Energy and Environment

The U.N.’s Law of the Sea Treaty Threatens Our National Sovereignty

By Julie Borowski (May 31, 2012)

The latest threat to U.S. sovereignty is the United Nations’ Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) that is being pushed by the Obama administration. LOST rises from the dead every few... more

America’s Real Climate and Environmental Crisis

By Paul Driessen (May 25, 2012)

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson says we face serious threats to human health, welfare and justice. She’s absolutely right. However, the crisis is not due to factory... more

Rare Corporate Courage and Common Sense

By Paul Driessen (May 21, 2012)

Good for Wal-Mart! Despite intense pressure by anti-biotechnology activists, the retailing giant didn’t cave in to demands that it “reject” Monsanto’s genetically engineered... more

All Animals Are Equal, but Some Animals Are More Equal…

By Susan Carleson (May 20, 2012)

Editor's Note: This column was coauthored by the ACRU Legal Team. Just in case anyone needs any more surprises – liberal hypocrisy has again been unearthed in – of all... more

A Gold Nugget as Big as the White House

By Terry Jeffrey (May 16, 2012)

F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote a story about a family that discovered a diamond as big as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel sitting beneath a mountain in a remote corner of... more

Driving Prices

By Rich Tucker (May 13, 2012)

In these tumultuous times, Americans seem to have trouble finding common ground. But it’s safe to say that most of us can agree that gasoline, at around $4 per gallon, is... more

Obama's Gas-Powered War on Coal

By Phil Kerpen (May 12, 2012)

With the increasingly likelihood that Obama's health care law will be struck down in court or repealed next Congress, the administration has been working hard to cement... more

Why We Need to Terminate Big Wind Subsidies

By Paul Driessen (May 09, 2012)

Unprecedented! As bills to extend seemingly perpetual wind energy subsidies were again introduced by industry lobbyists late last year, taxpayers finally decided they’d had... more

Why We Need to Terminate Big Wind Subsidies

By Paul Driessen (May 08, 2012)

Unprecedented! As bills to extend seemingly perpetual wind energy subsidies were again introduced by industry lobbyists late last year, taxpayers finally decided... more

Behind “Fakegate”

By Ed Feulner (May 05, 2012)

What could be more American than encouraging a robust debate on one of the most controversial issues of the day? The answer -- for some on the left, anyway -- is: lie about... more

Keeping Nature Exactly as Is ... Forever

By John Stossel (May 02, 2012)

The human brain is torn between simple intuition and the more complex hard work of figuring out the unintended consequences of any policy. Who doesn't like thinking about... more

"Crucify Them": The Obama Way

By Michelle Malkin (Apr 27, 2012)

One of President Obama's radical eco-bureaucrats has apologized for confirming an indelible truth: This White House treats politically incorrect private industries as... more

Cuddly Symbols Not Cooperating in Climate Panic

By Mona Charen (Apr 24, 2012)

In a better world, debates about science -- and nearly everything else -- would be conducted without resort to demagoguery, sentimentality, cynical manipulation, or hysteria.... more

Obama Faces Defeat on Pipeline As Democrats Defect

By Byron York (Apr 24, 2012)

While much of the political world obsesses over Twitter fights and Seamus the dog, Barack Obama has set himself up for a high-profile defeat on one of the most important... more

Your Energy Vote--Scarcity or Abundance

By Terry Paulson (Apr 23, 2012)

With our Presidential candidates clear, there's no better issue to contrast our choice than energy policy. At MittRomney.com, Romney provides an energy plan for the future... more

Earth Day-Brought to You By Hunters and Fisherman

By Humberto Fontova (Apr 22, 2012)

“In 1970, a Senator from Wisconsin named Gaylord Nelson raised his voice and called on every American to take action on behalf of the environment,” read President Obama’s... more

Rationally green

By Paul Jacob (Apr 22, 2012)

It’s Earth Day, so . . . half a cheer. Though I appreciate the pagan holidays as much as the next fellow (Arbor Day, Independence Day, Halloween — all good fun),... more

All of the Above-Or None of the Above?

By Thomas Pyle (Apr 20, 2012)

With its hostile response to a recent American Energy Alliance ad, the Obama reelection machine recalled the player queen in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” The president’s camp doth... more

Obama's Secretive Keystone XL Decision

By Ken Blackwell (Apr 19, 2012)

The oppressive monster known as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not just killing jobs these days – it is intentionally avoiding transparency that may shed light... more

Obama is Bluffing on Energy Policy

By Thomas Pyle (Apr 15, 2012)

President Obama, highly aware of the re-election vulnerability that comes with high gas prices, continues to hide behind tired “it’s not my fault” campaign rhetoric, while... more