Joe Biden Wants To Spend Trillions on Infrastructure. His Environmental Reforms Ensure He'll Have To.
The White House is undoing changes to the National Environmental Policy Act that were supposed to speed up the delivery of infrastructure projects.
Renewable energy
Biden's Green Agenda Meets Environmental Red Tape
A clean-energy future will require more than just spending money.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Will Face Recall Vote
Secretary of State’s office verifies his opponents have gathered enough valid signatures.
Renewable Energy Is Not the Chief Cause of Texas' Power Outages
The vast majority of the shortfall is from failures at fossil fuel-powered plants.
Biden's '100% Clean Energy Economy' Will Require Huge Trade-Offs
Campaign promises about green energy often obscure real-world constraints.
Solar and Wind Power Struggle as California Faces Blackouts
The state's electricity grid operators warned in 2019 that power shortages might become increasingly common when heat waves hit in the coming years.
Is 'King Solar' Now the Cheapest Electricity Source Ever?
Yes, and it's only going to get cheaper.
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.
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.
The Global Environmental Apocalypse Has Been Canceled
"Environmental humanism will eventually triumph over apocalyptic environmentalism."
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.
'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.
Peak Carbon Emissions?
Emissions reductions in rich countries are being offset by increases in developing countries.
Congress' Budget Deal Kills Solar Industry Tax Credits
The solar industry has benefited from "temporary" tax credits for decades. These might finally be allowed to lapse.
'Temporary' Solar Tax Credits Have Persisted For Decades. Now Senate Dems Can't Let Them Go.
There's nothing more permanent than a temporary solar investment tax credit.
What If a Border Wall Paid for Itself? (And Helped Address Environmental Problems Too)
An interesting proposal for an energy-water corridor along the U.S.-Mexico border that might even pay for itself.
Union of Concerned Scientists For Nukes!
Activist group finally recognizes that it can't achieve its energy and climate goals without nuclear power.
How Big of a Deal Is an Extra Half Degree of Global Warming?
New report declares world must be off fossil fuels entirely by 2050.
California Mandates 100 Percent Renewable Energy By 2045
The state's top-down approach to energy issues will only raise rates on consumers.
Germany Flops on Climate Change Goals
Germany won't be able to meet the goal of cutting emissions by 20 percent before 2020. But the attempt caused residential energy prices to double.
More Wind and Solar Power Perversely Locks In Fossil Fuel Generation
Skip renewables for zero-carbon electricity and go directly to nuclear
Climate Activist Bill McKibben's 3-Step Plan to Eliminate Fossil Fuels
If renewables are as cheap as he thinks, then Steps 2 and 3 are superfluous.
Tax Reform Fight Shows Why Subsidies Never Die
The House wanted to scale back an expensive wind energy subsidy, but the Senate prefers to preserve the status quo.
A Professor Whose Renewable Energy Claims Are Challenged Sues For Libel
Is there no more room for scientific skepticism and debate?
Energy Secretary Rick Perry Orders Regulators to Figure Out How to Keep Renewables from Crashing the Electric Power Grid
New energy market distortions to fix old energy market distortions
In Australia, as Renewables Surge the Price of Electricity Doubles
Activist happy talk that transitioning to renewables will be cheap is entirely specious.
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.
Taxpayer Weaned SolarWorld Comes to an End
U.S. taxpayers lavished over $100 million in government aid on the now insolvent SolarWorld.
The Coming German Energy Crisis
An overcommitment to renewables has already had negative consequences.
Another Taxpayer-Funded Cleantech Company Goes Bankrupt
Aquion Energy files for Chapter 11. Will Tesla's Gigafactory be next?
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'
Ending Energy Poverty vs. Climate Change Mitigation: New at Reason
Ending energy poverty should be prioritized over efforts to prevent climate change
Trump and the Climate Activist Freakout
Whistling past the graveyard by climate activists at Morocco climate conference
New Proposed Nevada Solar Power Plant Would Cost Six Times More Than the Hoover Dam
While supposedly delivering about the same amount of electricity.
Oregon Wastes Millions on Renewable Energy, New Audit Reveals
An external audit finds rampant mismanagement of the state's now-shuttered Business Energy Tax Credit program.
The Unintended Climate Consequences of Biofuels Mandates: New at Reason
The U.S. renewable fuels standard backfires
Solar and Wind Power Won't Work Without Natural Gas as a Back-Up, Says New Study
To be against fracking is to be against renewable energy.
Will Environmentalists Force California to Choose "Dirty" Energy Over Clean Nuclear?
Closing the state's last nuclear power plant is anti-environmental and just plain stupid.
Cruz's Victory Is a Welcome Sign That the End Is Near for Corny Crony Capitalism
The Texas senator is the first presidential candidate to win in Iowa while opposing federal support for ethanol.
Corny Crony Capitalism in Iowa
Cruz and Paul stand on principle against the federal ethanol mandate while all the other candidates pander.
Paris Climate Change Conference
Paris Climate Warriors in a Good Mood
Second Dispatch: Also they believe that global warming a is huge business opportunity.
Paris Climate Change Conference
Environmentalists Need to Get Real: The Nuclear Power Solution to Climate Change
Opposing nuclear power is not climate friendly
Paris Climate Change Conference
Paris Climate Conference Greenhouse Gas Cuts: Almost No Impact on Global Warming
Plenty of economic pain for a likely reduction in global temperature rise of about -0.17°C in 2100
