Advocates of ethanol subsidies turn on the industry in the face of rising food costs and deficit spending
Hammertime: How Four Loko became ethanol [VIDEO] - TheDC
Mary Katharine Ham explains how a popular beverage was turned into a product that needs to be subsidized
'Green jobs' cronyism and cannibalism
The green jobs agenda involves spending billions of dollars to destroy existing jobs and replace them with jobs in politically favored businesses.
Expect Obama to double down on energy boondoggles
The president will use his State of the Union address to renew his calls for more renewable energy “investments.”
TheDC Morning: How the left astroturfed net neutrality into existence - TheDC
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Peace Prize puzzles
Noble Peace Prizes should be awarded to people who have actually accomplished things.
TheDC Morning: House passes bill aimed at denying stupid immigrants citizenship - TheDC
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Under new tax deal, ethanol subsidies to be extended - TheDC
Despite strong opposition from both sides, the Corn Belt is expected to get their subsidies renewed
Extend all of the Bush tax cuts
Congress should not eliminate any credits, be they for anything from children to ethanol.
Corn ethanol: He was for it before he was against it - TheDC
In 1994, Vice President Al Gore cast the tie-breaking vote to authorize ethanol production, now he calls it “bad policy”
Ending oil dependence by making us more dependent?
The Democrats say they want to end our dependence on foreign oil, but their policies are making us more, not less, dependent on it.
Obama’s actions prevent timely clean-up by U.S. allies
Crucial offers to help clean up BP’s oil spill “have come from Belgian, Dutch, and Norwegian firms that … possess some of the world’s most advanced oil skimming ships,” but Obama’s interests lie closer to unions than cleaning up the epic mess in the Gulf
No need to rush to more ethanol
Ethanol mills are making money. Taxpayer subsidies are starting to flow overseas. The impact of a bigger blend of ethanol has a lot of as of yet unanswered questions—the biggest of which, given the economic standing of the industry is, what’s the rush?
BP a ‘serial environmental criminal’
The administration’s close ties to BP could explain its lackadaisical approach to cleaning up the Gulf
Britain: 'Green' fuels might not be very green - The Time Online
Using fossil fuel in vehicles is better for the environment than so-called green fuels made from crops, according to a British government study