Daniel Turner

1 month ago | climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Daniel Turner

President Donald Trump turned heads with his call for restarting the Keystone XL Pipeline. While the energy industry welcomes the new business-friendly administration, the Biden administration’s damage is not easily undone. [emphasis, links added]Keystone was a privately funded project constructing 1,200 miles of pipeline that would have brought 850,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Alberta, Canada, to the U.S. Gulf Coast for refining.

Jun 17, 2024 | thefederalist.com | Daniel Turner

The petrodollar agreement with Saudi Arabia began in 1974, two years into Joe Biden’s first term as a United States senator. It ended this week, a half-century later, during Biden’s first term as U.S. president. Among all the news stories that matter, few rank higher than this. It’s bigger than President Trump and Hunter Biden’s convictions, bigger than jobs reports and inflation numbers, and perhaps even bigger than the southern border crisis.

Jun 14, 2024 | climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Daniel Turner

The recent European Parliament elections saw sweeping losses for Green parties across the continent as voters rejected harmful policies sold under the false guise of environmentalism. [emphasis, links added]The left-leaning Greens lost 18 seats of their previous 71-member bloc, a 25% drop — and the United States, where President Biden has prioritized green giveaways since the first day of his administration, could be headed for a similar reckoning in November.

Feb 8, 2024 | climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Daniel Turner

As America’s 250th anniversary approaches, we are falling further away from our founding principles. John Adams, our second president, called for “a nation of laws, not of men.”His deep desire for a country and citizenry not subject to an individual ruler’s caprice but governed by the objectivity of codified laws is embedded in the very heart of our founding documents. [emphasis, links added]It’s how Americans have understood our government.

Dec 25, 2023 | thefederalist.com | Daniel Turner

This is my first Christmas without my dad. As hard as it is for me and my siblings, it’s harder still for our mother, who is having her first Christmas since 1963 without him. Dad’s days in the hospital and subsequent death ushered in a wave of emotions, memories, and ponderings about heaven, sin, salvation, and for me, fossil fuels. The last item in that list may sound strange, but let me explain.