Earth Day Is A Reason to Celebrate Today, Not Whine!

Alexander StevensPolicy AnalystInstitute for Energy Research …. … … [Editor’s Note: Earth Day should be a celebration of progress, innovation, markets and growth, not a whiny attack on all of it, as too many would have it.] Despite repeated pronouncements and predictions of doom and gloom by environmentalists, there are a lot of reasons to

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Global Warming Scare Tactics Are No Substitute for Facts

Robert Bradley, Jr.Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. .… … [Editor’s Note: Robert Bradley points out, with examples, that global warming is not an existential threat but something to be studied before acting rashly.] “Is there any more single-minded, simple pleasure than viewing with alarm,” asked ecological

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Capitalism Is What Really Worries Global Warmists and Fractivists

Robert P. MurphySenior Economist, Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, Consulting by RPM … …  Capitalism, and revulsion to it, is at the heart of the opposition to oil and gas development by today’s global warmists and fractivists. They’re wrong. Presumably bolstered by the fiery claims of Greta Thunberg and the general theme of Climate Week, people

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