As the war between Russia and Ukraine wages on, many Americans have been quickly reminded just how global our economy really is. A war involving Russia, which provides the United States with 8% of our nation’s oil and refined products, can suddenly spike fuel prices at your local gas station. Nearly two weeks ago, drivers

As the editorial board recently pointed out in its Feb. 26 editorial, the “decision by the Biden administration to delay new oil and gas leases on federal lands is unconscionable” amid soaring inflation and the deepening Russia-Ukraine crisis. The White House’s string of perplexing policy decisions — including the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline — hamstring

The ongoing unprovoked atrocity on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his regime against the people and government of Ukraine has shocked the conscience of the world. The daily news clips of women and children huddled in subway tunnels turned into makeshift underground shelters, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky courageously leading his people, and so

President Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. will ban Russian oil, natural gas and coal imports as part of his administration’s response to Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine. “The United States is targeting the main artery of Russia’s economy. We’re banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy,” Biden said in remarks from the

The battle over Pennsylvania’s entrance into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) entered a new era when a pair of state senators requested an independent audit of the modeling. Senators Gene Yaw (R-Williamsport) and John Yudichak ( I-Swoyersville) say the information is outdated and the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) needs to get involved. “The IFO’s impartial

An op-ed published Feb. 9 neglected to mention why the United States leads the world in emissions reductions. It also fails to mention the costs of burdensome government mandates and mischaracterized recent legislative proposals. First, Pennsylvania’s embracement of competitive markets has resulted in the second-largest reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the power generation space among

An op-ed published Feb. 9 neglected to mention why the United States leads the world in emissions reductions. It also fails to mention the costs of burdensome government mandates and mischaracterized recent legislative proposals. First, Pennsylvania’s embracement of competitive markets has resulted in the second-largest reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the power generation space among

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin understands how dangerous Pennsylvania’s natural gas could be to his tyrannical rule: He has devoted his propaganda machine to discrediting it. According to a 2017 intelligence analysis by the Director of National Intelligence, the following was noted about RT – the Russian government’s English language news station that airs in the

The fiasco that is Russian president Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is proving not just that Russia is a paper empire — imperial ambitions combined with a desperate reliance on international trade. It is also proving that Pennsylvania will play a pivotal role in determining whether Europe freezes in place once Russian either shuts off

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bloody and unhinged campaign to topple a democratic nation once subjugated by the former Soviet Union has resurrected the threat of global conflict from its deep, dark Cold War-era grave. It’s easy to paint the invasion of Ukraine as the delusions of a narcissistic despot desperate to cement his legacy as