The Biden administration’s move to stop approving liquefied natural gas exports is a breathtaking decision to exacerbate climate change and air pollution, betray our allies, and kill clean energy investment. It is a rare, lose-lose…
By James W. Coleman | February 13, 2024
Say what you will about the myriad confusions and inconsistencies characterizing the overall Biden administration policy agenda, both foreign and domestic, it nonetheless is fair to describe its climate agenda as single-minded, particularly in the context…
By Benjamin Zycher | February 12, 2024
Mr. Verret argues that Never Trumpers should vote for Mr. Trump because Mr. Trump “is the only alternative to” Mr. Biden’s leftist policies. Most of Mr. Biden’s policies have been…
By Benjamin Zycher | January 29, 2024
Should you doubt the magnitude of the Biden administration’s ideological crusade against fossil fuels, merely consider the recent reports that the Department of Energy is considering the addition of a “climate test”…
By Benjamin Zycher | January 25, 2024
Since early December, the end of my 20-year career teaching at Harvard has been the subject of articles, op-eds, tweets from a billionaire, and even a congressional hearing. I have become a poster child…
By Carole Hooven | January 17, 2024
“Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.” This timeless wisdom was articulated by Edmund Burke, a famous philosopher, member of the House of Commons…
By Benjamin Zycher | January 17, 2024
The Covid-19 pandemic was a disaster. Over a million Americans died—many in isolation in hospitals and nursing homes, far from their friends and family—and millions more became seriously sick, lost…
By Brian J. Miller | M. Anthony Mills | November 6, 2023
A carbon tax is considered by most economists to be the most efficient and effective way to reduce carbon emissions. However, a long-standing political challenge to a carbon tax is…
By Kyle Pomerleau | Shuting Pomerleau | October 23, 2023
Dr. Mandy Cohen has been on a national tour. The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, she aims to rebuild trust in that troubled agency at a moment…
By M. Anthony Mills | October 4, 2023
While Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has withdrawn his own permitting bill, it is expected to surface again as Congress turns to permitting reforms to make it easier to build the necessary infrastructure for…
By James W. Coleman | September 30, 2022
A Biden administration official whose job is to ensure the “integrity” of government science has an integrity problem of her own. Last month the National Academy of Sciences suspended environmental…
By M. Anthony Mills | Ian R. Banks | September 26, 2022
Will the CHIPS and Science Act be an inflection point for the U.S. scientific enterprise? The often overlooked “science” portion of the new bill is the culmination of one of…
By M. Anthony Mills | Ian R. Banks | August 11, 2022
After two years of controversy and turmoil, President Biden’s federal science agenda finally may be getting back on track. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation just voted to advance the…
By M. Anthony Mills | Ian R. Banks | July 29, 2022
“Look at my eyes. I guarantee you: we’re going to end fossil fuels.” That was President Biden’s dramatic 2020 campaign promise. On his first day as president he began to…
By James W. Coleman | June 21, 2022
American consumers are still suffering from record gasoline prices as the summer driving season kicks off. President Biden recently proclaimed that these prices were driving an “incredible transition” that will…
By James W. Coleman | June 8, 2022