Nicolas Loris, an economist, focuses on energy, environmental and regulatory issues as the Herbert and Joyce Morgan fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Read his research.
View all authorsSpeaking before a new Congress in his State of the Union address, President Obama gave an alternative suggestion for Congress now that cap and trade… Read More
Congress was unable to pass an oil spill bill in response to the Macondo well blowout last year, and now policymakers are eager to return… Read More
Congress isn’t the only entity that knows how to pick winners and losers for energy sources and technologies. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is doing… Read More
Gas prices are nearly 40 cents per gallon higher than what they were last year and show no sign of falling any time soon. Although… Read More
President Obama’s seven-person Oil Spill Commission released its long-awaited final report this morning and includes details on the “before, during and after” of the Macondo… Read More
The American people didn’t want it and Congress couldn’t do it, but don’t let that stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Despite Congress’s inability to… Read More
Money is a powerful incentive. When it comes to global warming, governments all over the world have created policies that intend to reduce greenhouse gas… Read More
With cap and trade out of the realm of possibilities, Members of Congress have turned their attention to mandating so-called clean energy. Some Members hoped… Read More
As the rest of the world continues to drill off its respective coasts, the United States is heading in the opposite direction. The Obama Administration… Read More
International climate change talks kick off yesterday in Cancun, Mexico, and the expectations aren’t nearly as high as they were last year at the summit… Read More
What is the Obama Administration thankful for, or at least hopeful for, this Thanksgiving? That controversial Thanksgiving Eve announcements won’t receive any media attention. While… Read More
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Typically the largest wealth distribution program that occurs in Cancun, Mexico, is college students spending their parents’ money. That could change at the upcoming United… Read More
It’s highly unlikely that we’re going to see any large energy bills like a cap and trade or renewable electricity standard passed during the lame… Read More
Although Congress lifted the ban on deepwater drilling in October and drillers are eager to return to work, the government still has not issued any… Read More
With Congress divided, will anything actually get done in the next two years? President Obama recently suggested energy policy as an area in which bipartisan… Read More
California voters overwhelmingly rejected Proposition 23, the ballot initiative that would have suspended the 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) until the state’s unemployment… Read More
“Don’t wanna lose it, it’s electric! (Boogie Woogie Woogie)” Those lyrics (from Marcia Griffiths’ song “Electric Boogie,” better known as “the Electric Slide song”) are… Read More
Google is coming to a (future) offshore wind farm near you. In an announcement Tuesday, the technology giant said it is joining with investment firm… Read More
After nearly a decade, the Cape Wind offshore project has a lease approval from the Department of Interior, but it is not quite up and… Read More
What’s the best cure for a recessionary environment? Apparently, raising energy prices and killing jobs. The Obama Administration admitted to both because of the Department… Read More
When an environmental law or regulation passes in California, it usually comes as a surprise to no one. After all, it’s California. So when the… Read More
President Obama’s National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling released four papers discussing several aspects of the federal response, including… Read More
President Obama is channeling his inner Jimmy Carter again. In 1979, President Carter had solar panels installed on the roof of the White House, and… Read More
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is “an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 ‘to promote the progress of science; to advance the national… Read More
Great Britain’s most prominent scientific body significantly softened its position on global warming after 43 of its members complained that the previous position did not… Read More
The probability of cap and trade becoming law rapidly diminished as more and more people saw it for what it truly is: a national energy… Read More
The economic theory of “creative destruction” is important when understanding the value innovation has on long-term economic growth. Popularized by Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter, the… Read More
Congress is back, but before Members head home again to campaign, they have to first do what they do best: spend other people’s money. Today,… Read More
Yesterday marked the 40th birthday of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Act (CAA), and environmentalists celebrated by reminding us how beneficial the regulation… Read More
For the past year, the phrase “cap and trade” was as taboo as using Lord Voldemort’s name in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Wizards… Read More
