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Partners in Liberty: National Center for Public Policy Research

Published March 16, 2020

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The National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) was created not to be just another think tank but rather a “do tank” providing the freedom movement with what its founders called “missing ingredients for success.”
- Environment & Energy
Researchers Genetically Modify Mosquitos to Prevent Dengue Fever

Published March 12, 2020

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Scientists have developed a process for implanting the human antibody for dengue fever into mosquitos, potentially blocking their ability to pass the disease on to people.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Court Orders U.S. Energy Department to Set Efficiency Standards

Published March 12, 2020

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Federal courts have ordered the Trump administration to impose energy efficiency standard upgrades for four set of appliances first proposed under the Obama Administration.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Getting Off the Road to Climate Serfdom

Published March 12, 2020

By Robert Bradley

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The political world is increasingly saying “no” to policies that make energy less available, more expensive, less reliable, and more intrusive in our lives.
Federal Court Temporarily Enjoins California Alligator Trade Ban

Published March 10, 2020

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The State of Louisiana, along with some landowners and boutique retailers, are suing California to prevent a decades-old law banning the importation and sale of alligator and crocodile products in the state from finally coming into effect.
- Environment & Energy
Partners in Liberty: Cascade Policy Institute

Published March 10, 2020

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Cascade Policy Institute is Oregon’s free-market think tank.
- Environment & Energy
U.S. EPA Allows Continued Use Chemical Traps to Control Predators

Published March 9, 2020

By Kenneth Artz

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the continued use of cyanide traps, known as M-44s, to control predators on public lands, despite the fact they sometimes kill non-targeted species.
- Environment & Energy
Eminent Domain for Midwestern Wind Energy Power Line Remains in Flux

Published March 9, 2020

By Bonner R. Cohen

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Landowners in Missouri are fighting the use of eminent domain by the developers of the $2.3 billion Grain Belt Express power line to run the high-voltage power line across their property.
- Environment & Energy
Federal Government Clarifies Migratory Bird Protections

Published March 5, 2020

By H. Sterling Burnett

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a rule under which it would no longer prosecute entities that unintentionally or accidently harm or kill birds protected under the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
California Considers Imposing Climate Change Education

Published March 2, 2020

By Kenneth Artz

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A California bill under consideration in the state legislature would require schoolchildren to learn that humans are causing dangerous climate change in order to graduate.
Washington state Supreme Court Blocks Greenhouse Gas Limits for Some Businesses

Published February 27, 2020

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Washington state’s Supreme Court invalidated portions of the state Department of Ecology’s (DEC) rules applying greenhouse gas emission caps to indirect emitters such as natural gas companies and fuel distributers.
Appliance Regulations Are Bringing Back Dirt, Filth, and Disease

Published February 27, 2020

By Jeffrey A. Tucker

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President Donald Trump is fighting to roll back federal appliance standards which are leaving people in the dark, dirty, and possibly ill.
- Environment & Energy
Arizonans Face Stiff Rate Hikes as Utilities Switch to Renewables

Published February 27, 2020

By Bonner R. Cohen

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Tucson Electric Power requested the Arizona Regulators allow it to by add $7.61 to home customers’ monthly electricity bill beginning in May 2020, to pay for new renewable power supplies, having helped close an inexpensive coal power plant in late 2019.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Pennsylvania Advances Rule to Restrict Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Production

Published February 25, 2020

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Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board passed regulations to reduce methane and volatile organic compound emissions from oil and gas operations in the state, that will make it hard for small firms to operate wells or storage facilities.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Study: Ag Benefits of Carbon Dioxide Are Understated in Climate Models

Published February 24, 2020

By Bonner R. Cohen

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The agricultural gains from the fertilization effect of increasing carbon dioxide levels may produce benefits greater than any harms generated by climate change, a new study shows.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
New Mexico Considers a Fracking Moratorium

Published February 20, 2020

By Bonner R. Cohen

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For the second consecutive year, Democrats in New Mexico have introduced legislation to impose a four-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and subject existing operating wells to expanded reporting requirements.
- Environment & Energy
Trump Administration Offers Clean Water Act Reforms

Published February 20, 2020

By H. Sterling Burnett

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has offered a series of regulatory reforms to the 1972 Clean Water Act, to protect states’ legitimate authority over land and water within their borders and to protect property rights.
- Environment & Energy
U.S. Energy Department Rejects Obama-Era Light Bulb Proposal

Published February 20, 2020

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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.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Partners in Liberty: Washington Policy Center

Published February 19, 2020

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The Washington Policy Center is a free-market, public policy think tank based in Seattle. The organization’s experts focus on several key areas of policy, including agriculture, education, environment, government reform, health care, and transportation.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Politicized Veganism Threatens Human Health and Liberty

Published February 14, 2020

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Some politicians have joined anti-meat and climate change activists in a massive effort to restructure the American diet by mandating a worldwide plant-based diet.
Democratic Presidential Contenders Push for Climate ‘Stress Test’ Requirement on Banks

Published February 14, 2020

By Kenneth Artz

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Several Democratic presidential candidates want the federal government to require periodic “stress tests” on large banks to ensure they can handle potential economic blows from climate change.
- Environment & Energy
Bird Conservation Groups Sue over Lake Erie Industrial Wind Facility

Published February 13, 2020

By Kenneth Artz

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Two bird conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit claiming federal agencies did not follow federal law during the approval process for the Icebreaker Wind industrial facility on Lake Erie.
- Environment & Energy
New York Overrides Municipal Ban on Industrial Wind Facility, Impacts Eagle Population

Published February 13, 2020

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State Regulators in New York approved a 124-megawatt Bluestone industrial wind facility, despite strong objections from the Delaware Otsego Audubon Society and a last-minute zoning ordinance enacted by the Town of Sanford to block the project.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Providing 100 Percent Energy from Renewable Sources is Impossible

Published February 12, 2020

By David Wojick

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It is impossible with current technologies to provide 100 percent renewable energy at reasonable prices.