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Numerous articles document how European climate policies have been disastrous for affordable energy, economic growth, entire industries, people’s...

2013-06-01T00:01:00-04:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen Numerous articles document how European climate policies have been disastrous for affordable energy, economic growth, entire industries, people’s... ebb4a72f-844f-4569-ac7c-72b8c44058ca

“We’re from the Earth Guardians group, and we’re working on fracking and how it’s going to affect our future and our health. So we wrote this song...

2013-05-27T00:01:00-04:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen “We’re from the Earth Guardians group, and we’re working on fracking and how it’s going to affect our future and our health. So we wrote this song... 06727c9f-73b9-4e69-9870-55bde7159d51

Chemophobic anti-pesticide groups are at it again. This time they’re attacking a widely used and safe new insecticide, but their assertions and...

2013-05-18T00:01:00-04:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen Chemophobic anti-pesticide groups are at it again. This time they’re attacking a widely used and safe new insecticide, but their assertions and... cf397c40-1f2e-41d9-9cf8-2197b15bdc04

The interminable war on drilling, fracking and the Keystone XL pipeline has taken some bizarre turns. Now it’s getting worse, as opponents grow more desperate, and the moon again grows full.

2013-04-27T00:01:00-04:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen The interminable war on drilling, fracking and the Keystone XL pipeline has taken some bizarre turns. Now it’s getting worse, as opponents grow... 3dfe551c-ecea-4bc4-ad28-9e02feeeb435

High cost, no benefit does nothing to forestall agency’s quest for ecological utopia.

2013-04-13T00:01:00-04:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency has already promulgated a tsunami of 1,920 regulations, many of which will bring few... 3f23c87b-42f9-4ef7-8261-f87d7e96d70f

Government bureaucrats delay life-saving road projects, but let wind turbines butcher bats.

2013-04-06T00:01:00-04:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen Georgia residents recently learned that a rare bat has stalled state highway improvements. The May 2012 sighting of an endangered Indiana brown... 7ccaab6c-4e36-4c40-8fa5-c082af746771

Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s choice to replace Lisa Jackson at the Environmental Protection Agency, has been chastised for having lied to Congress, in claiming that EPA did not use “dangerous manmade climate change” to justify new 54.5 mpg standards for cars and light trucks. She’s also been implicated in the agency’s practice of using fake emails to hide questionable dealings and activities.

2013-03-21T00:01:00-04:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s choice to replace Lisa Jackson at the Environmental Protection Agency, has been chastised for having lied to... 30a21c9c-5380-4141-beab-043a3e624aca

In his first address as Secretary of State, John Kerry said we must safeguard “the most sacred trust” we owe to our children and grandchildren: “an environment not ravaged by rising seas, deadly superstorms, devastating droughts, and the other hallmarks of a dramatically changing climate.”

2013-03-04T00:01:00-05:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen In his first address as Secretary of State, John Kerry said we must safeguard “the most sacred trust” we owe to our children and grandchildren:... 0be732a8-b14a-48c2-aae3-7d2f5d10ff55

Average planetary temperatures haven’t budged in 16 years. Hurricanes and strong tornadoes are at or near their lowest ebb in decades. Global sea ice is back to normal, while the Antarctic icepack continues to grow. The rate of sea level rise remains what it was in 1900.

2013-02-16T00:01:00-05:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen Average planetary temperatures haven’t budged in 16 years. Hurricanes and strong tornadoes are at or near their lowest ebb in decades. Global sea... 0a09e545-96af-4ed3-89cb-07e9891c3e0c

Companies everywhere extol their sustainable development programs and goals. Sustainability drives UN programs like Agenda 21, EU and US green energy initiatives, and myriad manufacturing, agricultural, forestry and other efforts.

2013-02-02T00:01:00-05:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen Companies everywhere extol their sustainable development programs and goals. Sustainability drives UN programs like Agenda 21, EU and US green... 707da6be-b2ef-4f62-9ca9-7e705aadd1ba

Radical activists launch more attacks on oil sands, Keystone pipeline, jobs and revenues

2013-01-26T00:01:00-05:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has approved his state’s portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, explaining that its revised route avoids areas that... cf85b2e8-9f49-4ac4-a7f3-9f02c32c188b

Policy integrity. Ethical culture. Environmental protection. Environmental defense. Friends of earth. Defenders of wildlife. Not just their names, but their charter, culture and policies – their very being – represent a commitment to these profound values. Or so we are supposed to believe.

2013-01-13T00:01:00-05:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen Policy integrity. Ethical culture. Environmental protection. Environmental defense. Friends of earth. Defenders of wildlife. Not just their names,... 0256957e-af98-4fb9-9111-786d23ae3a0f

“Superstorm” Sandy killed more than 100 people, destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, and left millions without food, water, electricity, sanitation or shelter for days or even weeks. Our thoughts and prayers remain focused on its victims, many of whom are still grieving as they struggle with the storm’s wintry aftermath and try to rebuild their lives.

2012-12-29T00:01:00-05:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen “Superstorm” Sandy killed more than 100 people, destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, and left millions without food, water, electricity,... 84124395-f679-40ee-9963-925043fc9551

An oil and natural gas boom is underway in the United States, born of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.”

2012-12-21T17:00:00-05:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen An oil and natural gas boom is underway in the United States, born of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” It has created... a6745c63-8bc6-42a9-b9c1-cd3132916b2d

Big Wind's Production Tax Credit promotes the killing of up to 39 million birds and bats a year

2012-12-15T00:01:00-05:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen Congress and the White House are struggling to find even one subsidy or entitlement program that they are willing to cut. Meanwhile, the American... 9fbe41d3-68d3-44aa-a922-3c6c0ec9284d

In Walt Disney’s 1940 animated film “Pinocchio,” woodcarver Geppetto dreams that his wooden marionette will turn into a real boy.

2012-12-08T00:01:00-05:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen In Walt Disney’s 1940 animated film “Pinocchio,” woodcarver Geppetto dreams that his wooden marionette will turn into a real boy. Geppetto’s hopes... 6a1b3f33-56cf-4b42-bd6b-7c5e1433fe3a

Climate alarmists are meeting in Doha, Qatar, to hammer out a new international treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol that expires this year. The US Environmental Protection Agency is poised to unleash its first wave of carbon dioxide regulations.

2012-12-01T00:01:00-05:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen Climate alarmists are meeting in Doha, Qatar, to hammer out a new international treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol that expires this year. The... 00b28fd6-fadf-49e1-8c6b-b7b63e5828fc

Will the 2012 elections bolster or threaten our economic future?

2012-11-17T00:01:00-05:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen The United States is now Balkanized into five distinct voting blocs, says Joel Kotkin. Other political analysts see the nation bifurcating along... 9423324d-204c-4cfa-8f33-4611c093dd7b

Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have boosted shale gas production from zero a few years ago to 10% of all US energy supplies in 2012, observes energy analyst Daniel Yergin. Fracking has also increased US oil production 25% since 2008 – almost all on state and private lands, and in the face of more federal land and resource withdrawals, permitting delays and declining public land production.

2012-10-27T00:01:00-04:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have boosted shale gas production from zero a few years ago to 10% of all US energy supplies in 2012,... 9699a2bf-247e-48b4-b476-cd9001349ddf

The duplicity and hypocrisy of environmental pressure groups seem to be matched only by their consummate skill at manipulating public opinion, amassing political power, securing taxpayer-funded government grants, and persuading people to send them money and invest in “ethical” stock funds.

2012-10-20T00:01:00-04:00 2013-06-18T22:31:46Z Paul Driessen The duplicity and hypocrisy of environmental pressure groups seem to be matched only by their consummate skill at manipulating public opinion,...