Energy
The Urgency Of Strengthening America’s Electric Grid Cybersecurity (From RealClearEnergy)
The U.S. electric grid continues to face a bevy of foreign and domestic cyberattack threats. Therefore, it makes more sense than ever before for utilities and transmission operators to aggressively fortify their cyber defenses. In fact, failure to do s ...
Staying Watchful And Alert On America’s Electric Grid Security (From RealClearEnergy)
With the United States having faced serious warnings and threats of cyberattacks to its electric grid over the past five years, there might be a tendency to think all is well given that a major attack has not created havoc. While some progress has been ...
A Dynamic U.S. Oil Industry Will Curb Gargantuan Emissions From Russia And China (From RealClearEnergy)
The war in Ukraine and the end of the pandemic have spotlighted a difficult, stubborn reality for zealous environmental activists in the U.S. and Europe: none of their efforts will mean anything unless sizable emissions cuts are made in Russia and Chin ...
Postal Workers Deserve More Respect And Support From Environmental Elites (From RealClearEnergy)
Too often the welfare of postal workers is ignored when discussing new delivery vehicles for the U.S. Postal Service. The workers need these new vehicles as soon as possible. Today, the U.S. Postal Service is in the process of replacing up to 165,000 d ...
Getting the World-Class Cybersecurity Workforce America’s Electric Grid Needs
How can the United States systematically attract, retain, and grow a world-class workforce that will protect the electric grid and other critical infrastructure systems from cyberattacks? With 600,000 cybersecurity positions in the country unfilled and ...
Cleaner U.S. Oil & Gas Sector Catalyzes A Cleaner Industry Worldwide (From RealClearEnergy)
The staggering pollution from Russia’s pre-war, largely unregulated oil and natural gas industry is getting much worse. To offset this and drive significant environmental improvements in oil and natural gas production worldwide, it is essential to have ...
Once Again, Foreign Energy Reliance Spawns Moral Depravity (From RealClearEnergy)
The United States has the resources, skilled workforce, and sophisticated technology to become the world’s dominant producer of all types of energy. Events in Ukraine are the latest illustration of why there is also a compelling moral imperative do so. ...
Politicians Literally Playing With Fire Over U.S. Postal Service Delivery Vehicles (From RealClearEnergy)
Looking for a symbol of how decrepit, combustible, and gridlocked the federal government has become? Consider the U.S. Postal Service’s delivery vehicles. With more than 400 exploding and catching on fire in recent years, the busted, old, dangerous con ...
The Reckless Push For Electric Vehicles At The U.S. Postal Service (From RealClearEnergy)
As Democrats regroup and forge ahead with plans to implement components of the Build Back Better legislation killed by Senator Joe Manchin, calls for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to be given billions of taxpayers’ dollars to electrify its fleet are l ...
The Urgency Of Protecting The Electric Grid From Cyberattacks (From POWER Magazine)
The clock is ticking to protect the electric grid from cyberattacks. Adversarial nations, terrorists, and criminal groups have been refining their techniques for years. Lloyd’s has warned a successful, coordinated intrusion could cost $1 trillion. Earl ...