The Department of Energy Misspent Nearly $1 Billion in 2024
While $1 billion is a drop in the wasteful spending bucket, fiscal irresponsibility of all sizes must be eradicated.
Department of Energy
Biden Wants To Triple Nuclear Energy Capacity, but He'll Have To Cut Red Tape To Do It
Even with burgeoning private sector support, nuclear can’t thrive without regulatory reform.
Feds Admit Fossil Fuels Are Still the Cheapest
A Department of Energy analysis found natural gas is the cheapest residential energy source on the market.
Lawsuit: Biden Administration Rules That Make Dishwashers, Laundry Machines Worse Also Illegal
The plaintiffs argue that the Department of Energy has no legal authority to impose its own water use limits on energy-consuming home appliances.
'America Funded It': Rand Paul Blasts Fauci and the Media for Suppressing the Lab Leak Theory
The notion that COVID-19 came from a lab was once touted as misinformation. But now the FBI, the Energy Department, and others agree with Paul.
Joe Biden's War on Dishwashers Rages On
Not content with merely getting rid of Trump-era deregulation, the Biden administration is now tightening energy efficiency standards for a long list of home appliances.
The Media and Politicians Keep Trying To Censor Things That Turn Out To Be True
The COVID-19 lab leak theory was labeled "misinformation." Now it's the most plausible explanation.
U.S. Energy Department Endorses Lab Leak Theory of COVID-19's Origins
The push to label the lab leak thesis a racist conspiracy theory now looks even more foolish.
Democrats Say They Support Green Energy. Why Do Their Policies Say Otherwise?
If you look closely, you'll find a lot of contradictions.
The GOP's Current Plan To Cut Spending Is a Political Failure
Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are still the chief drivers of our future debt. But Republicans aren't touching them.
How Federal Energy Regulations Make Dishwashers Worse
The Trump administration briefly liberalized dishwasher standards, but the Biden administration quickly reimposed the old rules.
Joe Biden Is Coming for Your Gas Furnace
A new proposed regulation from the Department of Energy would effectively require homeowners to shift to more expensive, more efficient condensing gas furnaces.
The Biden Administration Crushes America's Brief Experiment in Showerhead Freedom
The Department of Energy's new energy efficiency rule drags us back to the dark days of 2013, when showers were allowed to emit no more than 2.5 gallons of water a minute.
Joe Biden's Proposed Ban on Fast, Effective Dishwashers Is a Gift to Big Business
Donald Trump legalized energy-hungry short-cycle dishwashers. The current administration is undoing that progress.
Keeping Warm This Winter Could Be More Costly As Inflation Heats Up
Plus: Psychedelic entrepreneurs, American seafood stuck in Canada, and more...
If Democrats Truly Wanted To Level the Playing Field, They'd End Crony Corporate Handouts
They give an edge to big companies that have no problems accessing capital and whose executives are often well-connected with politicians.
Trump Slashed Regulations That Stopped Americans From Having a Good Shower. Biden Is Bringing Them Back.
Environmentalists criticized Trump's reforms for wasting water, while showerhead manufacturers worried the deregulation would subject them to more foreign competition.
Biden's Green Agenda Meets Environmental Red Tape
A clean-energy future will require more than just spending money.
Biden's '100% Clean Energy Economy' Will Require Huge Trade-Offs
Campaign promises about green energy often obscure real-world constraints.
The U.S. Government Spent Billions Failing To Defend Its Own Agencies From Cyberattacks
Plus: Google gets hit with another antitrust lawsuit, the U.S. falls in a new ranking of human freedom, and more...
Joe Biden Taps Former Presidential Rival Pete Buttigieg for Transportation Secretary
Plus: Trump slashes showerhead regulations, Ross Ulbricht might get a pardon, Tom Cruise is the latest COVID scold, and more...
Department of Energy Rolls Back Obama's Dishwasher Restrictions
You might finally be able to buy a dishwasher that gets the job done, unless Joe Biden changes the rules again.
Rick Perry, Coal, and Crony Capitalism
"There is no free market in the energy industry," says the secretary of energy.
Trump Administration Is Right: Open the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository
Some 70,000 metric tons to nuclear waste is still sitting at nuclear power plants
Trump's First Week
Four federal departments and one agency that could be shut down first.
Why Was Carrier Considering Moving to Mexico in the First Place?
Trump won't be able to make "deals" with every company that seeks to relocate because of onerous federal regulations. Here's why Carrier nearly left.
Rick Perry Pushed Crony Capitalism in Texas. Will He Do the Same at Dept. of Energy?
Former Texas governor supported taxpayer-funded slush funds for favored businesses, including some that went bankrupt.
Rick Perry Wanted to Eliminate the U.S. Department of Energy: Trump Nominates Him to Head It
Reform or just substituting fossil fuel crony capitalism for Obama's renewable energy crony capitalism?
Is the Shale Revolution a 'Ponzi Scheme' or the End of Peak Oil?
"Ponzi scheme" or the end of Peak Oil?
Reason Foundation Study Details Depths of Green Energy Crony Capitalism
Not an investment in the future but in people who know the right politicians
Nepotism at Energy Department Cited in Report
Any federal agency out there that isn't a big mess?
Obama Expected to Name New EPA, Energy Heads
Potential new Department of Energy leader supports fracking
Department of Energy Admits It Was Hacked
These are the people who want authority over everybody's "cybersecurity"
DOE Launches "Manhattan Project" for Battery Innovation
Hopefully they will not be dropped on Japan
Tesla Asked for Faster Repayment of U.S. Loan for Electric Cars
Agreement part of waiver of some previous loan requirements
