The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has published new data showing that smoke from wildfires in California have diminished electricity generation from the state’s solar panels. According to the agency:…
Yesterday, I posted an article by California Assemblyman Jim Cooper, a Black Democrat in California, who said the state’s renewable energy mandates were punishing low income, minority communities. Today, I’m…
Democrats in California are starting to wake up to the reality that wind and solar mandates are some of the most regressive policies we can enact in a society. Liberal…
Yesterday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed and executive order that will ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel powered cars and trucks in California by 2035. This is exactly why…
Governor Walz continues his push to transform Minnesota into Walzifornia by enacting California car mandates in our state. These mandates would increase the cost of new vehicles by up to…
In Mid-August, more than two million California families and businesses lost their electricity during a record-breaking heat wave because the sun was setting, rending The Golden State’s fleet of solar…
The following article was written by Isaac Orr and originally appeared in the Faribault Daily News: Millions of California families and businesses recently lost their electricity during a record-breaking heat…
California’s energy grid is a mess, and the liberal politicians who have been in charge of the Golden State are to blame. Unsurprisingly, those same politicians are trying to blame…
The following article originally appeared in the Duluth News Tribune. This week, the Center of the American Experiment crisscrossed the state of Minnesota to help educate residents about the Walz…
California is giving America a preview of the Green New Deal. Millions of families have had their power shut off because of the bad decisions made by politicians. These politicians…
We often discuss how electricity prices in Minnesota, and around the country, have been increasing due to mandates for wind and solar. Because these sources of electricity are dependent on…
California is often thought of as a leader on environmental issues by moderates and liberals who sincerely want what’s best for the planet. However, there is a growing realization among…
On April 16, 2020 the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) wrote an article entitled “Minnesotans Want Clean Cars: The Oil Industry, Not So Much.” The article, which mentions Center of…
San Francisco is banning reusable shopping bags and reversing its ban on plastic bags to prevent outside germs from entering grocery stores as the coronavirus pandemic affects cities around the…
Proponents of Governor Walz’s California Car mandates have argued that electric vehicles are the wave of the future, and that mandates for electric cars are needed to supply the large…
It appears Governor Walz is accelerating his push to circumvent the legislative process by using the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to impose unpopular California car mandates on Minnesota. These…
The grid operator for the region including Minnesota, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), recently released it’s study examining the complexity of integrating renewable energy onto the grid. The findings…
About a month ago I posted an article asking our readers to submit comments to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) opposing the Walz administration’s attempt to foist California’s car…
Last Friday, Center of the American Experiment submitted comments opposing Governor Walz's attempt to force Minnesota to comply with California's Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) and Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) car…
In September, the Walz Administration announced its intention to force Minnesotans to comply with low-emissions vehicle (LEV) and ‘zero’-emissions vehicle (ZEV) regulations developed by unelected bureaucrats on the California Air Resources…
In late September, Governor Walz announced that he would seek to impose California’s mandates for zero emission vehicles and low emission vehicles on Minnesota. Rather than passing this proposal through…
I’ve written about why Governor Walz’s plan to impose California’s fuel economy standards on Minnesota is not a good idea, namely because it will increase costs, reduce safety, and result…
California is incurring yet another round of blackouts to try and prevent strong winds from causing power lines to break and starting fires. The result is approximately 318,000 California customers…
Despite being governed by progressives for most of the last five decades, California has the fourth-highest degree of wealth inequality in the country, and this wealth inequality is on full…