by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Everything, every living mollusk, crawdad, turtle, fish, insect in and along the river is DEAD!’ In 2018, plans were released to destroy the Klamath River dam system by American Rivers, an environmental non-profit which claims “up to [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Stuck-on-Stupid climate change nonsense is escalating cost of utility bills California is falling apart. We are witnessing the demise of the Golden State in every patently absurd bill introduced in the Legislature, every new regulation imposed, every [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘They purposefully made a disaster and are leaving taxpayers and the locals to clean up their mess’ The removal of dams along the Klamath River in Siskiyou County, Northern California was sold as necessary to save salmon [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Southerners have enjoyed shrimp and grits for generations, New Englanders have their clam chowder, Marylanders their crab cakes, and Cajuns their crawfish etouffee. Oysters Rockefeller is a century-old tradition, while calamari, sushi, and ceviche are more of an acquired taste, but [...]
by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal Director of Science and Technology Assessment As Appearing in the California Globe California’s transition from traditional generation to renewable energy will cost in excess of $3 trillion The U.S. National Academy of Engineering has named construction of the vast U.S. electric power grid the 20th century’s most important achievement. From [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Enforcing litter laws would go much further to helping the environment Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. We hear this daily and see those orders nearly everywhere. Paper or plastic? Separate out your wet garbage and put it in another [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel There is a line in “The Music Man,” just after Harold Hill steps off the train, when he asks a local man on the street, “What do you folks do around here for excitement?” The stranger responds curtly, “Mind our business.” [...]
by James Murphy The New American The ESG (environment, social, corporate governance) investment concept has become quite toxic politically, mainly due to its corporate arm-twisting in favor of leftist “woke” policies and strict adherence to a “climate friendly” agenda. Because of this, at least one teacher of economics is suggesting a rebrand of the concept [...]
by Jackson Walker The National Desk as Appearing on CBS-Austin WASHINGTON (TND) — After picking up an endorsement from the United Auto Workers (UAW) union Wednesday, several key industry figures spoke out against President Joe Biden over his insistence on pushing electric vehicles. President Biden in 2023 sided with UAW as it fought with major [...]
On January 16, 2024, E&E Legal joined approximately 40 other free-market groups in releasing a coalition letter to Congress opposing the “PROVE IT Act," which covertly lays the groundwork for a carbon tax. As the letter notes: [T]he undersigned organizations want to express strong opposition to carbon tariffs and the PROVE IT Act. This legislation [...]
