Marita Noon is Executive Director of Energy Makes America Great. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Sun, 19 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Sun, 19 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ It’s been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week at the White House—and it isn’t looking like next week will be any better. You probably know about Obama’s trifecta of troubles: the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/05/19/no-better-for-obama-next-week-either-n1600494 ff732eec-90ad-4c81-87ad-aa031e934f51 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT No wonder the national debt is at nearly $17 trillion—and ticking higher every day. Polls repeatedly show most Americans believe that reducing the budget deficit should be a top priority, yet policy gets in the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/05/12/americans-fighting-their-own-government-for-economic-survival-n1593189 ae81d41e-ff3c-4e30-ad94-3b419ceee194 Sun, 12 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT Last month, Earth Day came and went. Perhaps you missed hearing about it. For 2013, the theme was “The Face of Climate Change.” Other than a change in the Post Office cancellation mark on your letters... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/05/05/environmentalists-killing-us-economy-n1587340 460b4d47-efbc-47c2-91f2-df514d19269c Sun, 05 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT With nearly a year’s worth of exclusive reporting on Obama’s green-energy crony-corruption scandal, you might think we’ve covered them all—but the hits just keep on coming. This week Fisker is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/04/28/fisker-free-to-make-flashy-cars-in-finland-n1580841 2aba12ce-c53b-4f9d-87fa-a43b2e1bf1be Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT You’ve heard the cliché: “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.” Within the past month, I’ve experienced both sides of that adage—in reverse. On April 2, I was driving from... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/04/26/environmentalists-endangered-n1579063 00c54abd-0dea-4a34-9b43-84b587df0439 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT Every year, April 15 is tax day. The morning news shows feature last minute tax tips and other tax-related information. A new poll was discussed. When asked: “Thinking about paying taxes, which one of the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/04/23/on-earth-day-lets-waste-more-money-n1575602 acd97f8a-6f6e-4d04-bf61-0f763defeb6e Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT In honor of Margaret Thatcher’s memory, favorite quotes from the Iron Lady have popped up everywhere. This one came across my Facebook newsfeed: “Global warming ‘provides a marvelous excuse for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/04/14/margaret-thatcher-global-warming-provides-excuse-for-worldwide-supranational-socialism-n1567176 5c13fb02-4409-4bb8-a4b0-547cf2ec49c4 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT British Petroleum is still one of the world’s biggest oil companies. But as early as the late 1990’s they didn’t want you think of them that way. CEO Lord John Browne of Madingley argued that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/04/07/smart-money-abandoning-renewable-energy-n1560319 a69328e6-2663-466b-b982-621bf790f919 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT On Good Friday, a day fewer people would be paying attention to the headlines than on most other days, the Obama administration released news about its plans to raise the price of gasoline. Gasoline prices for the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/03/31/obama-creates-more-wealth-for-green-crony-soros-n1553738 37e582fe-7806-46ce-9414-4e906ae08185 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT Environmentalists mistakenly think that blocking the Keystone pipeline will prevent crude oil, derived from Canada’s oil sands, from being extracted and from being conveyed into the US to be refined into... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/03/29/with-or-without-pipeline-canadian-oil-heads-to-us-n1552444 24e92f5d-a74e-4b11-8de9-8744d55a12d4 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT Following the Conservative Political Action Conference—known as CPAC—it has been reported that the faithful feel discouraged, dispirited, and defeated. Dr. Ben Carson, who emerged from the Conference as... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/03/24/obama-overreach-includes-energy-n1547434 83b9defb-30e0-4cf7-836d-68ddfa420329 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT In his first energy speech of his second term, “President Barack Obama tried to move past partisan fights over energy policy on Friday with a modest proposal to fund research into cars that run on anything but... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/03/17/beware-the-carbon-tax-n1536514 e9f1e228-262b-4a24-a87b-773e51e34940 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT The four-year saga of the Keystone XL pipeline is a textbook case of the game Washington politicians play. To avoid making decisions that might anger one constituency or another, they appoint a committee or... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/03/14/the-keystone-pipeline-delay-is-the-name-of-the-game-n1532999 076d0556-41f3-45b3-a7cf-18ca05e208c8 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:01:00 GMT The sequester happened. Nothing happened—though we all understand there will be impacts down the road. But, it didn’t have to happen. “Sequester,” a word foreign to most of us, “is a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/03/10/new-wealth-is-cure-to-government-economy-n1530068 847924b8-40e9-43f9-8d8c-bfd1e6091dfc Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:01:00 GMT Two of catastrophic climate change’s staunchest supporters have been out on the stump promoting their cause—with conflicting statements. On February 20, Secretary of State John Kerry gave his first... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/03/04/can-global-warmist-get-their-story-straight-n1524743 d9eda9bf-52be-4a97-87f6-01b23cfcb13b Mon, 04 Mar 2013 05:01:00 GMT The nomination of Jack Lew for Treasury Secretary has uncovered a lot of dirt about the man, but it also has a lot of dust swirling, regarding the incestuous relationship between the Obama administration and Wall... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/02/24/wall-street-walks-on-the-white-house-n1519119 c46fb4cb-c9da-42e2-9d2f-24867ab52f92 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT The State of the Union Address (SOTUA) is now last week’s history. Nearly every aspect of it has been fully dissected. For example, the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) has done a line-by-line analysis of what... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/02/18/obamas-energy-plans-tragedy-disguised-as-triumph-n1514624 bd427cd6-e099-4df4-ac77-3f77e719088a Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT No one wants to send a species to extinction, but when a chicken that can be hunted and cooked for dinner is proposed as an endangered species, one has to question the entire program. When that proposed endangered... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/02/10/really-the-chicken-as-endangered-species-n1509111 c7ed646b-507a-49ae-8e4b-27bb1cd46c69 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT The rising price of gasoline is in the news again. Consumersknow that more oil means lower prices at the pump and they are hoping for somegood news on the supply. We got some encouragement in January: Iraq's oil exports... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/02/07/pandering-on-price-n1507046 ec29cb7f-e069-428f-b3b2-3563d8a559c4 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT Requiring the citizens of the kingdom to purchase something that doesn't exist, and then fining them for not doing it sounds more like the behavior of a tinhorn dictator than the actions of a global superpower-but then,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/02/03/another-made-up-mandate-on-energy-that-doesnt-exist-n1504035 b0ad587c-3af5-4f08-b5f7-82f1bde62cea Sun, 03 Feb 2013 05:01:00 GMT The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has just released their Energy Infrastructure Update report, which shows how much new electric generating capacity was installed for 2012. According to the report,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/01/27/renewables-fail-the-cost-test-again-n1498697 58c65652-2ca5-4c42-a27c-85d41ff31b74 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT Senator Kerry's Secretary of State hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will take place on Thursday, January 24. Kerry should receive some tough questions regarding his green energy investments and his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/01/21/inside-deals-mar-john-kerry-for-state-n1493544 1ef46d8d-60dc-4805-baba-a12e9617f2a8 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT Or, do they take and then give? It appears to be a vicious cycle with no beginning or end. For the last four years, President Obama and his EPA have waged a war on coal. Though they deny it, their regulations have cost... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/01/13/the-government-giveth-n1488093 479abe08-bd4f-4d90-9cc3-bb3cebed52fd Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT With a flood of new federal regulations hitting everything from healthcare, energy, food safety, and bird protection, it is encouraging to know that some states can still think for themselves. In Virginia, Governor Bob... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/01/08/virgina-energy-capital-of-east-coast-n1483556 2db058e9-98cb-4be5-8554-eaded312766c Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT Obama comes out the victor in the messaging battle of the fiscal cliff negotiations. CNN contributor Ruben Navarrette Jr. said: "He is so good at the business of politics that he's really outmaneuvered them." How did... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2013/01/07/to-create-boom-gop-needs-to-change-tune-n1481274 a5bf09ac-5b03-40d4-823e-6f7e3bb1b989 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT The contrast between then and now, the past and present, is startling. Sitting in the Carson Mansion, overlooking the Humboldt Bay, watching the boats bobbing in the marina, it is easy to picture what life must have... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/12/30/the-greening-of-the-economy-n1476170 e00673ea-d279-4228-a385-f66a239699e6 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT New Mexico is once again on the bottom of the list-or the top, depending on your perspective. Forbes recently announced the "death spiral" states. New Mexico was the worst "with 1.53 takers for every maker" (Forbes... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/12/23/obama-uses-monument-act-in-another-western-land-grab-n1472810 93207fad-46cd-4594-8ee8-fad420feb0ae Sun, 23 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT The United States doesn't usually look to Britain for guidance-the last time may have been when Winston Churchill was Prime Minister. That time has come again. This time, the US should follow the leadership of Prime... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/12/16/the-shale-gas-revolution-reindustrialize-the-economy-n1467965 ccee5cbd-6ea7-4e71-8fd1-6d5afd80acb4 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT The stalemate going on in Washington about the fiscal cliff highlights the two very different economic viewpoints held, not just in Washington, but across America: more government, more taxes; less spending, lower... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/12/09/energy_prices_are_the_fiscal_cliff e1fa4fac-1e26-4735-9ded-7ff6c932c1b9 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT COP 18 started this week in Doha, Qatar, where climate campaigners will, again, try to get governments to commit to a $100-billion-per-year "Climate Fund" to redistribute wealth from the West to the rest-though $100... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/12/02/redistributing_wealth_from_the_west_to_the_rest f309a99f-7940-4e0c-a653-b9fb092c061d Sun, 02 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT An exhaustive review of 350+ pages of leaked emails regarding the Obama administration's handling of the various green-energy loan and grant programs makes several things very clear: they lied, engaged in favoritism,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/11/25/exclusive_doe_corruptionappointed_and_elected_officials_should_face_prison_time 325bd8da-eabf-475c-9c76-30009af467c1 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT One of the important agenda items for the lame duck session of the 112th Congress is the extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy. The PTC is set to expire December 31 and Congress estimates that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/11/18/cash_cow_offered_by_lame_ducks 03d384e1-0624-4291-8661-c9985321e11e Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT Part of the hope the Romney campaign offered was a comprehension of the role energy plays in the American economy-especially energy that is abundant, affordable, and available. He made "energy" the number one point of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/11/11/the_regulations_are_coming_the_regulations_are_coming e681a7de-c442-4c5d-8ac9-20fae21b16b3 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 05:01:00 GMT Benghazi isn't the only White House cover up being exposed through leaked emails. State Department staffers aren't the only career officials being blamed for President Obama's inexperience, questionable judgment, and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/11/04/busting_open_energys_den_of_deception ffcf005e-7e49-4cb8-bdbb-9eb36d3c2964 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 04:01:00 GMT When he is confronted about the failed green-energy loan program, President Obama deflects blame-pointing to "career bureaucrats" in the Department of Energy (DOE) who supposedly approved the loans that have become an... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/11/01/emails_catch_white_house_lie_on_greenenergy_loans 7d846af9-7e44-4b3e-a231-f87b6ddfc594 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:01:00 GMT The number of days until the election can now be counted on both hands. Regardless of the outcome, we know one issue will be buried under the fiscal-cliff news-where it hopes to fly under the radar. This one issue? The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/10/28/obama_cares_about_big_bird_not_real_birds 60b8b398-88fd-4cae-9a2e-8870351b0dbb Sun, 28 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT Because energy security is such a vital component of U.S. foreign policy, it was disappointing that it received little more than a brief mention in the final Presidential Debate. Early in the debate, President Obama,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/10/24/no_ones_following_obamas_energy_leadership 9979c0b8-e944-4d23-a14e-f4b67e6072a1 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT Politics above science; politics above economics-together these two philosophies have created "true sustainability." We first saw the impact in the science world. Global warming was touted as a catastrophic threat to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/10/21/with_politics_above_all e074b9f7-ebfc-4b76-933f-d353b9902860 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT For those closely following this election cycle, we know our country is teetering on the brink of a double-dip recession, fanatics are burning our flag and killing our diplomats in foreign countries, and U.S. weapons... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/10/20/phantom_issues_haunt_obamas_nightmare_on_main_street 39110755-48d5-4b93-a950-5a603e43c804 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT To listen to the mainstream media's coverage of the so-called war on women, you'd think the entire election will be won or lost, based on contraception and its availability. But women care passionately about other... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/10/17/women_care_about_more_than_contraception e64ea1d1-31ab-428c-ac24-4259e8190377 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT In Thursday night's Vice Presidential debate, the Administration's green agenda was, once again, part of the verbal sparring. The exchange ended with Congressman Ryan's unanswered question: "Where are the 5 million... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/10/14/obamas_green_jobs_promise_355_jobs_and_counting 39c09347-b17c-47dd-9ee4-0dc84675be67 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT Mitt Romney's comment about President Obama's acumen as a public equity investor: "You pick the losers," has put Obama's failed green energy emphasis under the microscope, bringing into question: have any been a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/10/07/romney_to_obama_you_pick_the_losers d125213f-758d-45f4-aaf6-6e85e67c103c Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT It seems that every time there is a spike in gasoline prices, Bill O'Reilly chimes in with his idea that if we produce it here, we should use it here. He's even proposed a special tax on exports of petroleum products.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/10/03/we_need_it_here_the_oreilly_factor 2facff70-3b82-42c0-bf13-c6a16dc96956 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:01:00 GMT If he succeeds in his run for a second term, President Obama doesn't intend to tone down his efforts to push for green energy. Instead of learning from his mistakes, he plans to "do more." During his recent sit down... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/09/30/obama_never_admits_green_failure cce1b3c3-e90c-4668-bcc5-355ab3a36a00 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT First it went up-an expected reaction to the expanding anti-American riots taking place in the Middle East and Israel's "hawkish statements." Then, almost inexplicably, it went down-while the reasons for the increase... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/09/23/obama_is_the_opec_president ce351555-2a51-4979-bf6d-fa9f2404a4ce Sun, 23 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT The riots, rage, and ruin that have spread throughout the Middle East over the past few days emphasize the urgency of opening up and bringing online America's vast resources-yet, as Congressman Pete Olson (R-TX) states:... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/09/16/rage_and_ruin_in_the_reign_of_the_epa 680f2015-d58a-44f0-b83d-946cb1970c1c Sun, 16 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT Oil prices are driven by the headlines. The attacks on America's embassies in Egypt and Libya will create a dramatic spike in prices at the pump-aggravating the economic impact of current high gasoline prices.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/09/14/attacks_in_libya_egypt_involve_pain_at_pump 05e8e952-7311-4e76-ba9f-a8288744cb51 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT Nobody pays much attention to the party platform-including the party, until some piece of it makes headline news. At last week's Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte, the official "platform" was destined to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/09/10/democrats_dont_think_climate_change_winning_issue 1f7f4dcb-4a97-4891-b223-cd56dd4c1fe2 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT The Republican National Convention in Tampa displayed a large “debt clock” that ticked away at a rate of $10 million a minute, keeping the nation’s dire financial straits front and center. Had there... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/09/02/to_democrats_how_is_it_healthier_to_be_unemployed 7f8433b7-d86e-47e4-a838-9898955428ad Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT President Obama's energy policies have kept investment and jobs out of America; Romney's energy plan can bring money and jobs back. Analysts are picking apart Romney's 21-page energy plan that was introduced in Hobbs,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaritaNoon/2012/08/27/yes_romney_can_no_obama_cant 16fa9e5c-3037-49db-a9ad-fc8c471ebe7c Mon, 27 Aug 2012 04:01:00 GMT