Business Roundtable Endorses Pricing Carbon
Business support for sensible climate policy appears to be growing.
Energy & Environment
What Should Libertarians Think About the Trump Administration's NEPA Reforms?
What is wrong with requiring government agencies to consider and disclose the likely environmental consequences of their actions?
Trump Administration's NEPA Reforms Take Effect
New regulations governing National Environmental Policy Act compliance are now the law of the land.
The World Is Doing Better Than Ever. Here's Why You Never Hear About It.
Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know documents progress and explains why it happens.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approves First Domestic Small Commercial Reactor
New nuclear reactors are important for clean power, but are hindered by intense regulatory schemes.
Ronald Bailey: The World Is Getting Cleaner, Richer, and Safer
Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know documents the immense, ongoing progress that politicians and media refuse to acknowledge.
California's Political Leaders Made Wildfire Season Worse
Firefighting resource shortages are caused by a legislature that is more interested in preserving union wages than in creating a firefighting system that works for the public.
Good News for Birds (and Wind Power)
Something as simple as black paint may reduce avian mortalities from wind power.
California Blackouts: It's Not Just the Heat, It's Also the Anti-Nuclear Power Stupidity
Activists oppose a huge source of reliable, climate-friendly electricity that could have prevented the rolling blackouts in the Golden State.
New Biotech Photosynthesis Hacks Would Boost Crop Yields by 50 Percent or More
Growing more food on less acreage means more land for nature.
The 'Insect Apocalypse' Has Been Canceled
At least in the United States, according to a new study
Los Angeles Will Shut Off People's Utilities For Hosting Parties, Not For Failing To Pay Their Utility Bills
Mayor Eric Garcetti's plan to shut off utility service to violators of bans on private gatherings poses grave civil liberties and due process concerns.
The Global Environmental Apocalypse Has Been Canceled
"Environmental humanism will eventually triumph over apocalyptic environmentalism."
Congress Considers Dueling Meat Bills To Meet Demand and Foster Food Resiliency
Three bills are on the table, but only one of them promises to unshackle small and independent ranchers.
Sweet Reason
Sweet Reason Beverage Co.'s marketing of the CBD content is so low-key as to make the chemical feel almost incidental.
Joe Biden's $2 Trillion Green New Deal Is Just a Worn-Out Democratic Jobs Program
The presidential candidate wraps old special-interest programs in green camouflage.
How Much Will the Planet Warm If Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Doubles?
A doubling of carbon dioxide all but guarantees warming of more than 2 degrees Celsius, says a new study.
Biden's New Green New Deal Is the Same as the Old Green New Deal
It's uncanny how solving climate change just happens to require the progressives' longstanding economic agenda.
Don't Put Too Much Faith in the Experts
“There is no such thing as expertise on the future.”
California's Energy Regulations Hurt the Poor, While 'Green' Subsidies Benefit the Rich
Incentive programs for electric cars and solar panels mostly benefit those who can afford those things, while regulations that drive up the cost of energy hurt those who can't afford much to begin with.
'Climate Change Is Real, But It's Not the End of the World': Michael Shellenberger
In his new book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All, Shellenberger argues that science doesn't support doomsayers' claims.
Michael Shellenberger: Environmental Alarmism Is Wrong and Harmful
The Apocalypse Never author documents that things are getting greener and makes a case for nuclear power.
What Explains the "Republican Reversal" on Environmental Protection?
A book review of "The Republican Reversal: Conservatives and the Environment from Nixon to Trump" by James Morton Turner and Andrew C. Isenberg
En Banc D.C. Circuit Delivers Big Win for Landowners
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejects a procedural trick used by FERC to avoid judicial review.
New York's Highest Court Upholds Taking of Private Property for Pipeline that Might Never Get Built
The 4-2 ruling is reminiscent of the federal Supreme Court's dubious decision in Kelo v. City of New London, which also upheld a condemnation for a project that turned out to be a dud.
Canada's Largest Province Grapples with Food Rules During COVID-19
Ontario has added new protections for agricultural workers and relaxed restaurant regulations.
Bayer Surrenders to Trial-Lawyer Extortion Over Bogus Glyphosate Weedkiller Cancer Claims
The chemical company has agreed to create a $10 billion settlement fund
Jersey City Is Growing Leafy Greens for $17 Per Pound to Give Away for 'Free'
The city will spend close to $1 million building vertical gardens to provide produce for its healthy eating programs.
China Is Not Coming Close To Meeting Its Import Goals Under the 'Phase One' Trade Deal
That's probably because those goals were always completely unrealistic. Less than six months after the deal was signed, it's already coming apart.
Does Global Trade Policy Discriminate Against Low-Carbon Industries?
A new study finds that trade policies around the world effectively subsidize high-carbon industries.
Is Record USDA Farm Aid Another Permanent 'Temporary Solution'?
Most of the money will go to the wealthiest agriculture businesses.
The WHO Is Right To Reject Calls To Ban So-Called 'Wet Markets'
Wet markets should be made safer, not driven underground.
Greta Thunberg Isn't a Coronavirus Expert
Electing celebrities won't fix what's wrong with American politics, and encouraging their performative antics won't either. CNN should do better.
To Stanch COVID-19 Meat Crisis, Let Small Farmers Sell Meat to Local Grocers
The ability of Americans to buy meat in grocery stores is at risk due to serious supply-chain issues caused by COVID-19.
Federal Red Tape Is Keeping Local Meat Processors From Helping Fix Our Supply Problem
A renewed push to pass the PRIME Act picks up steam as COVID-19 leaves us all asking “Where’s the beef?”
Supreme Court's Muddled Clean Water Act Ruling Threatens Property Rights and the Trump Administration's Deregulation Efforts
Federal clean water regulations are a confusing mess for property owners. The Supreme Court just made things worse.
Happy Earth Day! Simon Abundance Index Reports That Earth Is 570.9 Percent More Abundant in 2019 Than It Was in 1980.
An Earth Day 50 celebration of human ingenuity
Earth Day Turns 50
Half a century later, a look back at the forecasters who got the future wrong—and one who got it right
It's Possible To Cut Cropland Use in Half and Produce the Same Amount of Food, Says New Study
Restoring up to 2.2 million square miles to nature
OPEC and Russia Agree To Cut Oil Production To Boost Prices
U.S. and Canada are supposed to agree to cut 5 million barrels
New Wyoming Law Lets Local Ranchers Sell Cuts of Meat Directly to Consumers
Wyoming’s first-and-best-in-the-nation food freedom law just keeps getting better.
Your Recyclables Are Going to the Dump
Rising rates of contamination, among other problems, have left material processing facilities with no willing buyers.
Environmentalists Look on the Bright Side of COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has led to less air pollution...unless you count all the germs.
COVID-19 Immigration Restrictions Make Labor and Food Shortages a Real Possibility
We need to be careful, but we also need people to bring food from fields to our tables
