Today’s Calamity: Do We Want a Carbon Footprint Label on Everything We Buy?
If cap and trade passes, businesses could soon face “The Scarlet Letter” treatment. Businesses may have to include a carbon label on their products that… Read More
If cap and trade passes, businesses could soon face “The Scarlet Letter” treatment. Businesses may have to include a carbon label on their products that… Read More
Thanks to the relentless work of Christopher Horner at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, U.S. Department of Treasury admitted cap and trade would be a tax… Read More
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Take good care of your current car. Given what the proposed Environmental Protection Agency/Department of Transportation regulations are going to do to new vehicles, you… Read More
In today’s Cap- and-Trade Calamity, we continue on with our critique of government-mandated energy efficiency standards. The newest target is national lighting efficiency standards –… Read More
Norman Borlaug is certainly not a household name. But he should be. A man of utmost importance who always displayed tremendous humility, Borlaug passed away… Read More
In a speech in May, President Obama pushed for our nation to transition to renewable energy and pointed to Denmark as an example of proof… Read More
The Sunday Times reports: The legitimacy of the $100 billion (£60 billion) carbon-trading market has been called into question after the world’s largest auditor of… Read More
Despite being extremely wasteful and creating questionable environmental benefits, the government labeled the cash for clunkers auto program a successful program that exceeded expectations. It… Read More
From The Economist: “RICH countries should compensate Africa for all their belching chimneys and exhausts. In a rare fit of African unity, it was decided… Read More
Not many people enjoy a micromanager – having their boss hover over them monitoring their every move. Well, if Congress passes a cap and trade… Read More
In economics, signaling to convey information about can come in a variety of forms. You can signal in job interviews by what you reveal on… Read More
Climate skeptics – those who do not believe that global warming is a crisis justifying a blank check response – have always had the soundest… Read More
Admitted communist Van Jones is no longer part of the Obama administration, but Obama’s belief in Green Jobs remains. ABC News’ John Stossel takes on… Read More
Traditionally, Labor Day symbolizes the end of summer but historically, Labor Day was a “creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social… Read More
Yesterday we highlighted reports from the Washington Times‘ Amanda Carpenter confirming that President Barack Obama’s hand picked Green Jobs Czar, Van Jones, signed a statement… Read More
This April President Barack Obama said he wanted to rebuild the entire United States economy based on a foundation of “five pillars that will grow… Read More
Just as renewable energy can be a good thing if the market can provide it at an affordable rate, products designed for greater energy efficiency… Read More
Government expenditures are not free. Economists know this and most others recognize it when they take the time to think about it. Unfortunately, it seems… Read More
I don’t know what it tells you, but it tells me that maybe we should study a bit more before we spend billions to “solve”… Read More
Earlier this year, the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis studied the Waxman-Markey cap and trade/energy tax legislation and found that it would cost Americans… Read More
It’s easy to forget that the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill is not just about cap and trade. There are a number of other problematic provisions buried… Read More
From the UK’s Telegraph: “Demand for power from homes and businesses will exceed supply from the national grid within eight years, according to official figures…. Read More
In other words, the cost of a suitcase of Budweiser could make or break the country’s most ambitious environmental program.” That’s the Wall Street Journal’s… Read More
This morning we reported on a recently-leaked document from the G20 Climate Finance Experts Group detailing that while Congress has promised to give Waxman-Markey’s energy… Read More
From the department of irony, Britain’s weather supercomputer for predicting climate change is one of the nation’s largest emitters of carbon dioxide: The Met Office… Read More
If you want to know what cap and trade will to do our economy, we’re living it. According to new data released from the Energy… Read More
Under the Waxman-Markey cap and trade program, businesses that emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases must obtain allowance permits from the federal government for… Read More
The Waxman–Markey energy bill, which would restrict greenhouse gas emissions by creating a cap-and-trade system, was passed by the House in June and will likely… Read More
Last week, in our inaugural Cap and Trade Calamities, we laid out the exorbitant costs the Waxman-Markey cap and tax bill would impose on your… Read More
The New York Times has a front-page story today on China outrunning the U.S. in producing solar panels. The high profile is due to the… Read More
