The average American would believe that the nation's need for substantial nuclear fuel, oil, natural gas, and coal will soon be a distant memory, based on the Obama administration's strident emphasis on developing "alternative" energy sources. The reality, however, is quite different.

The president’s decision to veto the XL Pipeline is no surprise. The fact that he was compelled to talk about it, is.

Despite great handwringing over America's anemic job creation, the president demonstrates little understanding of the damage his policies are doing to millions of unemployed American desperate to find work.

Will we have the maturity to learn and move forward from nuclear energy's worst moment?

Greens are good at pointing out potential problems and at pressuring government and industry to come up with solutions but when they are allowed to make policy, they usually mess it up.

The Obama administration’s decision to kill the Keystone XL pipeline (which would bring oil down from Canada’s province of Alberta to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast) is emblematic of the pervasive, systematic hostility the administration has shown to all forms of fossil-fuel production and consumption. 

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Americans are increasingly concerned about the availability and affordability of energy. How will we generate energy in the coming decades—and what will it cost? Will we continue to rely upon politically unstable and sometimes hostile nations to provide...

Unlocking "unconventional" energy requires unconventional politics, and that's one resource that is genuinely scarce among today's backwards-looking bureaucrats and green interest groups.