In announcing plans to have Virginia reinstitute a carbon tax, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger makes no mention of global warming – the bogeyman usually called upon by supporters of such levies. That may be because the apocalyptic narrative that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) threaten to overheat the planet has become widely seen as […]
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The following is a guest article by Ronald Stein, Olivia Vaughan, and Steve Curtis. Political leaders are increasingly prioritizing affordability (without the need for subsidies) as a cornerstone of electricity policy. They are now recognizing that high costs burden households, stifle economic growth, and fuel public discontent in wealthier nations that are providing taxpayer subsidies
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When President Trump last May signed an executive order calling for deployment of 300 gigawatts (GW) of net new nuclear capacity by 2050, it had to come as a shock to those who just a few years earlier were plotting a very different energy future – one built on wind turbines and solar arrays, the
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What if the worst environmental problem wasn’t the one everyone is talking about? While Western elites sip fair-trade coffee and obsess over carbon footprints, the developing world drowns in a toxic soup of its own making – a crisis entirely distinct from the phantom menace of climate change. The real environmental emergency isn’t the modest warming
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As global corporations and governments increasingly shed ideologically driven policies that raise energy prices and undermine supply, governors in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic cling to counterproductive agendas of contradiction and equivocation. Programs that prioritize dubious environmental goals over economic growth and basic human needs have been losing support. In the U.S., the Trump administration promotes
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In the media world of mis-, dis-, and omitted information, the category of science stands front and center. One reason is the inordinate influence ideology has on the dissemination of science. Too often, partisan influences, whether intentional or not, affect science reporting by using selected facts and figures to support predetermined conclusions while excluding critical
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Across the Atlantic, a self-inflicted disaster is steadily unfolding. One of the United States’ closest allies, the United Kingdom, has surrendered energy riches and industrial prowess. This decline is not the result of any shortage of capital, technological capacity or natural resources. Instead, it is the consequence of an ideologically driven climate agenda that has
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Today, the Cornwall Alliance joined with a broad coalition of conservative organizations in sending an open letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin commending his leadership and urging continued reform at the Environmental Protection Agency. Administrator Zeldin’s actions—especially the reconsideration of the flawed 2009 endangerment finding and his push to restore sound science, proper risk assessment,
A recent memorandum of understanding between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith represents the inevitable reassertion of economic necessity over the fantasy of “decarbonization” that has gripped Ottawa for the past decade. Allowing for the construction of a pipeline to transport Albertan oil to a Pacific export terminal, the agreement prompted
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The dramatic arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro sent shock waves around the world. Yet nowhere was the reaction more negative – and more baffling – than in the European Union, where outrage swept through public discourse, a stark contrast to the generally positive reaction in the U.S. and elsewhere. Much of this anger was aimed at Donald Trump
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