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Green Party US vs. “Fake Democrats”

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- November 8, 2018

“… the Democrats’ actions were the exact opposite of their words. They immediately launched an all-out attack, bringing in big money international corporate law firm Perkins and Coie in an effort to throw the Greens off the ballot.”

 – Jill Stein (Green Party), Defend Democracy from Corporate Democrats, September 6, 2018.

The Green Party US (see platform statements on Energy, Climate Change, Nuclear, and Environmental Justice) has been plenty mad at the Democrat Party in this election season. In Defend Democracy from Corporate Democrats, Jill Stein of the Green Party wrote:

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Free-Market Energy Is Voter Popular

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- November 7, 2018

“Interestingly, (otherwise greenwashing) BP led the fight against the Washington State carbon-tax initiative, donating $9.5 million. It would be far more honest and effective for Big Oil (including Exxon Mobil) to come out against any and all carbon tax schemes in the name of consumer sovereignty.”

Overall, free-market energy policy had a good day yesterday. The fossil-fuel boom in the marketplace has a political corollary. Call it a victory for blue-collar energy. And may it be another wake-up call that climate alarmism/forced energy transformation is a siren song, a futile crusade, of all cost and no benefit.”

Overall, yesterday was a good election for consumer-first, taxpayer-neutral, market-order energy policy. According to the American Energy Alliance,  “the 2018 midterms were mostly positive for the cause of affordable, abundant energy through freer markets.”

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What the Midterm Elections Mean for Energy

By Tom Pyle -- November 6, 2018

“Affordable energy is a hallmark of economic progress, enabling all other areas of the economy to thrive. Yet, the Democratic platform promises to increase energy prices by pushing for a carbon tax, increases in the archaic Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) mandate, increased subsidization of renewables and electric vehicles, and support for costly regulations like the so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP).”

The 2016 election ushered in a new era of energy optimism. For eight years the Obama Administration strangled America’s natural gas, coal, and oil producers with unnecessary red tape, but the Trump Administration has swiftly worked to reduce barriers to the production, use, and exportation of our abundant natural resources. The results speak for themselves. America is on a path to becoming a net energy exporter for the first time since 1953 and ultimately a global energy superpower.…

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Why the United States Has the Most-Advanced Rail System in the World

By Randal O'Toole -- November 5, 2018
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Economist Demotes Economics in CO2 Tax Debate

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- November 1, 2018
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Renewables Lose To Natural Gas In Power Market

By -- October 31, 2018
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Citizen Martis Draws Ire from Big Green (countering wind power shoestring by shoestring)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- October 30, 2018
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100 Percent Renewables—Poor Policy for Ratepayers

By Steve Goreham -- October 29, 2018
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Robert Francis O’Rourke on Energy (Eco-Beto is keep-it-in-the-ground)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- October 26, 2018
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The Harm from Bad Science (Part III: Climate Change)

By -- October 25, 2018
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