ANWR Defeat Big Blow to Energy Independence
Approval of an amendment to the defense appropriations bill that would open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling would have been a good step in reducing reliance on foreign oil, according to scholars for the NCPA’s E-Team project.
Posted: 12/21/2005 | News
Montreal Climate Conference to Vindicate U.S. Policy
If the United Nations Climate Change conference that begins in Montreal today proves anything, it will be that the United States, not the Europeans, has taken the correct approach to climate change, according to NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett.
Posted: 11/28/2005 | News
Price-Gouging Inquiry - Windfall For Congress?
A congressional inquiry into oil industry profits, set to begin this week, is disingenuous and will be counterproductive, according to NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett, and will lead to reduced investment in oil and gas exploration and possibly even gasoline shortages.
Posted: 11/08/2005 | News
One More Chance For Sound Energy Policy
As debate begins in the U.S. Senate on an energy bill, government needs to remove barriers outside of Hurricane Alley that restrict domestic energy production and refining that would benefit consumers, according to NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett, noting that private firms both prepared for and responded to the recent hurricanes better and with more effectiveness than governments.
Posted: 10/25/2005 | News
Pombo Bill Needs Senate Support
The Endangered Species Recovery Act (TESRA), passed last month in the House of Representatives and scheduled for debate in the Senate in the coming weeks, will improve habitat for at-risk species and protect private property owners, according to NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett.
Posted: 10/19/2005 | News