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- Environment & Energy
Testimony to the Chicago City Council Committee on Finance on E15

Published July 28, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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Chicago City CouncilCommittee on FinanceJuly 28, 2014Testimony of Taylor SmithPolicy Analyst, The Heartland Institute Good afternoon, Chairman Burke, Vice Chairman O’Connor, and members of the committee. I thank you all for the opportunity to speak today.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Energy Poverty

Published July 24, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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Some 1.3 billion people around the world do not have access to electricity, and 2.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Published July 14, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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On June 2, 2014, the Obama administration mandated a 30 percent cut in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2030 from power plants’ 2005 levels.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Illinois Renewable Portfolio Standard

Published June 23, 2014

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In August 2007, the Illinois General Assembly enacted legislation creating a Renewable Portfolio Standard. The statute requires Ameren and ComEd to acquire 25 percent of their electricity generation from qualified renewable sources by 2026.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Illinois Renewable Portfolio Standard

Published June 23, 2014

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In August 2007, the Illinois General Assembly enacted legislation creating a Renewable Portfolio Standard. The statute requires Ameren and ComEd to acquire 25 percent of their electricity generation from qualified renewable sources by 2026.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Zero-Subsidy Energy Policy

Published June 10, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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Compared to other areas of the economy, the U.S. energy sector (except for the electricity industry) historically has been lightly regulated and relatively free.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: The Clean Air Act

Published June 10, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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In 1970, Congress passed the Clean Air Act, a law that granted authority to the federal government to control air pollution across the nation.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Statement to the Environment and Public Works Committee of the United States Senate

Published June 3, 2014

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On June 3, 2014, Climatologist David Legates testified before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the subject of climate change.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Endocrine Disruptors

Published June 2, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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Like all other multicellular organisms, human beings have endocrine systems.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Ohio Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard

Published May 19, 2014

By Isaac Orr

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The Ohio Senate took a small but important first step for electricity consumers by voting to freeze the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard, also known as a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS).
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: State Waivers from EPA Regulation

Published May 19, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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The federal environmental regulatory system is broken. Thousands of pages of flawed environmental rules and regulations exist, with no reasonable chance they’ll ever be reformed given the entrenched special interests that benefit from them.
The Leaflet: Moving Toward the Future of Education: Blended Learning

Published May 15, 2014

By Alex Monahan

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Moving Toward the Future of Education: Blended Learning Blended learning curriculum programs have been rapidly growing across the country as digital education technologies continue to develop and progress.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: The Myth of a Global Warming Consensus

Published May 14, 2014

By Joseph Bast, Taylor Smith

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Many legislators are told they must enact climate change legislation because an alleged “scientific consensus” holds that man-made climate change requires urgent action.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Severance Taxes

Published April 28, 2014

By Isaac Orr

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Severance taxes are levied when landowners sell nonrenewable resources such as oil, natural gas, iron, copper, and other natural resources for extraction.
Research & Commentary: What the Australian Carbon Tax Means for the United States

Published April 25, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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Anti-fossil-fuel activists have long advocated federal and state governments should impose carbon taxes.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Solar Power in Maine

Published April 11, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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The State of Maine is considering two proposals to provide greater incentives for solar power.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Climate Change Reconsidered II: Biological Impacts

Published April 9, 2014

By Craig Idso, S. Fred Singer (1924 – 2020), Robert M. Carter (1942-2016)

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The newest volume in the Climate Change Reconsidered series, released on April 9, is Climate Change Reconsidered II: Biological Impacts. One more volume in the CCR-II series, subtitled Human Welfare, Energy, and Policies, is due out in June.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Energy Inducement Prizes

Published March 24, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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Under the pretext of climate change mitigation, energy portfolio diversification, and energy independence, the federal government and many state governments have implemented costly subsidies and mandate programs that benefit selected energy companies and
Research & Commentary: State Carbon Taxes

Published March 24, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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Legislators in many states have blamed high-profile regional weather events on anthropogenic global warming and are proposing carbon taxes as a way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and thereby—they hope—to mitigate severe weather.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Climate Change, Energy Policy, and National Power

Published March 21, 2014

By Thomas B. Hayward, Edward S. Briggs, Donald K. Forbes

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Global warming alarmism threatens U.S. national power and national security, say Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, Vice Admiral Edward S. Briggs, and Captain Donald K. Forbes.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: “All-of-the-Above” Energy Strategy

Published March 12, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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Among the most popular justifications for interventionist energy policies is pursuit of a government-imposed “diversified” energy portfolio.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Wisconsin Renewable Portfolio Standard

Published March 12, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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In 1999, Wisconsin implemented a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) mandate requiring electric cooperatives and investor-owned utilities to obtain from renewable sources 2.2 percent of the electricity sold to customers, by 2012. In 2006, former Gov.
- Environment & Energy
Research & Commentary: Federal Ownership of Public Lands

Published March 3, 2014

By Taylor Smith

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Nearly half the land of the western United States is owned by the federal government, including 82 percent of Nevada, 68 percent of Alaska, 64 percent of Utah, 63 percent of Idaho, 61 percent of California, 49 percent of Wyoming, and 48 percent of Oregon.
The Leaflet – Is it Sunrise or Sunset for Solar Power?

Published February 28, 2014

By Alex Monahan

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Is it Sunrise or Sunset for Solar Power? During his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama singled out solar power as the flagship source of renewable energy, a source currently responsible for only 0.

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