Renewable Electricity Standard: Same as a National Energy Tax
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 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
It seems that many in Washington had their books upside down when they studied economics. In the midst of a serious recession, they are proposing… Read More
There is nothing like economic hardship to make a country step back and take a fresh look at its priorities. When faced with a need… Read More
In the midst of a crisis in the Gulf, some Senators are making a final push to pass energy and climate legislation this year. Senators… Read More
In the 1990s, Gatorade ran its “I wanna be like Mike” campaign – a series of advertisements of kids aspiring to be basketball legend Michael… Read More
Every special interest in Washington is looking to hitch on to what was supposed to be an emergency spending bill to provide critical funds for… Read More
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources met this morning and, among other things, discussed a national renewable electricity standard (RES). The RES, which… Read More
The government is announcing its approval of the nation’s first off-shore wind farm today after a contentious, nearly decade long debate including many interested parties…. Read More
Earth Day is a great day for politicians to push their clean energy agenda and President Barack Obama made this clear when he reiterated in… Read More
One of the common arguments made against wind power is that without government subsidies, mandates or tax credits, wind turbines would not be built. But… Read More
President Obama has been quite adamant about his push to transition to a clean energy economy, most notably by subsidizing wind and solar energy sources…. Read More
Chris Horner from the Competitive Enterprise Institute is at it again, doing his best Sherlock Holmes imitation. After a Spanish study warned that renewable energy… Read More
As recent as last summer an article in The Independent, citing assessment from the lead economist at the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned that “The… Read More
We can see the t-shirt slogan already: I paid $58,000 for solar panels and all I got was a $21 carbon credit that bought me… Read More
The wheels have been falling off the global warming bandwagon well before Climategate and the recent hole-poking of the much trumpeted Intergovernmental Panel on Climate… Read More
On the campaign trail Barack Obama promised if he were elected president, he would create 5 million “green collar” jobs. Today President Obama announced $2.3… Read More
We need to transform to a new, clean energy economy but we can’t build solar panels in the Mojave Desert if California Senator Diane Feinstein… Read More
The Heritage Foundation’s Steven Groves and Ben Lieberman are live at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference reporting from a conservative perspective. Follow their reports on… Read More
Proponents of the $787 billion economic stimulus package said it would be quick and effective. It’s turning out to be neither. And the transformation to… Read More
John Broder of The New York Times has an interesting piece on Al Gore’s financial profit tied to his global warming alarmism and push for… Read More
Members of Congress like to play games and they like to spend money. What better analogy to use to describe Congress’s proposed green energy policies… Read More
Because that’s what they’re doing in Sweden: The city of Stockholm shoots thousands of wild rabbits spread across the green spaces of the Swedish capital… Read More
The road to Hell was paved with good intentions and so too are California’s green energy initiatives. Environmental activists point to California as the petri… Read More
In his September 25 speech at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, President Obama praised the agreement among world leaders to end government subsidies for fossil… Read More
Spain has spent nearly $30 billion on its green energy economy; each one of these green jobs cost the Spanish government on average $855,000, but… 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
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
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
The Heritage Foundation recently released its economic analysis of the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill, and unsurprisingly, found devastating results. The goal of cap and… Read More
