Lipscomb University

Clemson and Lipscomb Students Expose Green Energy

CFACT Collegians Anna-Ramsey Watson of Clemson University and Taylor Elliott of Lipscomb University recently brought CFACT’s “Green Energy Kills” message to their fellow students with a creative twist: “Pin the Tail on the Energy Donkey.” The game challenged students to match the negative consequences of so-called “clean energy” with the energy sources responsible for them. Students were given slips of paper listing harmful effects connected to wind and solar power, then asked to “pin” each one to the correct energy source. The result was an interactive lesson in a truth rarely taught on campus: “green” does not mean clean. Taylor hosted [...]

CFACT Collegians Fuel Federal Energy Debate

CFACT Collegians are once again stepping into the federal rulemaking process, urging agencies to choose practical, science-based regulations over red tape that punishes American energy production. Taylor Elliott of Lipscomb University in Tennessee, Thien Nguyen of the University of Texas at Austin, and Zach Lochard of Southern Illinois University Carbondale each weighed in on a different federal proposal. Taken together, their comments make a clear case for CFACT’s approach: protect the environment with human prosperity kept paramount, modernize and deregulate outdated or biased rules, and make America energy independent. Taylor Elliott called for balanced marine mammal protections and regulatory support for [...]