Once an entity with powers limited to those enumerated in the Constitution, the federal government has become a Leviathan, a central practice of which is the legalized theft of private…
By Benjamin Zycher | February 9, 2022
News reports last month about a traffic accident involving former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger noted that he was driving a GMC Yukon, a full-size sport-utility vehicle that decidedly is not among the vehicle…
By Benjamin Zycher | February 3, 2022
The United States no longer leads the world in basic science. There is growing recognition of a gap in translational activities — the fruits of American research do not convert to economic…
By M. Anthony Mills | Ishan Sharma | Caleb Watney | Dan Correa | February 3, 2022
One year in, the Biden administration finds itself in an energy and climate bind. Its climate policies are a continuation of policies that President Obama adopted during a period of low energy…
By James W. Coleman | January 26, 2022
Sometimes you really do have to hit the mule between the eyes to get its attention. The mule of interest here is not a drug smuggler, but instead the Federal Energy Regulatory…
By Benjamin Zycher | January 26, 2022
With a new variant running rampant, an enormous wave of cases, hospitals under strain, mask mandates returning, states of emergency being redeclared, and schools reverting to virtual learning, it is…
By M. Anthony Mills | January 25, 2022
The international climate alarmist industry comprises a number of special interests. There are the activists, fundamentally anti-human and deeply disingenuous, demanding that billions of the global poor suffer and die in order that the planet be “saved.” There are…
By Benjamin Zycher | January 13, 2022
Editor’s Note: The coronavirus pandemic has brought onto the center stage of public debate our deep, although often unarticulated, disagreements about the nature of scientific knowledge and the authority of…
By M. Anthony Mills | Harry Collins | December 23, 2021
Having floated a possible export ban on crude oil as a trial balloon last month, the Biden administration earlier this week abandoned the idea, as opposition emerged quickly from Democrats in oil-producing districts. But the mere…
By Benjamin Zycher | December 16, 2021
Thursday’s first meeting between President Joe Biden, Canada’s Justin Trudeau and Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador was a missed opportunity for North American energy. The three face many shared challenges,…
By James W. Coleman | Guillermo J Garcia Sanchez | November 24, 2021
In an age of many irreconcilable partisan divisions, lawmakers on Capitol Hill have quietly come to agree on at least one thing: the federal government must do more to shore up American…
By M. Anthony Mills | November 18, 2021
Back in the old days, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission took its mandate seriously — specifically, to provide: Economically Efficient, Safe, Reliable, and Secure Energy for Consumers . . . at…
By Benjamin Zycher | November 18, 2021
As Washington considers increasing incentives for businesses moving to a clean-energy future, one of the big questions is: Will the “greening” of the economy result in more employment or less?…
By Benjamin Zycher | Marilyn A. Brown | Marc Hafstead | November 9, 2021
Fred Krupp gets everything wrong in “Methane and Other Climate Bargains” (op-ed, Nov. 2), his argument for sharp and “virtually cost-free” reductions in methane emissions. Using the EPA climate model,…
By Benjamin Zycher | November 5, 2021
Texas is at the center of a global energy crisis that is causing leaders around the world to warn of looming energy shortages. Texas relies on renewable energy backed by…
By James W. Coleman | Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez | October 29, 2021