David Blackmon at Forbes describes likely impacts on the oil and gas industry. He writes: “Those likely executive order reversals include: Re-entry of the United States into the Paris Climate Accords; Re-entry of the United States into the Obama-era Iran deal, which would free up Iran to dramatically increase its exports and potentially impact crude prices;…
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FEE: ‘A Litany of Useless Laws Have Been Exposed by the Coronavirus.’ CEI: Regulation, not offshore outsourcing, is hindering supply of medical equipment. BBC: As coronavirus goes up, air pollution goes down.
Janet Yellen’s ‘Operation Choke Point’?
Marlo Lewis thoroughly debunks Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s plan to use climate change as a factor in regulating financial lending. (He writes on the Competitive Enterprise Institute blog,) Yellen told the department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council on March 31 that climate change is “an existential threat to our environment” and “a tremendous risk to our…
API Endorses Carbon Pricing, But Biden Doesn’t
The American Petroleum Institute, the leading U. S. trade association for the oil and gas industry, has changed its position on carbon pricing. On March 25, it announced that it now supports “sensible legislation that prices carbon across all economic sectors while avoiding regulatory duplication.” The API’s statement of principles on carbon pricing set some…
The Grim Debate over Deaths from Air Pollution
Some very smart people are trying to figure out whether, where, and to what extent air pollution is a killer. Most recently, Tyler Cowen wrote in Marginal Revolution about a new study claiming that 10.2 million people die from pollution by fine particulates (particles 2.5 microns or lower) each year. Sixty-two percent of those premature…
The Real Reason for a Climate Czar in Treasury?
The Treasury Department doesn’t need a climate czar, says Gregory Zerzan in the Wall Street Journal. Perhaps the Biden administration has devious reasons for appointing one. At her confirmation hearings, Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said the department would “seriously look at assessing the risk to the financial system from climate change.” She is currently seeking…
What Drew Workers to Trump? Elite Environmentalism
William Murray, a former speechwriter for the Environmental Protection Agency, argues that years of tightening environmental regulations slashed working-class jobs and alienated working-class voters. That laid the path for Donald Trump. Many people assume that Trump’s political successes stem from his trade policies and opposition to illegal immigration. No, writes Murray in Quillette: “[T]here is…