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.” [...]
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 January, 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 ‘Other reasons beyond price tarnish the EV spit shine, blinding many EV drum beaters’ The electric car market is cooling – in fact, many say it is downright chilly. “Electric vehicle sales have hit a tipping point,” [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel If I say the sky is purple and you say it’s blue, so I challenge you to prove it, what would you do? How do you prove something nobody has spent money studying because it’s never been questioned before? Are there [...]
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 Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Lawmakers still don’t get it – limiting energy sources causes high utility rates and energy shortages “Ten Senators led by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) released a letter calling on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to [...]
by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As appearing in the Daily Sentinel The Dutch electronic band Quadrophonia had a minor hit in the 1980s called “Wave of the Future” — hardly an original title. It was the name of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s 1940 book calling for appeasement with Hitler. Various magazines predicted that [...]
