Federal Dictate On Appliances
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 88 Current Event According to CNSNews.com; Friday, September 17, 2010(full article available on-line) Assistant Energy Secretary Cathy Zoi said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Energy has a “mandate” to issue regulations to determine what household appliances are available to Americans in the future. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the recently [...]
State of the Union Report: The State of Energy
“We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world,” said President Barack Obama, in a moment that largely defined his 2010 State of the Union speech. It also aptly describes the focus of his energy policy. President Obama is correct to advocate pursuing an innovation policy to combat dependence on foreign oil [...]
Nigerian Terror Attacks Might Indicate Escalation of MEND Terrorist Organization
The October 1, 2010 attack during the celebration of Nigeria’s 50th anniversary of independence has been attributed to a terrorist organization known as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), but there are questions as to whether MEND actually carried out the attack. Initially, MEND claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack [...]
BP, Obama and Energy Policy: Implications of the BP Oil Spill
On Tuesday, June 15, 2010, President Obama addressed the nation to assure the American people that he was doing everything in his power to deal with the current and future consequences of the BP oil spill. In the address, he asked BP to pay lost wages and damages for those affected and announced a revitalization [...]
$1.2B for “Cycling and Walking Inititiatives”
President Obama’s energy policy has poured $1.2 billion of tax revenue into “cycling and walking initiatives” to encourage people to give up their cars. That represents a 100% increase from a year ago and a 200-fold increase from 20 years ago. Although good arguments can be made for the interest in and need for alternative [...]
President Obama Calls For an Increase In Offshore Oil Drilling
President Obama surprised many in the political world this week by announcing that the United States needed to expand its offshore drilling program. Throughout his presidential campaign in 2008, President Obama was a staunch critic of offshore drilling. Members of both political parties are unhappy with President Obama’s decision. Democratic leaders are opposed because they [...]
