Why? It would make it harder to meet their carbon-dioxide emission goals, say Oregon, California, and Washington officials. Alex Baumhardt writes in the Idaho Capital Sun that TC Energy, a Canadian company, asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in October 2021 if it could increase natural gas delivery by the Gas Transmission Northwest Express…
The Water Problem in the West Is Not Just Drought, It’s Policy
Western water policies going back to 1922 are making it difficult or impossible to deal with drought in California, Arizona, and Nevada, says Shawn Regan, writing in National Review (behind a paywall). Regan is vice president of research at PERC (the Property and Environment Research Center). To begin with, says Regan, the Colorado River Compact…
What? California to Ban Gas Cars, Fine Automakers $20,000 a Car for Missing EV Targets
Update: California is warning residents not to use electrical charging because of heat wave. What kind of world are we living in? From the New York Times: “The rule, issued by the California Air Resources Board, will require that all new cars sold in the state by 2035 be free of greenhouse gas emissions like…
Why Such a Summer of Turmoil in the Netherlands?
“A standoff between Dutch farmers and their government is causing havoc in the Netherlands this summer. Protesters have withheld deliveries from grocery stores, smeared manure outside the home of the agriculture minister, and blocked highways with hay bales and tires,” writes Ciara Nugent for Time magazine. Farmers in the Netherlands have a good reason to…