Go here to tell Congress to kill the "Green New Deal!" When the Environmental Protection Agency issues a regulation, the rule should do more good than harm. That hasn’t always been obvious to the EPA, and to some, it still isn’t obvious. In 2012, the Obama administration finalized the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (the “MATS” … Continue reading EPA Needs to Finalize Rule Rejecting Past Regulatory Abuses
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Go here to tell Congress to kill the 'Green New Deal!" ----- It’s been pretty clear that the Green New Deal would be a disaster for businesses and for consumers. Now a new study confirms just how disastrous the environmental and wealth-redistribution plan would be for Wisconsin. Wisconsin families would be shackled with $40,000 in new costs, … Continue reading Green New Deal Would Ruin America’s Dairyland, Study Warns
Looks like another federally backed solar energy plant has gone bust. Bloomberg News reports, “A $1 Billion Solar Plant Was Obsolete Before It Ever Went Online.” In 2011 the $1 billion [Crescent Dunes] project was to be the biggest solar plant of its kind, and it looked like the future of renewable power. Citigroup Inc. and other financiers … Continue reading Taxpayers Eat Another Solar Energy Flop
Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently gave an impassioned pitch for her “Green New Deal” on the floor of the US House of Representatives. After stating that her opponents were misrepresenting the legislation, she read the full text of it into the Congressional Record and claimed that the reason it is “so, so controversial” is “because … Continue reading AOC’s Green New Deal Ignores Scientific Facts and Basic Economics
Go here to tell Congress to kill the "Green New Deal!" ----- Several members of Congress have floated different carbon tax bills in recent days, some of which have both Democratic and Republican sponsorship. But marginal bipartisan support for enacting a new tax on American families and businesses doesn’t make it good policy. Different models … Continue reading Why the Carbon Tax Would Backfire on America
Go here to tell Congress to kill the "Green New Deal!' ------ A Popular Choice Solar panels have been heralded as the alternative to fossil fuels for decades. Most readers have likely seen exciting headlines claiming we could power the world's energy demands multiple times were we simply to cover the Sahara Desert with a … Continue reading Solar Panels Produce Tons of Toxic Waste—Literally
Go here to tell Congress to kill the "Green New Deal!" --- If you’re under 50, there’s a good chance you’re expecting to see climate change create chaos and death in your lifetime. Scientists and pundits seem so certain we’re headed for global collapse and their predictions can be terrifying—especially if you’re young enough not … Continue reading 4 Catastrophic Climate Predictions That Never Came True
Go here to tell Congress to kill the "Green New Deal"! ---- Judging from the much-hyped and widely mocked speech by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations earlier this week, it’s clear that some young people are convinced that the world will soon end unless we do something drastic. “You have stolen … Continue reading Here Are 4 Outrageously Insane Climate Proposals
Sign here to tell Congress to kill the "Green New Deal"! ---- There is nothing environmentally conscientious about prematurely shutting down sound infrastructure that provides clean, low-cost, reliable electricity. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what state renewable energy mandates, federal energy subsidies, and policies like the Green New Deal would do to accommodate politically preferred renewable energy … Continue reading The Hidden Costs of Energy Mandates
When you’re several decades older than Greta Thunberg, her impassioned warning of impending doom hits you differently than it may college students or early twentysomethings. In a word, it sounded “familiar.” I’m not just talking about the climate change movement, nor exclusively about the left side of the political spectrum. I’ve been hearing about impending … Continue reading Why Even Liberals Should Be “Climate Change Skeptics”
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