President Biden is tightening up the environmental reviews for major projects—thus weakening the infrastructure act he appears to be so proud of. The White House Council of Environmental Quality has just issued new rules for assessing major projects under the 1969 NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act). The rules end President Trump’s relaxation of regulation and…
Tag: Energy
Now, What About Those 9,000 Unused Drilling Permits?
Yes, there are more than 9,000 federal permits for oil and gas that aren’t being used, as Joe Biden and his press secretary, Jen Psaki, have pointed out. Does that mean that high prices are the fault of oil companies unwilling to produce more? No. Here is recent commentary about those permits. The Wall Street…
European Union to List Nuclear and Natural Gas as Green Fuels
A European Union proposal would allow new nuclear power and natural gas facilities to be considered “environmentally sustainable.” It is causing an uproar in Europe. Wrote the Guardian: “The draft proposals seen by the Guardian would allow gas and nuclear to be included in the EU ‘taxonomy of environmentally sustainable economic activities,’ subject to certain…
‘Ten Biggest Failures of the Climate Movement in 2021’
Steve Milloy lays them out, writing on Rob Bradley’s free-market energy blog, Master Resource: “So here are the 10 biggest failures of the climate movement in 2021. The only reason the climate movement survives past these flops is because the mainstream media keeps it afloat by failing to honestly report the news.” Among the big…
Is the Interior Department Leasing More Land for Oil and Gas than Trump Did?
An investigative report by Adam Federman in the Washington Post says that the Biden administration is issuing oil and gas permits at a rate faster than Trump did. “Between Jan. 20 and Oct. 31, the Bureau of Land Management [part of the Interior Department] approved 3,091 new onshore drilling permits—permits it could have deferred or…
Biden’s Plan for EV-Charging Stations: Not as Attractive as It Seems
The Biden administration plans to build 500,000 charging stations for electrical vehicles as part of the recently passed infrastructure act at a price of $7.5 billion. “This investment represents the latest iteration of a proposal that started out with a budget of $15 billion for the same number of chargers, writes Neel Dhanesha on Vox….