“Biden Wants Minerals, but Mine Permitting Lags,” says a headline in E&E News‘s Greenwire. And the Washington Post asks: “Is Sustainable Mining Possible? The EV Revolution Depends on It.” If the minerals for electric vehicles are to be available, overly strict and lengthy environmental reviews must be curtailed or we must rely on China (and…
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Wind and Solar Won Big, Says Robert Bryce. Here’s How Big.
“Big Wind and Big Solar won’t have to stop feeding at the federal trough for decades to come,” writes Robert Bryce in Forbes. In the gigantic bill just signed by the president: “[T]he tax credits for solar and wind are the most expensive energy-related provisions in the tax code. Between 2021 and 2031, the tax…
Climate Change Bonanza in New Law? Not Really
The “Inflation Reduction Act” is a political win on climate change for the Democrats, says James E. Hanley, but “on the actual policy level, the gains appear to be much more marginal than revolutionary.” Writing for the American Institute for Economic Research, the policy analyst says: “[M]any of these policies are continuations of old policies, rather…
How to Protect Eagles from Wind Turbines
A paper by Molly Espey and Eamon Espey says that tradable permits can reduce the killing of eagles and other birds by wind turbines. “By effectively creating a market for eagle take, wind energy producers would be forced to consider the marginal cost of killing an eagle and adjust their behavior accordingly, ” say the…
On Speeding Up Environmental Reviews, Joe Manchin May Have Lost Out
To support the “Inflation Reduction Act” that just cleared the Senate on a party vote, Senator Joe Manchin agreed to a “side deal.” According to the Washington Post that deal would streamline the permitting process for major energy projects, including a West Virginia gas pipeline. Among other things it would set a two-year maximum limit…
‘Carbon Imperialism’: Elites Try to Keep Africa from Investing in Fossil Fuels
“Millions of Africans are being systematically forced by the elites of Europe and North America into a future free of fossil fuels and rife with poverty,” writes Vijay Jayaraj in RealClearEnergy. “This is carbon imperialism where Western leaders, who have embraced climate superstitions, control what kind of energy people in Africa use. ” All economic…