Oil extraction in Alaska has been a subject of controversy for decades. While proponents argue that it will enhance the country’s energy security and create jobs, environmentalists are concerned about its potential impact. The project began in the 1960s and involved drilling in the Arctic ...
Climate lawsuits might play well in the press, but they make for lousy policy regarding everything else. Since 2017, cities and states across the United States have filed more than two dozen lawsuits against major energy companies, alleging they sold oil and gas to Americans despite the known ...
Every morning, millions of children put their hands over their hearts and begin the school day with a simple recitation. It’s been done for 130 years and is as much a part of American culture as apple pie and the Fourth of July. Did you know more than patriotism was behind the Pledge of ...
I’m a Gen Z woman in Wisconsin, and I’m utterly delighted with the recent election of a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a 10-year term. Voters across the state‚ bolstered by a high turnout among Gen Z, delivered a stunning rebuke to those seeking to ban abortion. It’s an ...
When OPEC announced last week that its members would be cutting oil production by more than a million barrels daily, oil prices immediately jumped 5 percent. A week later, U.S. gas prices are up more than a dime a gallon, and the summer driving season is likely to send prices at the pump ...
The year was 1934. The Great Depression ravaged the United States. Unemployment was only starting to turn around but was still at a painfully high rate of 22 percent. Nearly a quarter of Americans were out of work, and to make it worse, weather and drought in the Midwest destroyed 35 million ...