Katie Tubb is a policy analyst for the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
View all authorsEarlier this month, a federal district court in Texas dealt a blow to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and its misguided approach to… Read More
EnergyCommentary
In a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz this week, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology expressed concern over the use… Read More
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President Obama gave a doom and gloom speech yesterday at the Global Leadership in the Arctic (GLACIER) conference in Alaska to build momentum for the… Read More
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The Department of Energy released its annual Wind Technologies Market Report last week, and the headline is roughly the same as years past: wind is… Read More
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By law, the Department of Energy is supposed to collect spent nuclear fuel and deposit it at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain. Nuclear power customers in 33… Read More
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At least one person knew there was going to be a spill from the Gold King Mine before EPA actions caused a breach and at… Read More
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Companies should be held responsible for damage they cause to the environment. But what if it’s the government that has caused the damage? Recently the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Obama administration has just allowed a stated enemy of the United States to have the capability to enrich uranium. As part of the Iran… Read More
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If we see airline prices go up in 2016, you might be able to thank the lawyers at radical environmental groups Center for Biological Diversity… Read More
In the final days before the charter of the Export–Import Bank (Ex–Im) is set to expire, supporters of its export subsidies are claiming that Congress… Read More
The Obama Administration has revealed “the nation’s first ever Quadrennial Energy Review” (QER)—a first ever merely because the energy plans of past Administrations were titled… Read More
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Perhaps President Obama is frustrated he couldn’t pass climate legislation when Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and the White House, and perhaps this frustration… Read More
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Perhaps President Obama is frustrated he couldn’t pass climate legislation when Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and the White House, and perhaps this frustration… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Obama administration announced Tuesday its plans to commit the U.S. to greenhouse gas emissions of 26-28 percent (from 2005 levels) by 2025 as part… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Department of Interior missed an opportunity for real reform recently when it released new regulations on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on federal lands. Since… Read More
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After several years of treading water, there has been significant movement on nuclear waste management, though when it comes to the Obama Administration’s plans, the… Read More
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President Obama signed Thursday an executive order to require executive agencies to improve energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions. One has to hope the… Read More
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President Obama has defended his knowledge and commitment to the Constitution by reminding Americans he used to teach constitutional law courses. When it comes to… Read More
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An exchange Thursday in a House hearing illustrated what’s wrong with America’s energy policy. During the Department of Energy budget hearing Thursday, House Appropriations Chairman Hal… Read More
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Although the White House Council of Economic Advisers’ annual report to Congress largely restates the President’s State of the Union address on “middle-class economics,” it… Read More
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On Friday before leaving his position as a senior counselor to President Barack Obama on climate policy, John Podesta warned: Those in Congress who question… Read More
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Today, the U.N. World Meteorological Organization repeated the results it previewed in December and declared 2014 the “hottest year on record.” As with the December… Read More
On January 29, the Senate passed S. 1, the first bill of the 114th Congress, approving the Keystone XL Pipeline by a 62–36 margin, including… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) yesterday completed the last two of five volumes in its safety evaluation report on a nuclear waste repository at Yucca… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy traveled to the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. last week to raise awareness of climate change and its… Read More
EnergyCommentary
One step forward, two steps back. That sums up the Obama administration’s proposed lease plan for oil and natural gas drilling. The proposal includes the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
President Obama talked about climate change during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. Was what he said accurate? We turn to Heritage experts… Read More
EnergyCommentary
“[W]e almost ‘ran out of gas.’ We dodged a bullet this past winter.” So said Chairman and CEO of New England’s largest electricity provider. A… Read More
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U.N. nations are immersed in their second week of climate talks in Lima, Peru. The goal is to lay groundwork for a binding international climate… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The omnibus appropriations bill the House will take up Thursday includes a measure to reauthorize Brand USA, the troubled corporation created by Congress to promote… Read More
