The sweltering Summer of 2023 has come to a close. According to NASA and the World Meteorological Organization, it was Earth’s hottest...
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Nixon’s Endangered Species Act Turns 50
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) turns 50 years old this year. The law, which was passed in 1973 by overwhelming bipartisan majorities in...
Rising Electric Bills
With economy-wide inflation still plaguing us and stretching paychecks thin, we should be paying extra close attention to energy prices....
The Devastating Impacts of Pollinator Decline
People often do not realize just how much of the food we eat only exists because of insect pollinators, especially bees. Bees are in fact...
Broken Promises
Prior to drilling on public land, oil and gas companies must agree to completely clean up, plug, and fully restore drilling sites once...
Protecting Our Atmosphere the Reagan Way
Way back in 1987, President Ronald Reagan pushed through an international treaty to phase out the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs),...
Lake Okeechobee – More Than Just Your Average Lake
Most people probably imagine the surrounding ocean when they think of Florida’s great water assets. Lake Okeechobee, though, is the third...
It’s Time to Overhaul the U.S. Oil & Gas Leasing Program
Our federal government has historically allowed oil and gas companies to lease America’s public lands across the West for exploration and...
Embracing the Energy Market in 2021
As conservatives, we firmly believe in capitalism and the free market. The mantra “follow the market” instinctively makes sense to us....
Every Breath Matters: Pollution & COVID-19
Nothing quite sharpens one’s focus on the importance of clean air quite like a respiratory illness that exploits lungs damaged—and made...










