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Oil “Subsidy” and “Tax Breaks” Nonsense

Paul Driessen — Mon, 23 May 2011 11:17:35 +0000

Think repealing oil industry tax incentives will increase federal revenues? Think again.

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 The latest Democrat bill would have repealed some $2 billion of what Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and others call "subsidies" and "special tax breaks" [...]

Carbon and Carbon Dioxide: Clearing up the Confusion

Paul Driessen — Tue, 10 May 2011 11:24:18 +0000

Let's restore common sense to our public policy debates on energy and climate.

We are constantly bombarded with information – much of it inaccurate, misleading, even deliberately so.

We are frequently told we must reduce carbon emissions, support "carbon disclosure" and invest in "carbon trusts" – to prevent catastrophic global warming, global climate change or [...]

The US Should Follow Europe’s Lead

Paul Driessen — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:35:05 +0000

Look at what Europe is doing now, to address its energy, economic and employment woes.

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 attentively to the Europeans.

Two brutal winters have awakened Europe to the fact [...]

Wind Power: Questionable Benefits, Concealed Impacts

Paul Driessen — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:15:04 +0000

EPA trumpets dubious shale gas risks – but ignores environmental impacts of wind turbines.

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. That was then.

Barely two years later, America (and the world) are tapping [...]

Environmentalist Fraud and Manslaughter

Paul Driessen — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:11:46 +0000

In the name of banning DDT, Global Environment Facility bureaucrats are consigning millions to death from malaria.

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. But anyone trying to ban the drugs would be tarred, feathered [...]

The Cancun Wealth Redistribution Conference

Paul Driessen — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:36:27 +0000

Alarmists gather in last-ditch attempt to keep the climate change gravy train running.

It's become a predictable annual rite. Several weeks prior to each global warming gabfest, breathless news stories, editorials, op-eds and pontifications begin hitting the airwaves and print pages, reaching a crescendo as the conference opens. So it was with Copenhagen; so [...]

No More Double Standards

Paul Driessen — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:56:15 +0000

Government officials and grant recipients must also be held accountable for fraud.

False, misleading or fraudulent claims have long brought the wrath of juries, judges and government agencies down on perpetrators. So have substandard manufacturing practices.

* GlaxoSmith Klein has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $750-million fine for manufacturing deficiencies at a [...]

Greens Shackle National Security – and Renewable Energy

Paul Driessen — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:26:31 +0000

Now environmentalists say we need the minerals that they've been locking up for decades.

"China's control of a key minerals market has US military thinkers and policy makers worried about access to materials that are essential for 21st-century technology like smartphones – and smart bombs," the Wall Street Journal reports. Plus stealth fighter jets, digital [...]

Unsustainable Cow Manure

Paul Driessen — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:39:34 +0000

It may be useful to address some basic issues, before going further down the road to Renewable Utopia.

Seek a sustainable future! Wind, solar and biofuels will ensure an eco-friendly, climate-protecting, planet-saving, sustainable inheritance for our children. Or so we are told by activists and politicians intent on enacting new renewable energy standards, mandates and [...]

3 Billion and Counting

Paul Driessen — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:21:58 +0000

New film challenges DDT myths and lies that have caused millions of needless deaths.

We will eradicate malaria by 2010, stricken families were promised a few years ago. Well, 2010 is nearly gone and, instead of eradication, we have more malaria than before . . . and a new target date: 2015.

Unless [...]