After submitting nearly twice as many signatures as the 17,500 needed for a referendum, opponents have succeeded in putting the fate of a controversial new law tied to a proposed…
Last week, Pew Research Center released new polling that shows that “relatively few Americans” believe the U.S. should phase out fossil fuels entirely. Instead, about 7 out of 10 favor a mix…
I’ve seen this movie before, and I know how it ends. The headline last week in the ND Monitor reads: North Dakota officials object to Minnesota carbon-free energy law in…
More than two and a half years after filing for a permit, Summit Carbon Solutions has finally gotten crucial approval from Iowa regulators for the first leg of a nearly…
Adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has dropped to its lowest level since August 2021, according to the J.D. Power EV index. The index showed that while consumer interest in EVs is…
The National Center for Energy Analytics has estimated that a fully-electric vehicle (EV) future would cost between $2 trillion and $4 trillion. Moving to 100% EVs will impose enormous infrastructure costs to install single-family,…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a “watershed transmission planning” order [this month] that would force the costs of state renewable energy mandates onto consumers in other states. While…
This month, the Biden administration took another coordinated step toward the demise of coal by closing off the U.S.’ largest coal supplier to new leases. The Powder River Basin, in southeast Montana…
This piece was originally published at Independent Women’s Forum on May 13, 2024. Read more here: https://www.iwf.org/2024/05/13/jpmorgan-report-carbon-free-energy-transition-needs-reality-check/ A recent report from JPMorgan Chase warns that moving away from fossil fuels…
Photo credit: Tony Webster via Flickr (licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0) North Dakota and West Virginia are leading a coalition of 23 states in suing to stop the EPA’s new…
The White House demands that corporations turn a blind eye to human rights abuses in the mining of minerals in “risky” countries. That’s what Amos Hochstein, White House senior adviser…
Although the Biden administration has the pedal to the metal, electric vehicles appear to be heading nowhere fast in the marketplace. Thousands of layoffs at Tesla, a loss of nearly…
Wind and solar energy fail to meet the challenges of U.S. electricity generation, according to a recent report by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The report evaluates energy sources…
This piece was originally published by Independent Women’s Forum on April 12, 2024. See the original here: https://www.iwf.org/2024/04/12/renewables-developers-win-big-discount-on-public-lands/In June 2023, I covered a Department of the Interior (DOI) rule that “proposed to…
On Thursday, April 25, 2024, the U.S. EPA issued a slate of rules further regulating the U.S. power sector. Chief among them was the finalized rules on carbon dioxide emissions from existing…
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized four rules on the nation’s power plants that will have massive implications for the reliability of the nation’s electricity grid. Chief among…