October 31, 2022 archive

Fight underway against nation’s largest proposed solar farm

  One woman’s fight against a $1.5 billion solar farm in Indiana….the largest such solar project in the country. She raised millions to fight the 13,000 acre and she’s not even a farmer. Click here for The Guardian

Diesel fuel shortage grows across the U.S.

  President Biden is staring another energy crisis in the face—a growing shortage of diesel fuel. Only a few weeks supply remains in storage and Waco economist Ray Perryman says the consequences could be grave reported the Odessa American. Click here for Odessa American  

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** A tentative agreement brokered by President Joe Biden between railroad unions and freight train companies is at risk of going off the rails—once again raising the prospect of a potential national railway strike that the president has warned could further disrupt the nation’s economy. ** The federal government has outlined a strategy to try to protect …

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Biden energy advisor calls for more oil production—but not in Permian Basin?

  There has to be quite a contradiction at work in the Biden administration which on one hand is working to curtail oil and gas production in the Permian Basin while Presidential advisor Amos Hochstein is in the Middle East pushing for more investment in the industry. Which way is it? Produce more oil or …

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Record coal-mining earnings reported by Tulsa’s Alliance Resources

  As coal mining makes a resurgence throughout Europe because of the growing energy crisis, coal operators in the U.S. are doing well these days, including Tulsa-based Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. which reported record earnings in the just-finished quarter. Industry leaders might say it’s an indication that coal-mining in the U.S. is far from dead …

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