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Record-high egg prices likely
“Expect record-high egg prices for most of the year,” CNN says: Americans can continue to expect high prices for eggs…
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Trump Moves To Reverse Biden’s Green New Deal Agenda — With A Special Focus On Wind
By David Blackmon Shares of big Danish offshore wind developer Orsted dropped by 17% Monday, the same day President Donald…
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Molten salt nuclear reactor advances in Wyoming
Bill Gates wants to develop a safe and clean next generation nuclear plant. His company, TerraPower, is constructing such a…
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‘Immediate And Decisive Action’: Trump Will Reportedly Declare Energy Emergency To Roll Back Biden Policies
By Nick Pope President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly declare an energy emergency to help roll back Biden administration energy policies…
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World isn’t running out of metals, contrary to predictions
In the 1970s, many journalists and academics thought that metals the needed for a modern society to function would become…
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‘Cannot Have It Both Ways’: Judge Delivers Fatal Blow To New York City’s Lawsuit Against Energy Companies
By Nick Pope A judge dismissed New York City’s lawsuit seeking to make energy companies pay for climate change on…
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Europe Takes A Bite Out Of America’s Apple
By Stephen Moore Envy is an ugly thing — one of the seven deadly sins. The Europeans have long been…
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Certificate-of-need laws make healthcare more expensive, but bill to reform them dies in Virginia
Legislators in a subcommittee killed a bill in the Virginia legislature that would have reformed the state’s obsolete and costly…
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Biotech advances reduce the suffering of livestock
“Industrial agriculture has been a massive boon to both humanity and wild nature, but it is unfortunately responsible for significant…
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Virginia bills would require rent-control ordinances to cap rent below inflation
Raising rent to keep up with inflation isn’t what most people would consider “rent gouging,” even when the landlord has…
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Drug to extend dogs’ life may lead to human life extensions
In 2025, Loyal, a biotech start-up, expects to start selling “a daily, beef-flavored pill” that “could give dogs a minimum…
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Chick-fil-A’s lemon-squeezing robots save 10,000 hours of labor per day
Bloomberg News reports that squeezing hundreds of millions of lemons per year to make lemonade was so labor-intensive for Chick-fil-A…
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Lame Duck Biden Admin Issues Rule Hiding Nearly $50 Billion In Debt From Credit Reports
By Owen Klinsky The lame duck Biden administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new rule Tuesday that will…
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New U.S. lithium mine expected to produce 40,000 tons a year by 2026
“The U.S. just found a lithium goldmine—40 million tons under the McDermitt Caldera. As global demand for lithium-ion batteries surges,…
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Robots with artificial intelligence may radically reduce need for weed-killer and pesticides, gutting crop-chemical industry
“After almost a century of deploying a more-is-more approach to chemical herbicides, the global agricultural sector is rapidly rolling out…
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Massive Dockworker Strike Could Land In Trump Admin’s Lap On Day One
By Wallace White A costly dockworkers’ strike could ignite just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, presenting the Republican’s…
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Biden Will Reportedly Hand Environmental Lobby One Last Gift On His Way Out The Door
By Nick Pope President Joe Biden is reportedly preparing to restrict offshore oil and gas drilling in his final days…
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10 Things Trump Can Do In The First 100 Days For Energy Independence
By David Blackmon President-elect Donald Trump has a big job ahead of him in restoring common sense and sanity to…
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New York Rolls Out ‘Shakedown’ Law Forcing Companies To Atone For Climate Change With Cash
By Nick Pope New York is poised to fine energy companies billions of dollars in the name of fighting climate…
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Minimum wages rise in 21 states
Minimum wages are rising in 21 states today. The minimum wage is going up to $16.50 in California, $16.35 in…
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Privatize air traffic control to improve safety and cut flight delays
America’s air traffic control is run as “an old-fashioned bureaucracy inside of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The system is…
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Amazon warehouses benefit local economies, study finds
Groups staffed by progressives have claimed that Amazon warehouses harm local economies, such as a left-wing group whose managers include…
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Self-driving cars are much safer than human-driven cars
On December 19, the self-driving taxi company Waymo published new safety research on its vehicles: “Across 25.3 million miles, the…
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Next EV Battle Pits Truckers And Red States Against California-Led ‘Cartel’
By Ireland Owens California state regulators and some truck manufacturers have faced mounting pushback from truck drivers and red states…
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MIT scientists plan to build fusion power plant in Virginia
“Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a start-up founded by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said on Tuesday that it planned…
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Trump calls for privatizing the inefficiently-run Postal Service
“President-elect Donald Trump has expressed a keen interest in privatizing the US Postal Service in recent weeks,” reported the Washington…
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North Carolina bans downzoning, protecting property rights
“Last week, the Republican-controlled North Carolina Legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill (S.B.) 382—an omnibus bill…
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Shoplifting Epidemic Has Gotten So Bad, Walmart Employees Are Now Dressing Like Cops
By Julianna Frieman Walmart employees at certain U.S. stores were given body cameras to wear as part of a pilot…
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Cartoon of the Day: O-Booma (with commentary below cartoon)
A.F. Branco Cartoon – Obamacare has destroyed millions of Americans’ healthcare, and now many want to blame and demonize insurance…
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Japan warms to nuclear power
There was a “big symbolic move by Japan to embrace nuclear power today,” notes a Bloomberg News reporter. “Its new…
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Biden’s Parting Shot At Energy Companies Won’t Tie Trump’s Hands
By Nick Pope The Biden administration dealt a blow to energy producers by arguing Wednesday that the Supreme Court should…
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Why The EU Is Shelling Out Billions To Compete With Elon Musk’s Starlink
By Ireland Owens The European Union (EU) is planning to develop a multibillion-dollar network of satellites aimed at competing with Elon…
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Brussels sprouts will be 25% bigger this year in the U.K.
“In a development likely to inspire both joy and dismay around the Christmas dinner table, farmers are forecasting Brussels sprouts…
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New ironmaking breakthrough could result in huge productivity increase
“After more than a decade of intensive research in China, a new ironmaking technology is poised to revolutionize the global…
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Will Biden’s ‘Trump-Proofing’ Keep America’s Energy Supplies Locked Up?
By David Blackmon Anticipating a potential Donald Trump win over first President Joe Biden and then Vice President Kamala Harris…
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America’s biggest apartment owner is now using factory-built units
Housing could be built more cheaply by factories, the way cars are, if it weren’t for the fact that local…
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