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<title><![CDATA[William Murray - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/35775.xml</link><description><![CDATA[William Murray]]></description><category domain="35775">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Smart, Affordable Energy Built Iowa. Voters Must Protect It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2026/08/05/smart_affordable_energy_built_iowa_iowas_voters_must_protect_it_in_november_1198495.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Murray</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1983, before climate anxiety became injected into the American bloodstream by Washington, D.C. consultants, Iowa passed the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first Renewable Portfolio Standard. It wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t driven by ideology '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' it was pro-agriculture and smart market-hedging behavior. A farming...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2 Types: States With Dumb and Smart Energy Laws]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2026/06/01/a_tale_of_two_types_of_states_those_with_dumb_energy_laws_and_those_with_smart_laws_1186045.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Murray</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Higher electricity prices and a lack of cheap energy are in the news. Even before the start of the Iran war, consumers over the winter of 2025-2026 experienced some of the highest energy prices on record, especially electricity consumers in the Northeast and New England.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Expensive Electricity Really Inevitable?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2026/02/23/we_didnt_just_get_expensive_electricity_we_built_a_system_that_makes_it_inevitable_1166524.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>William Murray</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most Americans don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t think about electricity until the monthly bill arrives.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Study Shows Sanity Returning to Global Oil Forecasts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2026/01/28/expert_study_shows_sanity_returning_to_global_oil_forecasts_but_damage_has_been_done_1161284.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>William Murray</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It can be hard to explain to a general audience how important the release of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) is to policymakers, energy companies and investors who make hundreds of billions of dollars in investment decisions worldwide each year.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Foreign Policy Is Delivering 120 'Marshall Plans']]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/09/how-trumps-foreign-policy-is-delivering-120-marshall-plans-to-the-u-s/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>William Murray</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An estimated $20 trillion has been spent in a coordinated effort by the developed world to decarbonize the global economy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[$20 Trillion Question: How To Spend It and How Not To]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2026/01/05/the_20_trillion_question_how_to_spend_it_and_how_not_to_1156499.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>William Murray</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One would expect a big bang to follow the spending of twenty-thousand billion dollars. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a lot of money! It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s pretty much the total present value of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s GDP.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Energy Affordability Is the Kitchen-Table Issue of 2020s]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2025/12/01/energy_affordability_has_become_the_kitchen-table_issue_of_the_2020s_1150526.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>William Murray</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A not-so-glowing attribute of American democracy is the ability of voters to act shocked and blame whoever is in charge when things don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t go well. So, it makes twisted sense that, as 2026 approaches, the Trump administration should pay the political price for bad energy policies...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Environmentalism, Trump and the Working Class Shift]]></title>
							<link>https://quillette.com/2021/02/20/environmentalism-trumpism-and-the-working-class/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>William Murray</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The inauguration of President Biden as the 46th US President hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t produced quite the catharsis that Democrats (and others) had hoped for. After only a few months of one-party rule in Washington, DC'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and the sputtering finale of impeachment'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'there should be fear among...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Puerto Rico Can Move Forward -- Without the Jones Act]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/09/puerto_rico_can_move_forward_--_without_the_jones_act_135214.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Murray</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Jones Act has come in for some blistering criticism over the past several weeks, and for good reason. The 97-year-old protectionist maritime law was waived for a 10-day-period by President Trump to help speed efforts to aid Hurricane Maria-damaged Puerto Rico and its 3.5 million...]]></description>
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