Energy
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Will Biden effectively ban gas-powered cars?
Editors at Issues and Insights warn readers to beware new regulations from the Biden administration that could have drastic impacts on their driving habits. In the next couple of months,…
State carbon tax proposal exposes progressives’ cognitive dissonance
A bill sponsored by Sen. Wiley Nickel (D-Wake) would levy a tax on “any carbon-based fuel product sold, used, or entered into the State.” Fortunately, the bill isn’t expected to…
Solar industry’s ties to forced Chinese labor should concern us
Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon highlights inconvenient facts for solar energy advocates. An unlikely coalition of Republicans, Democrats, and labor leaders are concerned by the solar industry’s dependence…
Biden’s green energy plans raise questions for union allies
Rebecca Rainey and Eric Wolff write at Politico about concerns from one of President Biden’s traditional allies. President Joe Biden touted his $2 trillion infrastructure plan as a “once-in-a-generation” effort…
Columnist: Gov. Cooper has taken 1st step toward cap and trade in NC
When we think of Leftist energy policy, a lot of us think of federal policy — the Green New Deal and the Biden version of the Green New Deal. But…
Biden faces heat from progressives on $10 trillion climate ideas
Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon documents debate on the political left about spending to address climate change. Progressive lawmakers and environmental groups are pushing President Joe Biden to…
Greens endorse policies that would limit access to energy
Wesley Smith explains at National Review Online why it makes no sense to demonize energy. Electricity is essential to modernity. Prosperity depends on it. So does longevity and health. If…
Move over, plastic straw waste, and make way for masks
Recently, the trendy response in North Carolina to plastic waste pollution in the Indian Ocean was to outlaw plastic straws here, or barring that, shame or compel restaurants to virtue-signal…
California unwittingly exposes problems with Biden climate plan
Abby Smith of the Washington Examiner explains how one left-coast state’s current challenges could affect the Biden administration’s climate goals. California will have to deploy renewable power at record-breaking speed…
Biden should turn to markets, not mandates, for land conservation goal
Brian Yablonski writes at National Review Online about the right and wrong ways for the Biden administration to pursue one of its priorities. One of the first tasks facing the…
Biden’s team likes crises
Robert Smith explains at the American Thinker why the new presidential administration likes multiple major problems to address. The Biden administration has enjoyed no honeymoon. The cabal that addled Joe…
Making money from climate alarmism
You’ll be shocked — shocked! — to learn that some enterprising souls stand to make big money from the alarmism associated with climate policy. Rubert Darwall writes about the issue…