House Transportation Bill Puts Pollution in the Fast Lane?
The all-out attack on U.S. environmental programs takes to the road. Back in the day the environment was a bipartisan issue with Republicans and Democrats together advancing an environmental agenda....
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U.S. Fuel Economy: Past, Present and Future
To make it to 50 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2025, we’ll have to put the pedal to the metal of improved fuel economy. OK, amidst the discussion of rising gas prices, we have some good news on the car...
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Nuclear Power: Our Government’s Got the Industry’s Back
Taxpayers could end up being on the hook for a very large bill. Subsidies have been very much on the minds of lawmakers of late. The Obama administration failed in its bid to get Congress to withdraw...
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Energy Efficiency: Gaining Traction or Spinning Its Wheels?
Congress, businesses, and consumers show an appetite for the proverbial low-hanging fruit. Remember the Brouhaha Over the Light-bulb Efficiency Standard? On December 19, 2007, the Energy Independence...
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Sea Level Rise, Melting Glaciers, and North Carolina Law
North Carolina legislators are in danger of being drowned by a rising sea of scorn. The State of North Carolina has got a good deal of attention of late for its apparent desire to mandate how much sea...
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Carbon Emissions Regulations: A Hemline Debate?
No tinkering with the “tailoring” rule — the policy designed to exempt small emitters from new requirements for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency’s tailoring rule...
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NC Sea Level Rise Bill Rises to the Status of Law
North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue lets controversial bill stand. Why? “Because it allows local governments to use their own scientific studies to define rates of sea level change,” she said. I...
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On trying to catch the wind energy?
Updated 9/20/2012 A lack of wind won’t stall our future renewable energy economy, but Congress might. Debunking the myths that take the wind out of wind energy’s sails Wind has its downsides. It’s...
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Fun Facts: Air pollution costs vs. campaign costs
In which we do a little cost-benefit analyzing of some spending matters. (All numbers below are estimates.) Cost of Clean Air Act (CAA) 1970–1990: $523 billion Benefits of CAA 1970–1990: $6-$50...
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John Sununu: We don’t need no stinkin’ energy policy
History suggests he’s wrong. Republican John E. Sununu represented New Hampshire in both the U.S. House and Senate before being defeated in his re-election bid for senator in 2008. His tenure in...
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