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 authorsLynne Kiesling highlights these daunting numbers from David Yermack’s WSJ piece: • GM and Ford are two companies that made the most money-losing investments in… Read More
Congress is facing a few road bumps during this lame duck session to pass any legislation. The Omnibus Lands Bill that restricts energy exploration has… Read More
104 nuclear power plants currently provide electricity for 20% of the nation. One of these reactors (1,000 Megawatt) provides electricity for about one million homes…. Read More
When I think of bankruptcy I think of this. That’s right, the Monopoly Guy. Pockets empty. Shoulders shrugged. Game over. All the jobs will be… Read More
From the front page of the NY Times: The prospects of a government rescue for the foundering American automakers dwindled Thursday as Democratic Congressional leaders… Read More
Harvard economist Greg Mankiw’s letter to President-elect Barack Obama offers some great suggestions for the next four years: Congratulations, Senator Obama. You ran a good… Read More
President-elect Barack Obama has a number of challenges to tackle when he takes office in January. One of his promises is to change the weather… Read More
Some of the most egregious policies implemented by Congress have been when Members failed to fully understand the costs and the benefits of that policy…. Read More
It’s time for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to put his money where his mouth is. He’s a vehement believer that the United States needs to… Read More
Decrease in energy demand and the current credit crunch has led to a number of hold ups and delays in large renewable energy projects, particularly… Read More
According to the latest news, the only obstacle remaining to complete a merger between General Motors and Chrysler is $10 billion in taxpayer money. Jui… Read More
Earlier this week, The Heritage Foundation hosted Veteran journalist William Tucker, who recently released his book, “Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Power Will Lead the Green… Read More
General Motors wants to merge with Chrysler. Doesn’t sound so bad, right? Turning Detroit’s Big Three into the Big Two might be just the remedy… Read More
Kermit the Frog poured his heart out when he sang, “It’s Not Easy Being Green.” I couldn’t have said it better myself. In fact, it’s… Read More
1082 pages. $3 billion in earmarks. At least 8.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 300 million barrels of oil off limits. Congress is… Read More
There’s a lot going in the nuclear world. Let’s take a look. The news: France, not U.S. likely to get contract with India. “France is… Read More
When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” When I hear these no-so-famed words of British economist John Maynard Keynes… Read More
Veteran journalist William Tucker recently released his book, “Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Power Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America’s Energy Odyssey.” He will… Read More
Last week at Heritage, representatives from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Thorium Reactors, Hyperion and General Atomics discussed the potential of new nuclear technologies for… Read More
It’s an election season and while it’s unlikely that we’ll see any new energy bills this year, we can still look to see what’s on… Read More
Climage change is making its way back into the news and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell and Rep. Rick Boucher managed to… Read More
The U.S. is at the threshold of a nuclear renaissance as it prepares for a new era of nuclear power plant construction. But nuclear technology… Read More
For the next few days, weeks and probably years, we’re going to hear a lot about what caused the financial crisis and led to a… Read More
Global warming activists blame just about everything you can imagine on global warming. Increased and more violent hurricanes? Blame Global Warming. Early bird migration? Blame… Read More
They told us how it was so big in the ’70s and is just now picking back up, and I was very interested.” Fortunately for… Read More
Automobile sales have plummeted across the board for the month of September. Not only were sales down for Chrysler (33%), General Motors (16%) and Ford… Read More
Today is Energy Freedom Day. The Congressional restrictions on energy leasing in 85 percent of America’s territorial waters, which have been renewed annually since 1982,… Read More
Remember a couple of months ago when I told you that 2 out of 3 Americans favor building new nuclear power plants in the United… Read More
In the 1970s when gas prices were soaring, the federal government implemented price controls to replace expensive gas with scarce gas, causing consumers to wait… Read More
Nuclear waste is not just at nuclear power plants, but there’s also radioactive waste at universities, labs and hospitals across the country, as indicated in… Read More
