Over the weekend, permitting reform failed to make the cut in Congress’s year-end spending and disaster legislation. While it’s disappointing that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) will continue to…
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized four rules on the nation’s power plants that will have massive implications for the reliability of the nation’s electricity grid. Chief among…
Last week, I highlighted The Good and The Bad provisions of the debt ceiling compromise. Today, I’ll highlight The Ugly provisions pertaining to energy. The Ugly: Pipeline approvals by an act of…
It appears President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an agreement to lift the nation’s debt ceiling to prevent a default, as my colleague Martha Njolomole detailed in…
On Friday, CBS News reported: Senate Dems announce they have the votes to pass Inflation Reduction Act Today, CBS News reports: Senate passes Democrats’ sweeping climate, health and tax bill,…
In Madison County, Iowa, the power of the people has prevailed over the money and political influence of Big Wind. On Saturday, landowners in the county who had leased their…
Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a climate, health care, and tax package last week. CBS News reports that the bill: …calls for $369 billion for…
Isaac Orr joined Jon Justice on Twin Cities News Talk to discuss the deal struck by Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to spend $369 billion on…
Motherboard had an interesting article on the nature of solar jobs, describing the work as transient and low-paying. You can read the beginning third below, or click the link for…
This just in — Democrats are involved in negotiations that would revive the seemingly dead “Build Back Better” plan, or at least some parts of it. According to new reports,…
In February, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced new rules that will require the agency to jump through more hoops to permit building natural gas pipelines. Yesterday, the Senate…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has announced new rules that will require the agency to jump through more hoops to permit building natural gas pipelines. The rules will make…
The following article was written by Michael Shellenberger at Substack: Between 2017 and 2021, Environmental Progress and I researched and published dozens of articles, testified before Congress, and authored a book, Apocalypse Never, arguing that weather-dependent renewables were making…
The large spending bill moving through Congress proposes to permanently expand Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, also known as Obamacare subsidies, to make coverage “more affordable.” While the goal to improve…
Center of the American Experiment has released a new report with the Cardinal Institute For West Virginia Policy detailing the cost of the Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) in West…
A forthcoming study from American Experiment has found that complying with the proposed Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) would cost the state of West Virginia $34.9 billion through 2052, which…
The following article was written by Michael McKenna for the Washington Times: As we careen downhill towards the finish line of reconciliation/debt ceiling/fiscal 2022 appropriations, things happen that make you…
The following piece was written by Robert Bryce, and it originally appeared in Forbes. Back in December, after Congress passed the 5,593-page Covid relief and spending bill, the longest bill…
The following article was written by Mike Palicz, and it appeared at Real Clear Policy: Included in Joe Biden’s $2.5 trillion grab bag of progressive priorities — billed as an…
It looks like the American people will get a taste of the Green New Deal now that the Biden administration will have a supportive Senate.