AUTHOR ARCHIVES: Daniel Simmons

New Special Interest Group Pushes To Stop Natural Gas Exports Blog Natural Gas

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One of the outgrowths of increasing federal regulatory powers is the tendency of some large companies to use the government to restrict competition and make themselves better off at the expense of other Americans.  The latest companies working to use …

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Is Big Wind Fleecing U.S. Taxpayer? Analysis Wind

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Last week, the American Wind Energy Alliance (AWEA) released an outline of a plan to extend the wind production tax credit (PTC) for an additional six years. Because the PTC provides credits for 10 years, AWEA is asking for a …

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California’s Flex Alert: A Case Study in Intermittent Energy Blog Wind

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California has long been a leader in promoting wind and other renewables to power the electricity grid. Recently, California has gone even further and in 2011, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law to force an increase in the amount of …

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Denmark is no model for the United States Blog

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Today, President Obama is meeting with the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt to discuss, among other things, “green growth, and economic development.” This is a good reminder that President Obama would like the U.S. to emulate Denmark’s incredibly expensive energy …

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New Study Finds that Hydraulic Fracturing is Safe Blog

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People who are concerned about the safety of hydraulic fracturing should rejoice that a new study confirms that there is “no direct evidence that fracking itself has contaminated groundwater.”  Hydraulic fracturing is not perfect, but it obviously has a very …

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