By Robert Bradley Jr. MasterResource “Generally, I’d like to be remembered for helping to form a better connection and awareness between innovation and free markets and the tremendous improvements modern energy brings to people. That’s the essence of my progressive nature, so maybe I haven’t strayed to far from my early liberal bent, just on [...]
By Julian Hattem The Hill A group of conservative and environmental organizations is suing the National Security Agency (NSA) in order to obtain records about top officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... However, along with the Free Market Environmental Law Clinic and the Energy and Environment Legal Institute, the conservative group claims that the [...]
By Robert Bradley Jr. MasterResource “I view my 40+ year career as progressions on a common theme; understanding (and promoting) the role of free markets and technology innovation one to the other, both to improve humankind’s’ lot.” MasterResource from time to time conducts interviews with leading free-market scholars (see Ken Green here). This two-part interview with Tom [...]
James M. Taylor Managing Editor of Environment & Climate News As Appearing in Heartland Institute's heartlander magazine The Chris Christie administration broke ranks with prominent Republicans and moderate Democrats by endorsing the Obama administration’s attack on affordable energy, with a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection spokesman saying the Department and the Christie administration welcomed [...]
by Steven Greenhut Human Events SACRAMENTO — Environmentalists are gleeful at the news reported last week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration that the amount of recoverable oil from California’s Monterey Shale formation — predicted to be the nation’s largest reserve of oil — is a whopping 96-percent below original production estimates. In response, more than 100 environmental groups signed [...]
The Denver Post Editorial Board Green energy proponents scored a big win recently when a federal judge dismissed a challenge to Colorado's renewable energy standard. However, the fight over clean power generation requirements is far from over. This case is one of many attacks on renewable energy mandates playing out around the country. And even though the [...]
by Craig Richardson Executive Director, E&E Legal The U.S. District Court for Colorado on May 9 cleared the path for appellate review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit whether Colorado can force renewable energy producers in other states to meet Colorado regulations. The District Court decision is in stark contrast to a decision [...]
David Schraub, Covington & Burling LLP The National Law Review A Colorado federal district court Friday rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s renewable energy portfolio law, concluding that it did not impose animpermissible burden on interstate commerce. Thirty states and the District of Columbia have enacted renewable portfolio standards, which typically require that a specified percentage of energy [...]
by Bryan Leyland energybiz Wind power has been around for thousands of years. More than 300 years ago large areas of Holland and the Fens in the UK were drained using wind driven pumps. Because they were expensive to build and operate and the wind often did not blow when it was needed, they were [...]
by David McAfee Law350 Law360, Los Angeles (May 09, 2014, 8:10 PM ET) -- A Colorado federal judge on Friday rejected the plaintiffs’ bid for a declaration that Colorado’s Renewable Energy Standard statute, which requires the state’s utility companies to obtain more electricity from renewable sources, is unconstitutional, saying the plaintiffs failed to show that [...]
