This story seems to have slipped under the radar, but as the pandemic was kicking in last April, the New York state legislature clamped down on citizens’ ability to challenge renewable energy projects. The law was hidden in the state’s budget. (Hat tips to the Institute for Energy Research and the Buffalo News for following…
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‘The Folly of Renewable Energy’
British writer Matt Ridley talks sense about renewable energy in his National Review article (and blog post), “The Folly of Renewable Energy.” Some highlights: “As Mark Twain might say, reports of an energy transition away from combustion as a source of energy are greatly exaggerated. . . .“The main change in recent years has been…
Coal Fantasies?
The Economist, a British magazine, is among the more objective political publications. But a recent editorial (behind a paywall) suggests that it is engaging in unrealistic fantasies when it comes to climate change. The editorial, “Make Coal History,” begins by noting cheerfully that China’s Xi Jinping plans to cut the nation’s “net carbon emissions” to…
Maybe We Shouldn’t Rely on Gas and Oil for Conservation Funding
The newly-passed Great American Outdoors Act will use oil and gas energy taxes to fund the purchase and maintenance of our public lands, but those sources are not as reliable as they once were, say writers from PERC (the Property and Environment Research Center). Tate Watkins and Jack Smith warn against the unreliability of such…
Oops! Maybe Biden Can’t Cut Back on Oil and Gas Drilling, After All
Sweeping election promises are easy, especially when the media don’t examine them. But once the election is over (or nearly over), the truth starts coming out. Juliet Eilperin and Dino Grandoni write in the Washington Post that, yes, last February Biden told a New Hampshire town hall: “And by the way, no more drilling on…
Biden May Reinstate Regulations Trump Got Rid Of
David Blackmon at Forbes describes likely impacts on the oil and gas industry. He writes: “Those likely executive order reversals include: Re-entry of the United States into the Paris Climate Accords; Re-entry of the United States into the Obama-era Iran deal, which would free up Iran to dramatically increase its exports and potentially impact crude prices;…
Is Nuclear Energy Coming Back?
Yes, nuclear energy is returning, at the very least as a backup to wind and solar power. Although most environmentalists still avoid the subject, nuclear energy should be on the list of alternative fuels since it does not produce carbon dioxide. Now, Department of Energy is starting to spend money on nuclear plants and nuclear…