What ethical and legal claims can religion can make on resources and the property of others who do not share the faith? We begin with hunting. Every hunting season brings outrage and lament at the news that a hunter has killed a “white moose.” The animal killed could be elk, deer, or any animal that…
For India, Is the Paris Agreement ‘Carbon Imperialism’?
Increasing pressure on India to agree to demands of the Paris Climate Agreement looks like “carbon imperialism” to the Indian government, reports Vijay Jayaraj for the Global Warming Policy Forum. “India is an important player in the global discussion on renewable tech transition as they are one of the largest consumer of fossil fuels and…
Is the Keystone XL Pipeline Really Dead?
West Virginia senator Joe Manchin has asked President Biden to reverse his decision canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, reports the MetroNews of West Virginia. Manchin is the new chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. As a Democrat in an evenly divided Senate, he has substantial political leverage. In a February 9…
Breakthrough Institute’s Ted Nordhaus Stands Up to Attacks by Michael Mann
In several books and papers Michael Mann, director of Penn State’s Earth System Science Center, has made charges against the Breakthrough Institute, an organization that seeks to use technology to solve environmental problems. In his newest book, Mann calls it “a group originally linked to fossil fuel interests that has more recently been called a…
We’re Energy-Independent Now, But We Won’t Be with Renewables
In Senate testimony on February 3, Mark Mills of the Manhattan Institute warned that replacing oil and gas with renewables will make the United States vulnerable to other countries—but barely reducing carbon dioxide emissions. “While the U.S. is essentially self-sufficient today in net hydrocarbon use, it is an importer of alternative energy materials and machines….
The Surprising Spread of Free Market Environmentalism
This is the second post by Shawn Regan of PERC, the Property and Environment Research Center, on “what free market environmentalists support.” Those who support the role of property rights and markets in environmental protection may not realize how many organizations agree with them. Here are a few examples (for others see Part I of…
‘An Extraordinary Act of Executive Fiat’
President Biden’s canceling the Keystone XL pipeline is “an extraordinary act of executive fiat that has few peacetime precedents in American history,” writes David Blackmon in Forbes. Added to its audacity is the disdain for the workers who have lost their jobs or will never get them. “In a statement reminiscent of Barack Obama’s famous…