Energy
No More Gimmicks: Biden Needs to Unshackle American Oil and Gas
Gasoline prices are up a whopping 44.0 percent year-over-year. Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise to Americans suffering at the pump.
American Petroleum Institute
U.S. trade association for the oil and natural gas industry
Liberty
Biden Proposes Gas Tax Holiday, But Will That Just Make Inflation Worse?
Americans are paying historically high prices at the pump, in addition to skyrocketing inflation on food, housing and energy. President Joe Biden, feeling the pressure from the public, has asked…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Biden’s drilling ban would create major economic hole
Josh Siegel of the Washington Examiner highlights an industry report about a key energy proposal from Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Joe Biden’s pledge to block oil and gas drilling…
Energy
A real climate conspiracy led by state-level attorneys general
Jordan McGillis documents for the Washington Examiner a legal controversy surrounding climate change. Keith Ellison and Karl Racine, attorneys general of Minnesota and the District of Columbia, respectively, filed fraud…
Energy
Natural gas fares well in tanking energy market
Josh Siegel of the Washington Examiner highlights one bright spot in the flailing energy sector. Natural gas is withstanding the coronavirus-fueled economic crash in a way that its closely associated…
Elections & Public Integrity
Dispatches from the trail, October 29, 2015
• Ad wars: The conservative groups Americans for Prosperity North Carolina (see video above) and Real Jobs NC are on the airwaves with advertisements praising the actions of conservative Republicans…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Some of the highest gas prices in the country are right here in North Carolina
Gas prices are falling across the country, including here in North Carolina. But our prices will remain higher than those in neighboring states. According to the American Petroleum Institute (API),…
Energy
It’s a gas, gas, gas
Jim McTague‘s latest “D.C. Current” column in Barron’s focuses on the potential impact of the recent American energy boom on policies affecting Europe. The vulnerable EU countries began lobbying the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Why Are Gas Taxes So High?
View in your browser. It’s autumn, and like many citizens of North Carolina, my husband and I recently went to the mountains to view the splendor of the Appalachian leaf…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Gas Taxes
Tomorrow I’m going to the beach, close to the SC line, and I will be driving over to buy gas. Why? Because gas taxes are lower in South Carolina and,…
Liberty
American Petroleum Institute-Hagan ad
..In case you haven’t seen it, or in case you have and you’re wondering what’s up. WRAL’s Mark Binker reports. Update: SF Chronicle —via Carolina Plott Hound— says Hagan “isn’t…
Elections & Public Integrity
Romney’s latest K Street adviser raises questions for Carney
Timothy P. Carney‘s latest Washington Examiner article analyzes the message former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is sending potential voters by aligning himself with former congressman and current lobbying big shot…