U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) released the following statement after introducing the Paris Agreement Constitutional Treaty Act: "My bill prohibits Congress from spending a single penny on the Paris Agreement until this treaty is ratified by the United States Senate. Joe Biden took an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution. If he wants to keep it, he must … Continue reading Rep. Boebert Introduces Bill to Block Paris Agreement
Category: Environment
In his first week in office, President Joe Biden swept through a series of environmental policy actions. You’d be forgiven if most of it sounded vaguely familiar and you questioned whether we hadn’t settled all this before. Among other actions, the new administration rescinded the cross-border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, initiated reentry into the Paris … Continue reading Executive Order Seesaw on Environmental Rules Inflicts Vertigo on Economy
President Joe Biden wasted no time after Wednesday’s inaugural ceremonies before getting to work. He signed 17 executive orders and memorandums—by far the most in history on a president’s first day—one of which halted construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would have carried crude oil from Canada through the US. “Construction on the … Continue reading 3 Harmful Consequences of Biden Killing the Keystone XL Pipeline
Many on the left continue to place their ideology of environmental extremism above all other considerations, including economic growth, individual freedom, and the welfare of low-income Americans. This worldview ignores critical trade-offs and places environmental interests above even basic principles that have long served as a foundation of this nation. Further, this extreme environmental movement … Continue reading Environmental Extremism Is Creeping Into Every Domain of Public Policy
The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to promote transparency by making it easier for Americans to see how it makes regulatory decisions.Many on the left, however, are attacking those efforts. Two current examples highlight this campaign against open government.First, there’s the EPA’s final cost-benefit rule under the Clean Air Act, which would require the preparation of a … Continue reading Why Is the Left Attacking Transparency at the EPA?
Other elected officials in Pennsylvania continue to question the constitutionality of Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed carbon tax in the run-up to 10 public hearings that begin Tuesday on the disputed regulations to address climate change. The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board has approved a “cap and trade” plan to cap carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The plan, … Continue reading Pennsylvania Governor’s Climate Regulations Draw Bipartisan Opposition as Hearings Begin
In 1980, the year that PERC was founded, I spent three months in the Himalayas working on a wildlife conservation project. The purpose was to do wildlife surveys on behalf of the Indian government in the stunningly beautiful valleys of the Kulu region in northern India, among forests of deodar cedar and evergreen oak. One … Continue reading I Was an Enviro-Pessimist in the 1980s. But Human Ingenuity Proved Me Wrong
A new book set for release today may change the way we view the conservation of nature’s splendors. Titled Green Market Revolution: How Market Environmentalism Can Protect Nature and Save the World, its publishers are the Austrian Economics Center and the British Conservation Alliance, to which I serve as an advisor. Details below, but first a … Continue reading Markets Are Green
California and other state and local governments have filed suit to stop the Trump administration’s SAFE (Safer Affordable Fuel Efficiency) rule. That rule replaced the outgoing Obama administration’s rule requiring five percent annual increases in Corporate Average Fuel Economy, reaching 54 mpg by 2025, with 1.5 percent annual increases, reaching 40 mpg in 2026. California … Continue reading Fuel Efficiency Rules Lead to Deadlier Car Accidents
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the U.S. recycling industry. Waste sources, quantities and destinations are all in flux, and shutdowns have devastated an industry that was already struggling. Many items designated as reusable, communal or secondhand have been temporarily barred to minimize person-to-person exposure. This is producing higher volumes of waste. Grocers, whether by state … Continue reading COVID-19 is laying waste to many US recycling programs
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