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
The Methane Emissions Reduction Act of 2021 has been proposed as a “pay-for” – a source of revenue – in the reconciliation infrastructure package. It would impose a “fee” on…
By Benjamin Zycher | September 24, 2021
The sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) continues a long history of alarmist predictions with the deeply dubious statement that human-caused climate change has now become…
By Peter J. Wallison | Benjamin Zycher | September 20, 2021
Incoherence is nothing new in the Beltway, but it’s still quite something to see the Biden administration simultaneously pursue new constraints on U.S. production of fossil fuels as a central component…
By Benjamin Zycher | August 13, 2021
With the August recess imminent, the congressional Democrats are desperate to spend huge sums of other people’s money, and “infrastructure” is as useful a rhetorical vehicle for that purpose as any.…
By Benjamin Zycher | July 21, 2021
Supply and demand form the oldest and most powerful framework we have for analyzing price shifts for goods and services. Increase the cost of supplying a given good, and — presto!…
By Benjamin Zycher | July 13, 2021
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm late last month “suggested it is possible climate change led to the partial condominium collapse in Miami, FL,” adding that “we don’t know fully” if it did or…
By Benjamin Zycher | July 7, 2021
Some political targets are temporary, little more than props deployed in pursuit of a tactical advantage in the Beltway skirmish of the day. Others are permanent fixtures in the landscape, the…
By Benjamin Zycher | May 21, 2021
It is Earth Day, the central religious holiday of environmental fundamentalism, and the official theme this year is “Restore Our Earth™,” purporting to focus on natural processes, emerging green technologies,…
By Benjamin Zycher | April 22, 2021
The light at the end of the COVID tunnel is brightening, in substantial part as a result of the global inoculation effort, however slowly and unevenly. With this improving public-health outlook…
By Benjamin Zycher | April 15, 2021
Having suffered for decades from natural disasters, perverse federal policies, local mismanagement and much more, the people of Puerto Rico are in need of reforms in many dimensions, prominent among…
By Benjamin Zycher | March 29, 2021
Electric vehicles are all the rage, in particular among public officials who do not have to face voters. Not so much among consumers, who know their individual needs and strive to…
By Benjamin Zycher | March 1, 2021
The Supreme Court on January 19 heard oral arguments in a case (BP PLC v Mayor and City Council of Baltimore) that addresses an exceedingly narrow topic: whether or not the…
By Benjamin Zycher | January 23, 2021