by Amy Harder
Axios
“Top American civil rights activists are opposing an abrupt move away from natural gas, putting them at odds with environmentalists and progressive Democrats who want to ban fracking,” according to Amy Harder of Axios.
“Exclusive: Civil rights leaders oppose swift move off natural gas” Read Full Article »
American Energy Alliance
“The American Energy Alliance welcomed the final Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule released by the White House today noting that clear auto fuel efficiency standards can benefit a majority of consumers and automakers simultaneously. Contrary to claims that this final rule has been rushed out in a time of crisis, the rule is the culmination of a several years long joint process from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and it is required by the law.”
“President Trump’s Fuel Economy Rule a Win for Consumers and Automakers” Read Full Article »
The Detroit News
“The White House finalized its plan to roll back stringent gas-mileage rules enacted by the Obama administration on Tuesday, capping off a three-year fight between the Trump administration and environmentalists in Washington. The plan calls for reducing the required annual fleetwide average mpg increases for carmakers for model years 2021-2026 — from the original 5% that would have required, to a less-stringent 1.5%,” according to The Detroit News.
Institute for Energy Research
“Big Green, Inc. is a project of the Institute for Energy Research that demonstrates money’s influence on energy policy in the United States. The map highlights a group of foundations that spend billions of dollars supporting aggressive climate litigation, the promotion of uneconomic renewable energy sources, and overburdening regulations,” according to the Institute for Energy Research.
Institute for Energy Research
“Solar power is not always beneficial, particularly in certain northern U.S. states where solar irradiance is not the best. In Minnesota the capacity factor of solar fell to 5.6 percent in December 2018, the time of year when it is darkest and cold weather begins to set in. Solar power loses its performance value due to shorter days in winter, snowfall reflecting light, and the expense of removing snow from solar panels. Some states are losing interest in solar power due to environmental concerns when forests need to be cleared and hilltops leveled to make room for solar panels. It appears that as more is learned about solar energy, more questions are being generated, even when electricity from solar panels …
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Institute for Energy Research
“New York’s belief that solar and wind power are ‘clean and renewable’ is false. Fossil fuels, on the other hand, are readily accessible right here in America, affordable, and have much smaller environmental footprints than the renewable energy that environmentalists and many states are promoting,” according to the Institute for Energy Research.
“For New York, Coal Is Out and Renewables Are In” Read Full Article »
by Bonner R. Cohen
The Heartland Institute
“Production of crude oil on federally managed lands and waters reached a record high of 1 billion barrels in 2019, according to figures released by the U.S. Interior Department in February, ” according to The Heartland Institute.
“OIL PRODUCTION ON FEDERAL LANDS REACHES RECORD HIGH” Read Full Article »
by Kevin Mooney
Washington Examiner
“The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, along with Democratic Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, is making every effort to ‘slip extensions for expired tax giveaways and Green New Deal policies into the current funding package meant to stabilize the economy and aid Americans suffering from the coronavirus,” according to a press release from the American Energy Alliance.
“Democrats try to slip environmental schemes into coronavirus legislation” Read Full Article »
by Duggan Flanakin
The Heartland Institute
“Citing an impending “climate crisis,” Maine state Sen. Eloise Vitelli introduced as emergency legislation a bill setting a goal for the state Department of Education to transition the school bus fleet to 100 percent electric buses by 2040,” according to The Heartland Institute.
“MAINE LAWMAKERS PUSH FOR EXPENSIVE ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS PURCHASES” Read Full Article »
By Duggan Flanakin
The Heartland Institute
“Federal courts have ordered the Trump administration to impose energy efficiency standard upgrades for four set of appliances first proposed under the Obama Administration,” according to The Heartland Institute.
“COURT ORDERS U.S. ENERGY DEPARTMENT TO SET EFFICIENCY STANDARDS” Read Full Article »
by Salena Zito
Washington Examiner
CANONSBURG, Pennsylvania — “After years of ideologues and elites using the natural gas industry as a punching bag for politics and climate change activism, Nick DeIuliis, the CEO of CNX Resources, one of the largest natural gas producers in Western Pennsylvania, has had enough, according to the Washington Examiner. “In remarks at a Rotary Club speech at the storied William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh last week, the blue-collar man who earned degrees in engineering and law, and his job at the top, decided to speak out to defend an industry that has become a regional economic game-changer.”
“In Pennsylvania, natural gas industry prepares for battle” Read Full Article »
by Daniel Turner and Kent Lassman
Power the Future, Competitive Enterprise Institute and Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty
The Green New Deal could cost households in 11 states “long green” —$70,000 in just the first year according to a study by Poweer the Future and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. The eleven states analyzed in the study are Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
by Bonner R. Cohen
The Heartland Institute
“Tucson Electric Power requested the Arizona Regulators allow it to by add $7.61 to home customers’ monthly electricity bill beginning in May 2020, to pay for new renewable power supplies, having helped close an inexpensive coal power plant in late 2019,” according to The Heartland Institute’s Bonner Cohen.
“ARIZONANS FACE STIFF RATE HIKES AS UTILITIES SWITCH TO RENEWABLES” Read Full Article »
The Christian Science Monitor
Trump administration shrinks monuments to develop America’s energy.
“Trump shrinks Utah’s national monuments to allow mining” Read Full Article »
CFACT
CFACT reports that Harvard University scientists have found that wind turbines warm the atmosphere by slowing down wind currents.
“Harvard study finds wind turbines warm the U.S.” Read Full Article »
by Nicolas Loris
The Heritage Foundation
“By shrinking our economy by potentially tens of trillions of dollars, the Green New Deal will cause lower levels of prosperity and fewer resources to deal with whatever environmental challenges come our way. That’s a bad deal for our economy and our environment,” according to Nicolas Loris, Deputy Director of The Heritage Foundation’s Thomas A. Roe Institute.
“It’s Not Just About Cost. The Green New Deal Is Bad Environmental Policy, Too” Read Full Article »