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Court Orders U.S. Energy Department to Set Efficiency Standards
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Federal courts have ordered the Trump administration to impose energy efficiency standard upgrades for four set of appliances first proposed under the Obama Administration. -
Department of Energy: The New Philosopher King
Opinion -To assume free people voluntarily ignore things that save them money and enhance their quality-of-life is to assume ordinary people are too dumb to know what’s good for them. Too dumb to govern themselves. -
With New Energy Technologies, Beware of Spontaneous Combustion
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #427 -
Research & Commentary: Report Details the Local Pushback Against Renewable Energy Projects
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Over 300 Governmental Entities In 31 States Have Restricted Or Rejected Wind Projects Since 2015 -
Special Edition on Energy Legislation — Congress Proposes More Government Intervention in Energy Markets
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #376 -
Research & Commentary: Repealing California’s ‘Green’ Energy Policies Could Save Billions While Lowering Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Free Market Energy Reforms Could Save Golden State Residents $26.7 Billion Annually -
U.S. Energy Department Rejects Obama-Era Light Bulb Proposal
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the current standards for general service incandescent light bulbs are sufficient and do not need to be amended. -
Research & Commentary: Gov. Wolf’s Unilateral Move to Join RGGI Is Regressive, Will Increase Energy Prices in Pennsylvania
Publication -Research and Commentaries -There is little evidence to suggest RGGI has reduced CO2 emissions, rather the initiative acts as a regressive tax and is expected to cost Pennsylvania electric generators at least an additional $275 million a year, according to one low estimate. -
Twenty-Three States Push to Save California’s De Facto National Fuel Efficiency Standards
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The governors of 23 U.S. states have joined California in demanding the Trump administration reverse its proposal to withdraw California’s Clean Air Act waiver for automobile emissions. -
New Ohio Energy Law Emphasizes Subsidies, Mandates
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law a bill that will subsidize some coal, nuclear, and solar power facilities in the state. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Applaud EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule
Opinion -Press Release -“This new EPA rule demonstrates that draconian government impediments are not necessary for sound environmental stewardship.” - James Taylor -
Reality Bites Joe Biden’s “Clean Energy Revolution”
Opinion -Editorial -Tallying its huge impacts on our energy, industries, living standards and personal freedoms. -
The Leaflet: CAFE to SAFE: Fuel Economy Standards Get a Tune-Up
Publication -The Leaflet -The Trump administration is looking to replace Obama-era fuel mileage requirements with less burdensome, more realistic fuel standards. -
Pruitt is Hitting the Brakes on Obama’s Failed Fuel Economy Standards
Opinion -Editorial -U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced his plans to scrap Obama-era Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. -
The Leaflet: EPA Hits the Brakes on Fuel Economy Standards
Publication -The Leaflet -This week's Leaflet concerns the EPA's decision to remove burdensome regulations that limit the freedom of manufacturers and consumers alike. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to EPA Review of CAFE Standards
Opinion -Press Release -“It is time to end CAFE standards entirely.” - H. Sterling Burnett -
Yet Another Renewable Energy Boondoggle
Opinion -Editorial -Croplands, habitats, taxes, family budgets, safety sacrificed to enrich politically connected few? -
How Your Tax Dollars May Save Energy but End Up Penalizing Homeowners
Opinion -Editorial -Saving energy is not an appropriate goal for government regulation or even an important one. Energy is very important to modern civilization but it is just one of many commodities required by modern life. -
Real Energy Expert Destroys John Oliver’s Ignorant, Profanity-Laced Rant About Coal
Opinion -Editorial -Last month, HBO funnyman John Oliver spent an episode of his show Last Week Tonight delivering a profanity-laced rant demonizing coal, coal-energy advocates, and presidents of the United States who don coal-miner hard-hats. -
Research & Commentary: New Study Says PURPA Energy Contracts Are Needlessly Increasing North Carolina Electricity Bills
Publication -Research and Commentaries -60 Percent Of All PURPA Projects In The U.S. Are Located In North Carolina -
Trump Delivers on Climate, Energy
Opinion -Editorial -President Trump has wasted no time putting his unique stamp on energy and environmental policies. -
Maryland Increases State’s Renewable Energy Mandate, Overrides Governor’s Veto
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The Maryland state legislature overrode Gov. Larry Hogan’s (R) veto of a bill to raise and accelerate mandated increases in the use of renewable energy in the state. -
Early Actions Show Trump is Serious About Climate, Energy Policy Reform
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Early actions taken by President Donald Trump indicate he intends to keep his campaign promises to reduce regulations from and funding for the Environmental Protection Agency. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to New EPA Fuel Standards
Opinion -" EPA’s decision to implement them now is nothing more than an obvious bad-faith attempt to throw up as many hurdles to the incoming administration as possible." - Isaac Orr
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