• Keystone XL benefits from taxpayer subsidies

    Updated: 2012-02-08 10:25:40
     Sen. Mitch McConnell claimed recently that the Keystone XL Pipeline “doesn’t require a penny of our taxpayer money all the president has to do is approve it.” But our research reveals many places that the pipeline project benefits from many taxpayer subsidies. The refineries that are linked to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline as...Continue reading 'Keystone XL benefits from taxpayer subsidies'.

  • The Hidden Danger of the Gas Boom

    Updated: 2012-02-08 09:24:46
    The hype surrounding the US gas industry continues to grow as America moves ever closer to its cherished dream of energy independence. Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that “the U.S. is the closest it has been in almost 20 years to achieving energy self-sufficiency, a goal the nation has been pursuing since the 1973 Arab oil embargo...Continue reading 'The Hidden Danger of the Gas Boom'.

  • The big, the bad and the subsidized

    Updated: 2012-02-07 22:30:24
      Sources: Compiled from the quarterly results of each company, publicly available on the investor pages of each company’s websites. $135 billion Not the 2010 GDP of Hungary or Kuwait, no it’s slightly more than either of those. In fact, if it was a figure for the 2010 GDP of a nation, it would rank...Continue reading 'The big, the bad and the subsidized'.

  • 6 Gulf States Break Relations with Assad; Will Recognize Free Syria Army on Feb 11

    Updated: 2012-02-07 18:24:33
    The Gulf Cooperation Council, consisting of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, just severed its relations with the Syrian government. The six Arab countries are removing their ambassadors from Syria and kicking out Syria’s ambassadors. This big development overshadows something even more significant. A Bahraini official told a Saudi newspaper [...]

  • It’s Time for the U.S. to Back the Free Syria Army

    Updated: 2012-02-07 17:11:38
    For decades, the government of Syria has been one of the worst enemies of the U.S. and one of the best allies of Iran and terrorist groups, including Al-Qaeda elements. It has chemical and biological weapons and pursues nuclear weapons. It did everything it could to turn Iraq into a mess, killing countless American soldiers and innocent Iraqis. We now have the best and [...]

  • Top Muslim Brotherhood Cleric Orders Boycott of Russia & China

    Updated: 2012-02-07 09:29:26
    Russia and China have pretty much guaranteed that the future governments of Iran and Syria aren’t going to look upon them too kindly. By consistently backing these oppressive regimes, they have caused a backlash among the people. Videos and photos have come out of Iran of protesters chanting “Death to Russia” and stomping on the [...]

  • Arctic “should remain off-limits to drilling”

    Updated: 2012-02-06 11:31:10
    For a long time now many environmental organisations and front-line communities have warned about the dangers of drilling in the Arctic. Even before the Exxon Valdez scarred Alaska in 1989 people warned that drilling in the high north can have terrible consequences. And there was one major lesson from the Exxon Valdez: oil is much...Continue reading 'Arctic “should remain off-limits to drilling”'.

  • Proxy War in the Middle East is About to Flare Up

    Updated: 2012-02-03 20:17:29
    A proxy war between Sunni and Shia Muslims, which could dramatically further destabilize the Middle East, may be about to erupt, sources are reporting. It would pit Iran, Syria’s regime and Hezbollah on one side and Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, other Arab states and Syrian rebel forces on the other may, according to a report [...]

  • India Won’t Join EU Sanctions on Iran

    Updated: 2012-01-31 20:26:49
    India has announced, despite the European Union and United States increasing sanctions on the Iranian regime, that they will continue, along with China, to import oil from the belligerent Persians, who have threatened to shut down the Straits of Hormuz, and are moving towards obtaining a nuclear weapon. Their reasons are supposedly based on economics, [...]

  • EU: Fracking Laws Are Adequate, For Now

    Updated: 2012-01-31 10:31:58
    In a decision that will both dismay and worry environmental campaigners and communities facing fracking across Europe, the European commission has concluded that existing laws are adequate to cover the controversial drilling technique. A new report undertaken for the Commission by the Belgian law firm Philippe & Partners, argues that there is no need for...Continue reading 'EU: Fracking Laws Are Adequate, For Now'.

  • The Best Bill Oil Money Can Buy

    Updated: 2012-01-31 01:39:58
    Earlier today, forty-four Senators introduced legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. This bill would would approve the Keystone XL pipeline despite the Obama Administration’s rejection of its permit following months of intensifying protest against it and numerous studies revealing its vastly inflated economic impact. Our colleagues at Public Campaign and 350.org revealed that those...Continue reading 'The Best Bill Oil Money Can Buy'.

  • TransCanada “Violating Laws” Over KXL Jobs Claim

    Updated: 2012-01-30 10:37:12
    Later today the Republican Senator John Hoeven will try to introduce legislation seeking to bypass President Barack Obama and empower Congress to approve the highly controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Hoeven’s bill, that would seek to take control of the Keystone decision, looks like a political non-starter.  To become law it would have to be approved...Continue reading 'TransCanada “Violating Laws” Over KXL Jobs Claim'.

  • U.S. Stepping into Jihad in Sudan?

    Updated: 2012-01-28 15:19:13
    Sources are reporting that Americans should expect to be in the bull’s-eye of jihad, once again, after Islamist leaders and terrorist groups have been quoted saying they are likely to oppose any foreign forces intervening in Sudan, according to a report by Ryan Mauro in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin. And Obama administration officials have confirmed [...]

  • Expect Panic and Revenge from Iran Over Oil Embargo

    Updated: 2012-01-26 18:28:26
    It took far too long, but tough sanctions on Iran have finally arrived. On Monday, the European Union approved an oil embargo on Iran that will take full effect in July. Other countries are reducing oil imports from Iran. For a government that derives 85% of its revenue from oil exports and is already teetering [...]

  • One Dollar In, Fifty-Nine Out

    Updated: 2012-01-26 08:16:32
    You can SHARE this infographic on Facebook. What if you were in Vegas, and a friend told you there was a slot machine in the corner that was giving out $59 for every $1 that was put in?  You’d think the machine was broken, and that it was rigged. What if an investment advisor told...<br /Continue reading 'One Dollar In, Fifty-Nine Out'.

  • 3 Reasons Gingrich is Electable; 3 Reasons Romney is Electable

    Updated: 2012-01-25 17:01:23
    FrontPage Magazine had Ben Shapiro and I each argue in favor of Romney and Gingrich’s electability, with me arguing in favor of the former. I’ll be writing another article in favor of Gingrich for PJ Media in the coming days. My three reasons arguing for Romney’s electability were the polls (he’s much stronger in every [...]

  • More with Less Scaling Sustainable Consumption and Resource Efficiency World Economic Forum-More wit

    Updated: 2012-01-20 14:01:33
    : : Print Download PDF Embed More with Less : Scaling Sustainable Consumption and Resource Efficiency This report focuses on how consumption can be made more sustainable through decoupling growth from environmental impact at the scale and speed required . It builds on four years of engagement by the World Economic Forum with leading businesses around the issue of sustainable consumption . Through this engagement with chief executive officers , business leaders and experts , the report aims to answer six key : questions What are the key trends in sustainable consumption What is the size of the opportunity for countries , companies and consumers What are the barriers to scaling existing models of sustainable consumption What does getting to scale look like What new solutions are needed to

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