As Americans are trapped in their homes, unable to work, and struggling to pay bills due to the threat of a global pandemic, the left has a reminder for us. The real threat is climate change. “We’ve seen all too terribly the consequences of those who denied warnings of a pandemic. We can’t afford any … Continue reading Radical Environmentalists’ Giddiness During Pandemic Exposes Their True Aims
Category: Environment
It’s economic freedom that will save the earth. Apart from health care, no other big government policies and actions are more intrusive and economically distortionary than environmental regulations. Rather than relying on civil society, free markets, and a free press to ensure environmental quality and safeguards, a myriad bureaucrats and agencies in governments and international … Continue reading Celebrating the Earth by Increasing Economic Freedom Around the World
In July, in an effort to combat global warming, Berkeley, California, became the first city in the United States to prohibit natural gas in new buildings, including residential homes. "We need to tackle climate change every way that we can," said Berkeley City Councilwoman Kate Harrison, who led the effort. Other cities, including Sacramento, Los … Continue reading Why Banning Gas Stoves Is Not a Serious Way to Fight Climate Change
While many Virginia residents are still reeling from the effects of COVID-19, their elected officials from Gov. Ralph Northam on down are increasing their financial burdens with radical Green New Deal-style programs, energy policy analysts say. Renewable energy mandates and restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions recently signed into law by Northam, a Democrat, are economically … Continue reading How Virginia’s Green New Deal Will Add to Residents’ COVID-19 Costs
Those two agencies misused their Clean Water Act authority to control private property well beyond the limits set by the Constitution and congressional authorization. Those abuses culminated in a 2015 regulation by the Obama administration, widely referred to as the “waters of the United States” rule.
Could the 80-year-old phrase “Now we’re cooking with gas” soon become a relic of the past? Several cities are studying proposals to restrict the use of natural gas in commercial and residential buildings as a way to combat climate change. In the latest push to ban natural gas appliances in homes, a Sierra Club-commissioned report warns of the … Continue reading Why Eco-Warriors’ Bid to Ban Natural Gas Appliances Is Wrongheaded
Mindless virtue signaling doesn’t fare well in a real crisis. As the nation and the world confronts a deadly pandemic, and citizens, businesses, and governments do all they can to tamp down the spread of the coronavirus, some useless measures instituted in less turbulent times will go by the wayside. One of these useless measures … Continue reading Virtue Signaling of Plastic Bag Ban Ends Quickly in a Pandemic
Buyers (aka taxpayers), beware: The Land and Water Conservation Fund is not what you might think. Some on Capitol Hill have floated the idea of fully funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund permanently. In Washington budget-speak, that means creating a new autopilot mandatory program. Congress created the conservation fund in 1964 to “assist in … Continue reading Congress Shouldn’t Put This Conservation Spending on Autopilot
Go here to tell Congress to kill the "Green New Deal!" ----- A week doesn’t pass without a mayor, governor, policymaker or pundit joining the rush to demand, or predict, an energy future that is entirely based on wind/solar and batteries, freed from the “burden” of the hydrocarbons that have fueled societies for centuries. Regardless … Continue reading 41 Inconvenient Truths on the “New Energy Economy”
Every year humans buy and sell hundreds of millions of wild animals and plants around the world. Much of this commerce is legal, but illegal trade and over-harvesting have driven many species toward extinction. One common response is to adopt bans on trading in threatened or endangered species. But research shows that this approach can … Continue reading Restricting trade in endangered species can backfire, triggering market booms
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