Biden's Manufacturing Plan Is $700 Billion Worth of Protectionism
Never let a good manufactured crisis go to waste
Never let a good manufactured crisis go to waste
Campaign promises about green energy often obscure real-world constraints.
Critics say the state's dependence on solar and wind have made the power grid unreliable and overly expensive.
New nuclear reactors are important for clean power, but are hindered by intense regulatory schemes.
Something as simple as black paint may reduce avian mortalities from wind power.
Clean technologies can compete (and win) if barriers to participation are removed.
Finger-wagging won't overcome the collective action problems preventing action.
"It's upside-down Robin Hood.”
The state treats burning trash as a renewable energy source worthy of taxpayer support.
New research debunks a study claiming there's a low-cost way to power America using only wind, solar, and hydropower.
Still, it is always good to have some idea of what tradeoffs proposed policies would impose.
Trump will not stop 'irrevocable' transition to clean energy, say activists
The momentum away from fossil fuels and toward renewables is 'undeniable and irresistible' assert activists.
Subsidies for Everybody! Nukes evidently need subsidies to compete with renewable subsidies.
Forcing poor people to forego economic development in order to prevent climate change is 'morally dubious'
For some progressives it is more important to redistribute tax money than to save the climate.
If America wants to wean off coal, it needs natural gas, and the pipelines that carry it.
"World will discover a clean energy breakthrough that will save our planet and power our world."
The rough road to adopting a universal climate treaty at Paris in December
We are supposed trust government technocrats - what could possibly go wrong?
A lot of pain for what gain?
According to Nobel economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz
From fighting with Berkeley city government to a $5 million green-tech company
Smart unsubsidized private investments in renewable power resources might increase the energy independence of the United States
America's renewables policy is bad for consumers, the environment, and the global poor.
Nearly half the people who received government-funded training were unable to find work
Another rousing success for industrial policy
City wants to transition away by 2025
Americans may be "evolving" on many fronts, but the issue of energy is less open to emotional appeals.
It turns out that stupid business models are stupid everywhere
Wants $2 billion over the next 10 years for the Energy Security Trust
Largest Clean Air Act settlement in state's history
Lots of electricity is required, but it seems promising
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