“the tax subsidy has sustained the industry on a scale that wouldn’t have been possible if they had to follow the same rules as everyone else.” A level playing field would mean that wind developers would also lose its exemptions from environmental and economic laws that all other businesses must abide by.
Archive for Category: "Global Warming & Environment"
May 14, 2012 06:33
The “Dakota Model” of Job Creation – It Works!
North Dakota’s economic success goes beyond its energy sector. The state’s pro-business climate gets some of the credit for the impressive job growth over the last five years. Whatever North Dakota is doing, it’s working, and the state should be a nationwide model.
May 14, 2012 04:19
Did Steven Chu Sabotage BP’s Top Kill Effort Just as It Was Succeeding?
Steven Chu prematurely stopped BP’s efforts before their top kill program had completed its final two steps. – American Thinker
May 12, 2012 06:38
200 Year Supply of Oil in Green River Formation
At the midpoint of this estimate, almost half of the 3 trillion barrels of oil would be recoverable. This is an amount about equal to the entire world’s proven oil reserves.”
May 11, 2012 09:33
Sierra Club Radicals Declare Another War, This Time Against Common Sense
They have just declared war on the natural-gas industry. The Sierra Club already has their “Beyond Coal” campaign, and “Beyond Oil,” and they are renaming their efforts against natural gas as “Beyond Gas”. Clever.
May 11, 2012 06:05
White House Lied, Jobs Died – more proof administration is really ANTI-jobs
This election isn’t just about jobs, jobs, jobs. It’s about the lies, lies, lies that have led to massive job destruction — and the ruthless corruptocrats using our tax dollars to whitewash their radical green agenda. – Michelle Malkin
May 11, 2012 05:51
California shows how progressives destroy middle class
Over the past decade, as California consolidated itself as a bastion of modern progressivism, the state’s class chasm has widened considerably. To close the gap, California needs to embrace pro-growth policies, especially in the critical energy and industrial sectors—but it’s exactly those policies that the progressives most strongly oppose. – City Journal
May 11, 2012 05:32
Leftist Club of Rome tries Apocalypse 2.0
Released on May 7, the report states that “We already live in a manner that cannot be continued for generations without major change. Humanity has overshot the earth’s resources, and in some cases we will see local collapse before 2052.”
May 10, 2012 16:44
Obama is Losing Pipeline Battle
“[I]f the transportation bill emerges from Congress with a provision mandating the construction of the Keystone pipeline, will the president really risk vetoing a bill that promises to create a total of three million jobs in order to satisfy the demands of the environmentalists? It’s not like they are going to vote for Romney anyway.”
May 9, 2012 17:23
Time to terminate Big Wind subsidies
Politicians take billions from taxpayers, ratepayers and profitable businesses, to provide subsidies to Big Wind companies, who buy mostly Made Somewhere Else turbines – and then contribute millions to the politicians’ reelection campaigns, to keep the incestuous cycle going.
