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Tuesday Links: Yes, New York Is Sinking . . . etc.
- New York City is sinking(1–2 millimeters a year) says a scientific paper. People and buildings are heavy.
- Can environmentalists buy out a mining site near Yellowstone? They need some $3 million more to do it.
- [Update: Make that just $2.45 million.]
- Electric trucks may have a better future than electric cars.
- The “Virtual Power Plant” : We drain your battery first. Then we cut off your heat.
Biden Is Counting on Unproven Technologies to Meet Climate Goals
Thanks to Rachel Frazin of The Hill, we have a good idea of the flimsiness of the EPA’s recent proposed ruling on coal- and gas-fired power plants. She observes that under the ruling, coal-fired power plants must cut their carbon dioxide emissions by 90 percent by 2030 if they expect to operate beyond 2039, while…
Are Conservation Leases the Key to Resolving Competing Demands on Public Lands?
This guest post by Shawn Regan is a substantive analysis of the recent proposal by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management to allow leasing of public land for conservation purposes. Regan is vice president of research at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) in Bozeman, Mont.
Most conservation issues involve balancing competing uses of natural resources. Should a parcel of land be developed for energy production, harvested for timber, grazed by livestock, managed as wildlife habitat, or set aside as open space? In a world of scarce resources, the main question is: How do people best resolve these competing demands?
If You Won’t Do It, They Will—With Strings Attached
New York’s state legislature has just directed the state’s public power provider to build renewable energy projects. The law instructing the New York Power Authority includes language about “environmental justice” and labor that socialists would love—in fact, socialists do love it. The Democratic Socialists of America lobbied for the law and the group is gearing…
Friday Links: Getting $400 Billion out the Door, Fast-Rising Wind Turbine Prices, and More
- Energy Department in a hurry to lend $400 billion by the 2024 election.
- Tired of your slow-moving dishwasher? It’s going to get worse, for a lot of appliances.
- Wind turbine prices are up 38 percent over the past two years.
- There is no such thing as a “green” energy transition. Renewables can’t do what fossil fuels do, engineer says.
- And there’s more.