Clean Energy
If Sanders and Warren Think Climate Change Is an Emergency, Why Are They Against These Green Energy Reforms?
If climate change is an emergency that requires immediate action, it makes sense to streamline environmental reviews that tangle green energy projects in red tape.
The U.N. Tells the E.U. That Green Energy Goals Are Worth Freezing to Death Over
Europe is facing an energy crisis, but bureaucrats need to realize that long-term climate goals can be addressed without sacrificing the well-being of the population.
Does Climate Science Really Compel Us Toward Urgent Action?
Climate scientist Andrew Dessler of Texas A&M University defends urgent action on climate against scientist and author Steven Koonin.
When Sri Lanka Banned Synthetic Fertilizers, the Country Imploded
Green activists have some good points. But the pursuit of a chemical-free world hurts vulnerable people the most.
California Wants Everybody To Buy an Electric Car, but Its Own Energy Grid Can't Support It
Amid a heat wave, warnings were sent out not to recharge electric vehicles during peak hours.
The Biden Administration Is Taking From the Poor and Giving to the Rich
From student debt cancellation to green subsidies, the White House is giving handouts paid for by hardworking lower-wage Americans.
The Biggest Obstacle To Building Offshore Wind Farms Is Government
America gets about 42 megawatts of power from offshore wind. Another 18,000 megawatts are currently tied up in permitting battles.
In a Belated Outburst of Rationality, Germany Decides To Keep Three Nuclear Plants Open
Leaving the country dependent on Russian natural gas was not too smart.
Spain Bans A.C. Below 80 Degrees During Record-Setting Summer Heat
This stunt to save energy will do very little but make people sweat
How a Massachusetts Power Plant Illustrates America's Fraught Shift to Green Energy
Brayton Point was a coal-fired plant that tried to clean up its act. Protesters and politicians demanded its closure. A new offshore wind project won't be sufficient to replace it.
The Case for Tradeable Permits in Dead Birds
A push toward wind energy threatens to kill more eagles. Markets can help.
Europe's Energy Wounds Are Self-Inflicted
Unrealistic policy and dependency on fickle neighbors like Russia are no substitute for working power plants.
Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Rent Control, Arizona Alt Fuel, Ballot Access (Vol. 8)
Good intentions, bad results.
No One Wants Biden Anymore, Not Even Dems
Plus: The editors answer the question “How would you change the Constitution?”
'Green' Germany Prepares To Fire Up the Coal Furnaces
Strongly held wishes and pixie dust won’t deliver a green utopia.
Biden's Plan for Reducing Inflation Will Actually Make It Worse
The president's argument is amazing for its tone-deafness, inconsistent thinking, and sheer economic ignorance.
Fossil Fuels Save Lives
Over the last 100 years, we've seen a 98 percent decrease in climate-related deaths. You can thank fossil fuels.
Help Solve Climate Change through Deregulation
Well-intentioned regulation often constrains the development and deployment of clean technologies.
Germany's Failed Bid To Be the Global Climate Leader
Nuclear power wasn’t green enough for German leaders, so now they depend on energy from Russia.
Food Costs Likely To Rise as Farmers' Expenses Shoot Up
Bad policy and unpredictable nature are sending food prices through the roof.
The Fake Environmentalist Attack on Bitcoin
The cryptocurrency is spurring use of renewable energy even as it undermines existing economic, political, and cultural elites.
If Democrats Truly Wanted To Level the Playing Field, They'd End Crony Corporate Handouts
They give an edge to big companies that have no problems accessing capital and whose executives are often well-connected with politicians.
Biden's Green Agenda Meets Environmental Red Tape
A clean-energy future will require more than just spending money.
Biden Wants To 'Make America California.' Here's Why That's a Terrible Idea.
So many people are leaving the state that it will soon lose a congressional seat.
Biden's Manufacturing Plan Is $700 Billion Worth of Protectionism
Never let a good manufactured crisis go to waste
Biden's '100% Clean Energy Economy' Will Require Huge Trade-Offs
Campaign promises about green energy often obscure real-world constraints.
How California's Environmental Mandates Led to Blackouts
Critics say the state's dependence on solar and wind have made the power grid unreliable and overly expensive.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approves First Domestic Small Commercial Reactor
New nuclear reactors are important for clean power, but are hindered by intense regulatory schemes.
Good News for Birds (and Wind Power)
Something as simple as black paint may reduce avian mortalities from wind power.
Clean Free Market Policy Beats a Carbon Tax. Here's Why.
Clean technologies can compete (and win) if barriers to participation are removed.
The World Needs Innovators, Not Lectures From Teens, to Solve Climate Change
Finger-wagging won't overcome the collective action problems preventing action.
The Green New Deal Will Hit the Poor With Higher Energy Costs
"It's upside-down Robin Hood.”
Maryland's New 'Clean Energy' Bill Includes Millions in Subsidies for Pollution-Spewing Trash Incinerators and Paper Mills
The state treats burning trash as a renewable energy source worthy of taxpayer support.
Powering U.S. Using 100 Percent Renewable Energy Is a Total Fantasy
New research debunks a study claiming there's a low-cost way to power America using only wind, solar, and hydropower.
Obama: Clean Energy Future Is Irreversible and Will Outlast Trump
Still, it is always good to have some idea of what tradeoffs proposed policies would impose.
Trump Cannot Stop 'Irrevocable' Transition to Clean Energy, Say Activists: New at Reason
Trump will not stop 'irrevocable' transition to clean energy, say activists
Despite Trump, Is the Clean Energy Future Inevitable?
The momentum away from fossil fuels and toward renewables is 'undeniable and irresistible' assert activists.
Nuclear Power Subsidies Adopted by Illinois State Government
Subsidies for Everybody! Nukes evidently need subsidies to compete with renewable subsidies.
Energy Poverty Is Much Worse for the Poor Than Climate Change
Forcing poor people to forego economic development in order to prevent climate change is 'morally dubious'
Greens Against a Carbon Tax in Washington State
For some progressives it is more important to redistribute tax money than to save the climate.
No Such Thing As a Perfect Route for a Gas Pipeline
If America wants to wean off coal, it needs natural gas, and the pipelines that carry it.
Bill Gates Expects an 'Energy Miracle' in Next 15 Years
"World will discover a clean energy breakthrough that will save our planet and power our world."
The 'Climate Justice' Fantasy
The rough road to adopting a universal climate treaty at Paris in December
A War on Climate Change?
We are supposed trust government technocrats - what could possibly go wrong?
Obama's Clean Power Plan Would Reduce Global Warming by -0.015 Degree By 2100
A lot of pain for what gain?
