichols Delaware’s political establishment thinks First State electricity consumers should subsidize the manufacturing of... more

Victory is Sweet, but the War Continues

By Paul Driessen (Sep 19, 2011)

  Millions of Americans recently celebrated the demise of the Environmental Protection Agency’s job-killing ground-level ozone regulations. While a toast... more

Trying to Snooker Smucker

By Paul Driessen (Sep 14, 2011)

  It’s a common tactic among groups promoting climate alarmism and anti-hydrocarbon policies. As evidence mounts that manmade catastrophic climate change is... more

Our Least Sustainable Energy Option

By Paul Driessen (Sep 01, 2011)

President Obama and a chorus of environmentalists, politicians, corporate executives and bureaucrats are perennially bullish on wind power as the bellwether of our “clean... more

Spreading 'Big Oil' Subsidy Disinformation

By Paul Driessen (Aug 26, 2011)

Every American manufacturing company gets tax deductions that help it create jobs and strengthen our economy – whether it produces newspapers, furniture, cars or fuel.... more

Climate Prostitutes, Charlatans and Comedians

By Paul Driessen (Aug 23, 2011)

Put these guys on Comedy Central. Put ‘em in an asylum … a mandatory restitution program … jail perhaps … or a witness protection program, if they turn state’s evidence on... more

American Resources For American Jobs, Revenue and Prosperity

By Paul Driessen (Aug 06, 2011)

A frequent refrain during budget and debt ceiling debates is that we need revenue enhancement: higher tax rates, reduced deductions, eliminated credits. But doing this,... more

What's Really Killing Carbon Capture and Storage?

By Paul Driessen (Jul 31, 2011)

Carbon capture and storage could ensure abundant electricity from coal, while cutting the CO2 emissions “responsible for climate change.” Yet, barely two years after “a sense... more

Clearing the Air

By Paul Driessen (Jun 25, 2011)

Ever since public, congressional and union anger and anxiety forced the Environmental Protection Agency to postpone action on its economy-strangling carbon dioxide rules, EPA... more

Clearing the Air

By Paul Driessen (Jun 25, 2011)

Trying to correct all the disinformation about "mercury and air toxics" is a full-time job. Ever since public, congressional and union anger and anxiety forced the... more

Oil “subsidy” and “tax breaks” nonsense

By Paul Driessen (May 21, 2011)

President Obama frequently says Americans "need to end our $4 billion in annual taxpayer subsidies to oil companies." The latest Democrat bill would have repealed some $2... more

Rants, Lies, Subsidies and Job-Killing Policies

By Paul Driessen (May 16, 2011)

President Obama’s views on oil, natural gas and energy prices require just 44 words from his speeches. “We have less than 2% of the world’s oil reserves. We’re running... more

Thrice! Taking Cancer to the Mat

By Paul Driessen (May 07, 2011)

When my daughter learned she would have to endure still more intensive chemotherapy for her leukemia, a tear welled up in her eye. She would now be homebound at least two... more

Carbon and Carbon Dioxide: Clearing Up the Confusion

By Paul Driessen (Apr 30, 2011)

We are constantly bombarded with information – much of it inaccurate, misleading, even deliberately so. We are frequently told we must reduce carbon emissions, support... more

Political Payback – Oregon Style

By Paul Driessen (Apr 23, 2011)

Confused visitors will be forgiven for thinking Oregon State University is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Congressman Pete DeFazio and the “progressive-socialist” wing of the... more

The US Should Follow Europe's Lead

By Paul Driessen (Apr 16, 2011)

President Obama and environmentalists often say America should follow Europe’s lead on energy, climate and economic matters. Recent events suggest that we should listen... more

Nuclear Fears and Facts

By Paul Driessen (Apr 11, 2011)

The ground hadn’t stopped shaking. Tsunami waters had not receded. And yet coverage of this awful natural disaster – a scene of almost unfathomable devastation... more

Power for the People

By Paul Driessen (Apr 02, 2011)

In a scene reminiscent of Colonial Williamsburg, for 16 years Thabo Molubi and his partner had made furniture in South Africa’s outback, known locally as the... more

And the Beat-Down Goes On

By Paul Driessen (Mar 26, 2011)

Presidential candidate Barack Obama promised that his policies would cause electricity rates to “skyrocket” and “bankrupt” any company trying to build a coal-fired generating... more

Welcome to the Third World

By Paul Driessen (Mar 12, 2011)

As Britain suffered through its coldest December in a century, families were forced to choose between keeping homes warm and feeding their children nourishing meals – thanks... more

Wind Power: Questionable Benefits, Concealed Impacts

By Paul Driessen (Feb 28, 2011)

America is running out of natural gas. Prices will soar, making imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) and T Boone Pickens’ wind farm plan practical, affordable and inevitable.... more

Environmentalist Fraud and Manslaughter

By Paul Driessen (Feb 19, 2011)

Many chemotherapy drugs for treating cancer have highly unpleasant side effects – hair loss, vomiting, intense joint pain, liver damage and fetal defects, to name just a few.... more

Greens Lie, Africans Die

By Paul Driessen (Jan 14, 2011)

Editor's note: This article was co-authored by Paul Driessen and Robert Novak. Fina’s little body shook for hours with teeth-chattering chills. The next day her torment... more

EPA's Texas Power Grab

By Paul Driessen (Jan 01, 2011)

Editor's note: This column was co-authored by Willie Soon. Any Texas granddaddy will tell you he’s seen it all, when it comes to weather and climate extremes. Tornadoes,... more