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President Obama’s Climate Initiative—The Bad News and Good News
Opinion -In his speech at Georgetown University on Tuesday, President Obama announced, “So today…I’m directing the Environmental Protection Agency to put an end to the limitless dumping of carbon pollution from our power plants and complete new pollution -
Climate Alarmism’s 10,000 Commandments
Opinion -The United States will “do more,” before it’s “too late” to prevent “dangerous” global warming, President Obama told Berliners last week. -
The Leaflet – Climate Change and Public Policy
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Research & Commentary: Nevada Renewable Portfolio Standard
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Nevada legislators are considering adjusting the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS). The RPS requires utilities to obtain a specified percentage of their power from renewable sources by a certain date. -
Research & Commentary: Nevada Renewable Portfolio Standard
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Nevada legislators are considering adjusting the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS). The RPS requires utilities to obtain a specified percentage of their power from renewable sources by a certain date. -
Research & Commentary: Colorado Renewable Portfolio Standard
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Colorado legislators are bucking the national trend and considering a proposal that would boost the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS). -
Research & Commentary: North Carolina Renewable Portfolio Standard
Publication -Research and Commentaries -North Carolina legislators are considering repealing the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS). The RPS requires utilities to obtain a specified percentage of their power from renewable sources by a certain date. -
Research & Commentary: Wind Power Subsidies
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Wind power generation has been generously subsidized since the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. -
Corbett Signs Order for More Timely Environmental Permits
Opinion -Pennsylvania environmental permits will be issued in a timelier manner after Gov. Tom Corbett signed an Executive Order speeding up the environmental permit process. -
Research & Commentary: Kansas Renewable Portfolio Standard
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In July, the Kansas Policy Institute and Beacon Hill Institute released a joint report assessing the expected economic results of the Kansas renewable energy mandate, signed into law by Gov. Mark Parkinson in May 2009. -
Obama’s Perverse Plan for Permanent Recession
Opinion -President Obama told the nation in his June 14 economic policy address in Cleveland that his economic policy plans for a second term would "create strong sustained growth;…pay down our long term debt; and most of all…generate good, middle-class jobs…. -
Study: Wind Power Raises CO2 Emissions
Opinion -Efforts to reduce U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by replacing coal and natural gas with wind power appear to be doing more harm than good as a new study finds replacing coal and natural gas with wind power increases CO2 emissions. -
Wisconsin Legislature Rejects Global Warming Bill
Opinion -The Wisconsin legislature declined to take action on a controversial global warming bill, allowing its 2010 session to end without implementing energy restrictions recommended by a global warming task force handpicked by Gov. Jim Doyle. -
Wisconsin Global Warming Bill Sparks Controversy
Opinion -The Wisconsin state legislature has begun drawing battle lines on global warming legislation advocated by Gov. Jim Doyle (D). -
Smartgrid Modernization Requires Regulatory Reform
Opinion -The fledgling smartgrid for electricity got some feathers on its wings in October 2009 with the federal government’s investment in projects covering a wide variety of areas, including advanced metering infrastructure; customer systems such as -
California’s New TV Regulations Deserve Booby Prize
Opinion -One would think it's a tall order to out-regulate the European Union. -
California Poised to Regulate Home TVs
Opinion -That 52-inch flat-screen television on the family room wall may have a terrific picture, but there’s a big drawback, according to some activist groups: It’s an energy hog. And California bureaucrats are taking aim. -
Research & Commentary: Health Information Technology
Publication -Research and Commentaries -As part of the federal government’s economic stimulus package, Congress has authorized spending about $20 billion on health information technology (health IT) and another $1 billion on comparative effectiveness research. -
California Board Approves Anti-Global Warming Plan
Opinion -The California Air Resources Board has set a powerful regulatory force in motion by approving an outline for meeting the carbon dioxide reductions required by a state law aimed at combating global warming. -
Seattle Mayor Unveils $150 Million Effort to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Opinion -Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels (D) has unveiled a $185 million plan to promote compact fluorescent light bulbs, green buildings, and other energy efficiency programs for private and public buildings in the city. -
Tyranny Update
Opinion -CNSNews.com Commentary January 21, 2008 Last December, President Bush signed an energy bill that will ban the sale of Edison’s incandescent bulb, starting with the 100-watt bulb in 2012 and ending with the 40-watt bulb by 2014. -
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Bush Denies Plan to Cap Carbon Dioxide
Opinion -President George W. Bush is pleased with ongoing declines in greenhouse gas emissions per dollar of economic output and has no plans to cap carbon dioxide emissions, he told the Wall Street Journal on September 29. -
Renewable Electricity ‘Creating’ Jobs, Destroying Wealth
Opinion -All over the world, for several centuries, workers have become more productive and their services have risen in value.
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