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New Mexico Enacts 100 Percent Renewable Energy Mandate

Published April 24, 2019

By Tim Benson

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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a law requiring 50 percent of the electricity provided by the state’s utilities to be generated by renewable sources by 2030, 80 percent by 2040, and 100 percent by 2050.
- Environment & Energy
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on EPA’s New Rule for Coal Plants

Published December 21, 2018

By James Taylor, Jay Lehr (1938 – 2023), H. Sterling Burnett, Tom Harris, Robert Bradley, Ron Arnold (1937 – 2022), Cedric Keith, Mischa Popoff

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Press Release -
"The Trump administration deserves strong praise for standing up for American consumers and affordable energy." - James Taylor
- Environment & Energy
Colorado Energy Company Xcel Goes Crazy Green

Published December 13, 2018

By David Wojick

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One starts to suspect there is a lot of hype, and maybe securities fraud, going on here.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
California Adopts 100 Percent Renewable Energy Goal

Published September 24, 2018

By Linnea Lueken

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California adopted a law mandating 100 percent of the electricity in the state come from emissions-free sources by 2045.
The Leaflet: Farm Bill Needs a Makeover

Published May 3, 2018

By Arianna Wilkerson

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Congress is working on a new "farm bill" that includes farm subsidies, crop insurance, and food assistance. Most of the bill's annual budget goes to the food stamp program, or SNAP. The proposed bill offers needed reforms to SNAP.
- Environment & Energy
Energy Department Calls for Smaller, Modular Coal Power Plants

Published April 30, 2018

By Joe Barnett

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is planning to help develop smaller, modular coal-fired power plants that are more efficient and flexible than larger facilities.
Research & Commentary: Study Shows How ‘Zombie Regulations’ Are Closing Perfectly Good Coal Plants

Published April 25, 2018

By Tim Benson

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Research and Commentaries -
Burdensome Obama-Era Regulations Prematurely Closing Coal Plants
- Education
Clever Propaganda Masquerading as Teacher’s Guide Should Stay Out of Classroom

Published February 3, 2018

By Jay Lehr (1938 – 2023)

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Review of The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change, by Ingrid H. H. Zabel, Don Duggan-Haas, and Robert M. Ross
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Virginia goes Don Quixote, Double Down on Renewables and CO2 Reductions, Hurting Poor Most

Published November 18, 2017

By Paul Driessen

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Leaving aside the unconstitutional character of states signing onto an international agreement that has been repudiated by President Trump, there are major practical problems with all of this.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
A Roadmap for Clexit

Published February 24, 2017

By Jay Lehr (1938 – 2023)

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Clexit clearly shows constraining low-cost energy, as the Paris Agreement requires, would ensure billions of people in developing countries continue to endure starvation, disease, and misery.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Reality-based Climate Forecasting

Published January 9, 2017

By Paul Driessen

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Continuing to focus on carbon dioxide as the driving force will just bring more bogus predictions.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Department of Energy Cancels Funding for Texas Clean Energy Project

Published June 28, 2016

By Michael McGrady

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has decided to cease funding the Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP), one of six clean-coal-energy projects promised under DOE’s Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI).
- Environment & Energy
Alternative View: Paris Agreement Reflects Reality – a Step Forward?

Published December 31, 2015

By H. Sterling Burnett

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Legacy Climate Change Weekly -
Climate Change Weekly #197 Benny Peiser, Ph.D.
The Leaflet – States and Cities Consider Minimum Wage Changes

Published September 18, 2015

By Nathan Makla

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States and Cities Consider Minimum Wage ChangesEarlier this summer, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) vetoed a bill that would disallow local municipalities from increasing the minimum wage above the $7.65 per hour statewide rate.
- Environment & Energy
States Are Right to Pressure EPA with ‘Nullification’ Efforts

Published September 15, 2015

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Sixteen state attorneys general recently announced the filing of a multistate lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan.
- Environment & Energy
Climate Crisis, Inc.

Published August 25, 2015

By Paul Driessen

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- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
White House Cancels Clean Coal Project

Published April 13, 2015

By Kenneth Artz

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A project with which President Obama hoped to cement his environmental legacy during his remaining years in office has failed.The Obama administration touted FutureGen, and its successor, FutureGen 2.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Kansas Renewable Portfolio Standard

Published March 11, 2015

By Nathan Makla, Taylor Smith

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In 2009, then-Gov. Mark Parkinson (D) signed into law Kansas’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), requiring at least 10 percent of electricity generation capacity in Kansas be from renewable sources.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Cromnibus Environmental Provisions Stymie Obama Environmental Efforts

Published February 4, 2015

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The 1,600-page “Cromnibus” —a blend of "omnibus" and "CR," short for "continuing resolution"— spending bill passed the lame duck Congress in mid-December and was signed into law by President Barack Obama just before Christmas.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Michigan Renewable Portfolio Standard Repeal

Published November 5, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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In 2008, then-governor Jennifer Granholm signed into law Michigan’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), requiring all state utilities to generate 10 percent of all retail electricity sales from renewable sources by 2015. Recently, state Rep.
- Environment & Energy
Heartland Institute Climate Experts Comment on 18 Straight Years of No Global Warming

Published October 9, 2014

By Craig Idso, James Taylor, Kenneth Haapala, Tom Harris, H. Sterling Burnett, James H. Rust, Marc Morano, John Coleman (1934-2018), Mischa Popoff, Alan Caruba (1938-2015)

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According to satellite data released this month by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS), which provides data used by NASA, NOAA, and the National Science Foundation, the global mean surface temperature has not risen for 18 consecutive years.
- Environment & Energy
Energy and Earthquakes in Ohio

Published July 29, 2014

By Isaac Orr

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Ohio sits above the Utica and Marcellus shales, two geologic formations that have rich energy potential waiting to be unlocked by the process of hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as “fracking.
- Environment & Energy
Welcome to the “No Pee” Section of the Swimming Pool

Published June 2, 2014

By Marita Noon

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America is poised to become the “no pee” section of the global swimming pool and the useless actions will cost us a bundle—raising energy costs, adding new taxes, and crippling the economy. Even some environmentalists agree.
- Environment & Energy
America’s Power Grid at the Limit: The Road to Electrical Blackouts

Published April 24, 2014

By Steve Goreham

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Americans take electricity for granted. Electricity powers our lights, our computers, our offices, and our industries. But misguided environmental policies are eroding the reliability of our power system.