by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel French novelist Emile Souvestre famously wrote in 1848 that “There is something more powerful than strength, than courage, than genius itself: it is the idea whose time has come.” It was later paraphrased by Victor Hugo, often quoted as, “More powerful [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Newsom left out the part California’s highest-in-the-nation gas taxes play in California’s highest-in-the-nation gas prices Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California Energy Commission regulators announced in early August proposed government controls of the petroleum industry, ostensibly in order to [...]
E&E Legal, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), the Heartland Institute, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), the International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC), and Truth in Energy and Climate released another version of "Climate Fact Check," this time for August 2024. The edition highlights sensationalized stories about the climate, which is typical for the corporate media [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe ‘We are literally choking our planet with plastic waste’ After forcing California grocery shoppers into “reusable” plastic bags at .10 cents a piece, flighty lawmakers have voted to ban them outright. California lawmakers have voted to do [...]
by Steven Nelson and Ryan King New York Post WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump touted plans Thursday to reduce electricity costs by quickly approving the construction of new power plants and spurring the deployment of small modular reactors for nuclear energy — saying it would unleash an economic boom. Trump, 78, said that more electricity would [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Desperate for attention, Gov. Newsom threatening special legislative session on his oil and gas controls Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California Energy Commission regulators announced earlier this month proposed government controls of the petroleum industry, ostensibly in order to [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel They’re getting old now, but I still know people who lament the urban sprawl they think ruined Denver. They miss sleepy little towns that used to be miles away from Denver and have completely separate identities — places like Parker, Golden [...]
by Steven Nelson and Ryan King New York Post WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump touted plans Thursday to reduce electricity costs by quickly approving the construction of new power plants and spurring the deployment of small modular reactors for nuclear energy — saying it would unleash an economic boom. Trump, 78, said that more electricity would [...]
by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder As appearing in the New York Post One word that should have been uttered quite a bit during last week’s Democratic National Convention — “climate,” a top issue for much of the party’s base — was pretty much missing in action. If you’re wondering [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The U.S. government paid $55 million for the entire West. That’s less than a sixth of the annual budget of Grand Junction. In five separate treaties, the U.S. acquired the whole country from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. The [...]
