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Robert L. Bradley, Jr.

Robert L. Bradley Jr. is the founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy Research. This piece originally ran in the Detroit News.

Divestment won't fight climate change

Tulsa Beacon

Roughly 40,000 environmental activists recently descended on Lower Manhattan for a global climate strike. Many of the protesters marched with a specific goal in mind — convince Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to purge $13 billion in fossil fuel investments from New York State’s $210 billion pension fund. All across the country, environmentalists are urging public pension…

Offshore drilling is safer

Tulsa Beacon

Coastal-state politicos are scrambling to block a federal plan to expand offshore oil and natural gas drilling. In June, governors from five East Coast states condemned the initiative. In July, congressmen tried, and failed, to insert an anti-drilling amendment into a spending bill. They claim opening America’s coasts to oil and gas exploration will put…