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No End to Energy Stalemate
Opinion -To download a PDF version of this document, click here.In December 2004, the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) released a report titled "Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America's Energy Challenges. -
Conference Highlights Voluntary Actions on Climate Change
Opinion -A major international conference held November 20-21 in Houston, Texas brought together an impressive array of scientists, federal officials, non-government action groups, and industry leaders to share ideas and report on progress in climate change -
Climate Change Weekly # 579—Climate Lawfare Under Counterassault, Finally!
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
The Different Worlds of Wealthy Nations and Developing Countries
Opinion -The “green” mandates and subsidies are only affordable by the prosperous developed nations -
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act: An Extraterritorial Incursion on Americans’ Inalienable Rights
Publication -Policy Studies -The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act establishes a centralized, extraterritorial, global regulatory model for AI. It applies whenever outputs are “used in the Union,” allowing the EU to impose its standards globally through turnover-based penalties and value chain obligations. -
Research & Commentary: New Analysis Shows Massive Decline in Permian Basin Methane Emissions Over Last Two Years
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A new analysis by S&P Global has found that methane emissions in the Permian Basin have been significantly reduced over the last two years thanks to voluntary emission reduction efforts from the oil and gas industries. The Permian Basin in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico is the highest-producing oil field in the United States […] -
Research & Commentary: Report Details Oil & Gas Industries’ Significant Achievements in Decreasing Flaring Intensity and Volume
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The recently released annual report from The Environmental Partnership (TEP), a voluntary collective of oil and gas companies “committed to continuously improving the industry’s environmental performance,” details the serious progress the industry has made in emissions reductions, especially in reducing flare intensity. TEP describes its mission as “to continuously improve the industry’s environmental performance by taking action, […] -
Climate Change Weekly # 545 — GAO Questions Biden’s Offshore Wind Effort, Vindicates Critics
Opinion -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Research & Commentary: New Study Highlights Significant Impact of Shale Boom, Fracking Revolution in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A study from researchers at Miami University in Ohio—recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Energy Economics—provides new evidence that the hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as “fracking”) revolution over the last 18 years has had a significant impact on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. The researchers found that between 2007 and […] -
PRESS RELEASE: President Trump’s Embrace of Coal-powered Energy Is ‘the Right Thing for America’
Opinion -‘President Trump bringing back coal is the epitome of making America energy independent and dominant again.’ -
Reality Check: Towns and States Don’t Want Green Energy
Opinion -There is a rising tide of opposition to renewable energy from towns, cities, and states in the United States. -
Climate Change Weekly # 536 — Budget-Busting Climate Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act Must Go
Opinion -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Trump Truth Bombs ‘Green’ Energy (Five EOs)
Opinion -On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed five wide-ranging executive orders that radically change United States energy and climate policy. -
Climate Change Weekly #531 – Suggestions for the New Executive Agency Heads
Opinion -A study in Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed and modeled. -
Climate Change Weekly #530 – Are Net Zero’s Days Numbered?—Heartland Comes to Europe
Opinion -A study in Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed and modeled. -
Research & Commentary: Two New Reports Mirror EPA Findings of Significant Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions from the Oil and Gas Industry
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Two reports from oil and gas industry groups released in November detail the voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction efforts led by the industry and highlight the progress being made on that front. The annual progress report of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), a coalition of 12 of the world’s largest oil and […] -
Research & Commentary: New EPA Data Show 44 Percent Drop in Methane Emissions to Go Along with Record Oil and Gas Production
Publication -Research and Commentaries -New data released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that methane emissions at the nation’s largest oil and gas-producing basins are continuing to fall significantly, even with record-setting production. EPA has made available the 2023 data from its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), a program requiring the reporting of “greenhouse gas (GHG) data […] -
Climate Change Weekly #519: Climate Negotiations on Hold, Pending U.S. Elections
Opinion -No matter how big China’s economy has become, the United States is still the straw that stirs the drink on climate policy. -
Research & Commentary: New Report Shows Great Lakes States Could See Electricity Generation Shortfalls by 2027 Thanks to “Net Zero” Energy Plans
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A new report from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy details how “net zero” plans are threatening energy reliability for seven states in the Great Lakes region—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. “Net zero” refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere and the amount removed from […] -
Research & Commentary: Report Shows Oil & Gas Industries’ Emissions Continue to Fall as Production Increases
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The recently released annual report from The Environmental Partnership (TEP), a voluntary collective of oil and gas companies “committed to continuously improving the industry’s environmental performance,” details the serious progress the industry has made in emissions reductions, especially in reducing flare intensity. TEP describes its mission as “to continuously improve the industry’s environmental performance by […] -
Climate Change Weekly #516: Hunga Tonga Eruption Behind “Record” Warming
Opinion -I and other Heartland Institute scholars have written before about the bird, bat, and marine mammals that industrial wind is killing around the world. -
Climate Change Weekly #514: 🦇 Evidence Mounts that Green Tech Is Wiping Out Species 🐦
Opinion -I and other Heartland Institute scholars have written before about the bird, bat, and marine mammals that industrial wind is killing around the world. -
Climate Change Weekly #502: Climate Change Is Not Causing Inflation
Opinion -Climate change is not causing inflation. It can’t, because inflation is a product of monetary and fiscal policy, which climate has no control over. -
Climate Change Weekly #496: Proposed Climate Reporting Rule Is Foolish and Outside of SEC’s Mission, Study Shows
Opinion -The SEC's proposed climate accounting and disclosure rules fall well outside its legal mission to protect investors from fraud and the markets from insider trading and manipulation.
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