Hypocrisy abounds in the White House when it comes to ocean wildlife along the East Coast of the U.S. On December 1, President Joe Biden hosted a state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron, at which more than 200 Maine lobsters were served. As noted by The Guardian, just days earlier the retailer Whole Foods…
How NEPA Is Strangling Our Economy
Noah Smith lays it all out on his Substack blog. His roundup of links to recent articles on the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) is massive. Here’s one link, to Jerusalem Demsas in the Atlantic. She points out that delays from environmental reviews under NEPA aren’t limited to power plants or highways: “NEPA and similar…
A Carbon Tax? Not So Fast
The Global Warming Policy Foundation, usually considered skeptical about taking action on climate change, has issued a paper called “It Pollutes, So Tax it: Need We Say More about Carbon Dioxide?” That would seem to recommend a tax on carbon dioxide emissions and to an extent it does. But the paper by Peter Hartley of…
Millions Here and Millions There, Federal Money for Green Interests Starts to Add Up
Special (green) interests can range from renewable energy to recycling. The money is flowing to companies, municipalities, airports, you name it. In October, the Biden administration gave school districts $913 million to buy new buses (mostly electric). In addition, it put $27 million into electrifying buses and equipment at airports. (This after awarding $300 million…
Threats to Endangered Whales Undermine Biden’s Offshore Wind Ambitions
President Joe Biden’s grandiose plans for offshore industrial wind facilities lining the nation’s coasts have more than a few hurdles to clear before they can become reality. One of those is the fate of endangered North Atlantic right whales, whose migration route is in the bullseye of the offshore wind proposals.
Ron DeSantis, Conservationist
In addition to being known for successful state management, Florida governor Ron DeSantis has a good environmental record, writes James B. Meigs in the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal. His article is titled “Ron DeSantis, Conservationist.” Although not a free market environmentalist, DeSantis has withstood special interests, especially sugar growers; increased state funding for dealing with fertilizer…