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If you like your light bulb, you can’t keep your light bulb

The U.S. used to be the "land of the free, the home of the brave." Today, government more and more tells us what we can and cannot do. We MUST purchase health insurance that we do not want or need or pay an increasingly large fine. We CANNOT purchase incandescent light bulbs -- period. Did Washington outlaw horses in order to usher in the automobile era? Did Washington outlaw the manual typewriter to encourage people to purchase computers? So why must Washington turn ordinary citizens into criminals for merely wanting to use their old technologies? Maybe somebody is making a profit?

By Marita Noon |2014-01-09T05:16:32-05:00January 9th, 2014|49 Comments

Mining companies not digging U.S. red tape

Rare earth mining is crucial to modern life providing critical minerals used for a wide array of products from iPhones to computers.

By Craig Rucker |2014-04-14T16:48:43-04:00December 26th, 2013|Comments Off

Lies my President told me

We all know the President lied (or, more favorably, "misspoke") when he said, "If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period." We know the Administration totally fabricated the story that a silly YouTube video was the reason four Americans died in BenGhazi. So why should we be surprised as real-world data and the uncovering of official mischief demonstrate that the "global warming" (or "climate change") hysteria was built on lies and that the real intent was to create a cause celebre for redistributing the world's wealth?

By Paul Driessen |2013-12-03T02:58:32-05:00December 1st, 2013|16 Comments

Congressman Stockman: Climate policy needs readjustment

Should a lack of global warming over the past 16 years affect government climate regulations and policy? Congressman Steve Stockman from Texas believes so, and here explains why.

By Craig Rucker |2014-03-14T15:38:57-04:00November 27th, 2013|2 Comments

CFACT provides expert testimony at EPA coal hearings from coast to coast

EPA has been holding public hearings on coal energy around the country. CFACT's Duggan Flanakin, Bonner Cohen, and Paul Driessen took the microphone in Dallas, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.to ensure some hard facts make into EPA's record. CFACT Collegians brought the fight to sessions in Atlanta and Seattle. EPA's new rules which, which effectively shut down every coal-fired power plant in the country at a cost of hundreds of thousands of jobs and forcing electricity rates to skyrocket -- are a very bad investment and should be thrown down the toilet.

By Duggan Flanakin |2013-11-09T17:06:07-05:00November 9th, 2013|11 Comments

Green energy spending bad for economy, environment

Is taxpayer money spent on Green energy hurting both the economy and environment? Well that’s the assertion of economists from the group PERC, who in a recent study found that for every $100 billion a government spends on so-called “clean energy,” that nation’s GDP is likely to decrease by nearly a half a percent.

By Craig Rucker |2014-01-30T14:30:06-05:00October 31st, 2013|Comments Off

J’accuse! EPA’s carbon dioxide regulations would endanger public health and welfare

At an October 23 hearing in Atlanta called by EPA to solicit public comments about "reducing carbon pollution" from existing stationary power plants, Dr. James Rust of the Heartland Institute joined several CFACT Collegians in providing testimony. Dr. Rust noted that these EPA rules would be both damaging to the economy and dangerous to public health and welfare -- and are wholly unneeded.

By James Rust |2013-10-30T11:42:38-04:00October 30th, 2013|Comments Off

Should Obamacare set menu selections?

Should the federal government dictate what appears on the menu at your favorite restaurant? Daren Bakst, a Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, says no, and here explains why.

By Craig Rucker |2014-01-30T13:01:18-05:00October 30th, 2013|Comments Off

What about those private sector furloughs?

Official Washington furloughed government workers without pay, but then voted to restore their lost pay and benefits upon resolving the budget dispute. Furloughed private sector workers will foot the bill but get no help from their government -- which instead continues to do them harm through laws and regulations that kill more and more good jobs.

By Paul Driessen |2013-10-17T09:03:20-04:00October 14th, 2013|2 Comments

An Uncritical View Of EPA: Why I Agree With Obama

The IPCC now says we can conquer Mother Nature and end climate change if we just give them a LOT more money and power. Problem is, even though hardly anyone believes in them any more, they just might get the money and power away from us anyway!

By Larry Bell |2013-10-14T13:35:39-04:00October 10th, 2013|5 Comments

One promise Obama is keeping: Killing coal so energy prices will skyrocket!

When Presidential candidate Barack Obama said in 2008 that under his energy plan, "electricity prices would necessarily skyrocket," he wasn't kidding! His new EPA carbon capture scheme is not designed to work but to force coal plants to shut down forever.

By Larry Bell |2013-10-02T11:01:15-04:00October 1st, 2013|5 Comments

Down Under turning right side up on carbon and climate!

Australians threw out the government that forced the carbon tax upon them as soon as they got the chance. Who will learn from the Aussie example?

By Larry Bell |2013-09-30T17:56:22-04:00September 29th, 2013|2 Comments

Remembering the 1973 Arab oil embargo

In 1973, America was rocked by a shocking truth. Our nation was not prepared to control its own energy, economic, employment, trade, and revenue destiny. In 2013 we could be poised to repeat mistakes and painful lessons of the past.

By Paul Driessen |2013-10-01T13:36:50-04:00September 29th, 2013|2 Comments

EPA’s McCarthy admits regs are for show, not results!

Pompeo: You bet. And on your website you have 26 indicators used for tracking climate change. They identify various impacts of climate change. So you would believe that the purpose of these rules is to impact those 26 indicators, right? So you put a good greenhouse gas regulation in place, you’ll get a good outcome on at least some or all of those 26 indicators. McCarthy: I actually . . . I think that the better way to think about it, if I might, is that it is part of an overall strategy that is positioning the U.S. for leadership in an international discussion. Because climate change requires a global effort. So this is one piece and it’s one step. But I think it’s a significant one to show the commitment of the United States.

By Larry Bell |2013-09-26T17:40:23-04:00September 23rd, 2013|Comments Off

Aussie Abbott set to axe the carbon tax!

While other countries are changing course and shedding the unsustainable policies, America stands apart from them by continuing to push, as the Washington Post editorial board encourages, building “the cost of pollution into the price of energy through a simple carbon tax or other market-based mechanism.” President Obama’s nominee to chair the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Ron Binz, believes in regulation and incentives to force more renewables and calls natural gas a “dead end.”

By Marita Noon |2013-09-18T13:58:59-04:00September 16th, 2013|10 Comments