There is no shortage of news stories touting the splits within each party. But when it comes to energy issues, each party is already unified—though in different ways. Generally speaking, the Democrats want more government involvement—more government-led investment and federal…
After months of debate and public comments, President Obama’s controversial Clean Power Plan (CPP) was issued in August 2015 and published in the Federal Register on October 23, 2015. But that is hardly the end of the story. Instead the…
“We can’t just drill our way to lower gas prices,” President Obama told an audience four years ago at the University of Miami. Like this year, it was an election year and Obama was running for re-election. Later in his…
Going forward, we know what the new year of environmental activism looks like. They have told us. They have made it perfectly clear. They call it: “Keep it in the ground.” The campaign is about all fossil fuels: oil, gas,…
While campaigning in August 2008, President Obama called for 1 million plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles (EV) on the road by 2015. According to HybridCars.com, the campaign circulated an “8-page fact sheet” that contained this promise: “Half of all cars…
Terry Branstad was first elected governor of Iowa in 1982. His six terms in office have made him the longest-serving governor in American history and the most influential politician in the state. He rarely takes sides in the Republican caucuses…
By now, most people are aware of President Obama’s 2008 campaign promise to bankrupt the coal industry—which he acknowledged would “necessarily” cause electricity to skyrocket. Seven years later, that is a campaign promise he is keeping. Since moving into the…
