by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘Californians cannot simply get rid of their current vehicle and run out and buy an $80,000 EV’ While Governor Gavin Newsom calls those who oppose his electric vehicle mandate to outlaw gas-powered cars by 2035 “big polluters” [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe EPA Chief Zeldin moves to kill off California regulation waivers EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin just sent California’s vehicle emissions waiver request to Congress for review. This is big and kills California Governor Gavin Newsom’s ban on gas-powered [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe …and to improve the power grid The Biden-Harris administration will provide a stunning $15 billion bailout “loan” to Pacific Gas & Electric “to support the utility’s efforts to combat climate change and improve the power grid.” Climate [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe California’s planned power outages are the new normal Over the weekend, California utility company Pacific, Gas and Electric shut off power in 12 counties as a countermeasure to ‘wind spikes and fears of wildfires. This is a [...]
On September 19, 2024, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) joined nearly 30 other free-market-oriented organizations in an American Energy Association (AEA)-led effort to send a letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives supporting a resolution disapproving the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) tailpipe emissions rule. As the letter notes: This rule [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel Atlantic writer Mateo Wong gushes about “a group of people in a red Tesla driving through the Moroccan desert,” when one exclaims, “Two million, Hans!” Apparently, the 2014 Model S became the first electric car to drive 2 million kilometers, or [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel At a recent Cato Institute conference, Elon Musk spoke about “regulatory gridlock” and a system in which “It’s basically illegal to build big projects.” He called for sunsetting numerous (unspecified) regulations, then concluded with this gem: “Every regulation should be accompanied [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel At the end of the classic, “The Wizard of Oz,” when Dorothy asks Glinda for help getting home, the good witch of the north says, “You don’t need to be helped any longer. You’ve always had the power.” This week I [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel In 2006, Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking said, “Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster such as sudden global warming…” and suggested colonizing other planets to ensure the survival of the human species. Some [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel California recently adopted a zero-emission requirement for all railroad locomotives in the state by 2030, which many critics are saying could cripple the nation’s freight rail network. That’s because California doesn’t have its own separate fleet of locomotives. So to keep [...]
