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Can Environmental Advocacy Organizations be Good Stewards of the Environment?

February 5, 2012, 6:28pm

Samuel Staley

The willingness of national environmental groups to foresake six-square miles of pristine desert habitat for what will eventually be a minor advance against climate change is a disturbing indicator of how these organizations may be compromising their role as a defenders of the environment.

Ethanol Mandates and Energy Security

January 31, 2012, 3:58pm

Adam Peshek

Obama laughs over spilled milk but fines companies for not producing fictional fuel

January 30, 2012

Adam Peshek

A 2007 law requires companies to produce millions of gallons of a fuel that is not yet on the market.

Global Warming...Cooling...Or Just Climate Change?

January 29, 2012, 8:24pm

Samuel Staley

New data reported from the Climate Research Center at England's University of East Anglia suggest that the world may in fact be cooling, not warming, and the global temperature has not incresaed since 1997.

What's Ahead for Keystone

January 24, 2012, 2:17pm

Adam Peshek

Checking the Facts on President Obama's "Energy Facts"

Debunking the claims made in the president's most recent campaign ad

January 24, 2012

Adam Peshek

President Obama's re-election campaign has officially started with his recent release of his first 2012 TV campaign ad. Its claims on the president's green energy policy and ethics record seem convincing, but scratch beneath the surface and what you'll find are facts that don't quite add up.

 

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