The Trump administration’s move to roll back Obama-era regulations on methane leakage will not only harm the environment — they will do nothing to boost American energy production and will produce negligible savings for industry, while rewarding companies that defied the rules, according […]
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WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES: Janus breaks power of govt. unions & more
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor As Congress lurches towards their summer recess and Americans look forward to celebrating our freedom on the 4th of July, the Democrat Presidential Candidates gathered in Florida to compete in debate contests of bad ideas and foolish behavior. Meanwhile, free market conservatives continue to work on legislation, […]
Rather Than “Green New Deal,” How About A “Green Real Deal?”
Calls for a sweeping “Green New Deal,” costing a mere $93 trillion, naturally give fiscally responsible sorts the willies and should be a sobering prospect to anyone who happens to remember that we are stone cold broke. However, how about a Green “Real Deal,” involving a more limited set of public-private works, undertaken […]
Innovating for a cleaner environment
By Jasson Urbach, TES Contributor Humans today, almost everywhere on earth, enjoy lives and livelihoods better than those of their parents and grandparents thanks to fossil fuels. Aside from the car you drive or the bus you may ride to work, look around and see the thousands of everyday items we take […]
RARE EARTHS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING: How the U.S. can break China’s metal grip to foster innovation
By Larry Reaugh, CEO of American Manganese The U.S.-China trade wars took a turn last week into new and worrisome territory, as China unofficially floated the threat of cutting off rare earths exports to the U.S. The elements – unknown to most people but present in nearly every tech gadget […]
Bringing science back to environmental protection
Unlike the fever swamp of politics, science has a nice way of looping in things like facts and evidence on occasion, which is great because it makes it easier for people to analyze and understand what is going on, maybe sometimes at least. On that note the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken a big […]
Canceling Death Tax Could Help Save Forests
Yes, you read that correctly: abolishing U.S. federal estate tax, commonly derided as the “death tax,” would help preserve large amounts of privately owned forest in the U.S., according to an intriguing piece by Ross Marchand in Real Clear Policy. Death tax currently stands at 40% of the value of the […]
Net Deforestation Nearing Zero
One of the most charming qualities of trees is their ability to absorb atmospheric CO2, and the loss of large tracts of forested land is widely imagined as a contributing factor to global warming. Except it’s just not true, as Alexander Hammond points out in Human Progress, noting that environmental activists’ claims about […]
Which is Worse: California’s Legal Activism or WHO’s Bad Science?
By Richard Tren, TES Contributor When it comes to innovation, particularly in the technology field, California has long been a leader, home to so many innovative companies that come up with services and products that make all of our lives better. California is also innovative when it comes to environmental trends, however […]
BAD PASSENGERS: UK, Sweden Take Aim At Air Travel Mobility
For many years increased mobility was touted as one of the benefits of economic development as well as one of its main drivers, reflecting a virtuous cycle connecting the movement of labor and goods with rising prosperity. Now, however, mobility is viewed as anything but virtuous due to all-important environmental concerns. As in all […]