America needs coal and nuclear power for energy diversity

America needs coal and nuclear power for energy diversity

By Dr. J. Winston Porter In the face of rising electricity demand, Energy Secretary Rick Perry recently unveiled a plan to preserve some of the nationโ€™s key coal and nuclear power plants. Itโ€™s a sensible move since the nationโ€™s power grid canโ€™t rely solely on natural gas, wind, and solar. What Americaโ€™s families and businesses […]

The Green Future

The Green Future

BY DREW JOHNSON (Republished with permission) Environmental activists regularly scare Americans about our domestic energy resources — and urge us to abandon development of them. Witness the various efforts to stop hydraulic fracturing, offshore and onshore drilling, and the like. What life would look like in this new green world, though, rarely gets coverage. Considering […]