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45Q tax credit could help kill off power plants and reliable electricity

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45Q tax credit could help kill off power plants and reliable electricity

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 06/17/2025

The 45Q tax credit serves as an incentive for power plants and industrial facilities to invest in carbon capture and sequestration/storage.The Inflation Reduction Act…

Energy

CEI’s The Surge: Clean Power Plan repeal, CRA resolutions and more

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CEI’s The Surge: Clean Power Plan repeal, CRA resolutions and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 06/13/2025

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication and…

Energy and Environment

CEI’s The Surge: Expert testimony, Spanish blackout, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: Expert testimony, Spanish blackout, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 06/02/2025

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication and…

Energy and Environment

Eight energy policies that reduce competition and increase energy prices

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Eight energy policies that reduce competition and increase energy prices

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 05/29/2025

The US Department of Justice’s Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force was accepting comments from the public in part “seeking information about laws and regulations that…

Energy

CEI’s The Surge: CRA resolutions, IRA reform, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: CRA resolutions, IRA reform, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 05/20/2025

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication and…

Energy and Environment

Why IRA energy subsidies should be dismantled: A guide

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Why IRA energy subsidies should be dismantled: A guide

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo, Paige Lambermont
  • 05/12/2025

This article is intended to be a useful resource about the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) energy subsidies and is broken into three sections: The first…

Energy

CEI’s The Surge: California waivers, IRIS, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: California waivers, IRIS, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 05/02/2025

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication and…

Energy and Environment

Congress needs to repeal the Biden EPA and California attack on gas-powered cars

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Congress needs to repeal the Biden EPA and California attack on gas-powered cars

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 04/11/2025

The attack on gas-powered vehicles exists on multiple fronts, including through federal and state regulation.Regarding federal regulation, much of the attention has been focused on…

Energy and Environment

CEI’s The Surge: The EPA, WOTUS, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: The EPA, WOTUS, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 04/03/2025

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication and…

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Is the Solar for All program authorized?

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Is the Solar for All program authorized?

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 03/26/2025

In 2022, Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) without a single Republican vote in the House or Senate.One of the most controversial IRA…

Energy and Environment

Tossing gold bars off the Titanic is just the tip of the IRA iceberg

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Tossing gold bars off the Titanic is just the tip of the IRA iceberg

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 02/20/2025

The Biden Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rushed to dole out billions of taxpayer dollars before President Donald Trump took office. A former Biden EPA official…

Energy and Environment

What Trump has already done to advance sound energy policy

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What Trump has already done to advance sound energy policy

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 01/24/2025

President Donald Trump has wasted no time in seeking to undo the harm of President Joe Biden’s energy and environmental policy. Through his presidential actions,…

Energy and Environment

President Trump should revoke these 7 energy and environment executive orders

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President Trump should revoke these 7 energy and environment executive orders

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 01/17/2025

On Monday, President Donald Trump will begin his second term. He will be very busy in part because he needs to start undoing President Joe…

Energy and Environment

Congress needs to undo Biden’s sweeping attack on offshore drilling

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Congress needs to undo Biden’s sweeping attack on offshore drilling

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 01/06/2025

Today, President Joe Biden announced that he is blocking more than 625 million acres of US ocean from future offshore drilling. The two…

Energy

Kerry’s statements reflect the moral failings of climate extremism

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Kerry’s statements reflect the moral failings of climate extremism

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 12/06/2024

Last week, John Kerry told a Harvard audience how he thinks we need to address climate change: “We need to get people to…

Climate

Republicans shouldn’t do anything lame in the lame duck

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Republicans shouldn’t do anything lame in the lame duck

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 11/26/2024

Next year is looking good for Republicans at the federal level. Control of the House, Senate, and the White House is a recipe for legislative…

Energy and Environment

CEI’s The Surge: Nuclear Supreme Court case, the ADVANCE Act, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: Nuclear Supreme Court case, the ADVANCE Act, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 10/09/2024

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication and special…

Energy

CEI’s The Surge: HUD hiking housing costs, wind and solar subsidies, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: HUD hiking housing costs, wind and solar subsidies, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 09/18/2024

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Energy and Environment

CEI’s The Surge: <i>Loper Bright, </i>nuclear exports, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: Loper Bright, nuclear exports, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 08/05/2024

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Energy and Environment

Congress needs to restore representative government: A new legislative solution

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Congress needs to restore representative government: A new legislative solution

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 08/05/2024

BackgroundThere is significant momentum right now to help restore our nation’s republican form of government and ensure that Congress and not unelected agency officials make…

Energy and Environment

CEI’s The Surge: Carbon taxes, Chevron, nuclear bill becomes law, & more!

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CEI’s The Surge: Carbon taxes, Chevron, nuclear bill becomes law, & more!

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 07/23/2024

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication…

Energy and Environment

House Interior and Environment spending bill: Critical provisions and amendments

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House Interior and Environment spending bill: Critical provisions and amendments

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 07/23/2024

This week, the House is expected to take up the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8998). The…

Energy and Environment

Small group of House members introduce pro-tax, anti-energy bill

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Small group of House members introduce pro-tax, anti-energy bill

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 07/09/2024

The PROVE IT Act (S. 1863) is a pro-tax, anti-energy bill that, if passed, would lead to a carbon tax on imports…

Energy

AEA launches major campaign against the PROVE IT Act

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AEA launches major campaign against the PROVE IT Act

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 06/18/2024

Our friends at the American Energy Alliance (AEA) have launched an important digital campaign against the PROVE IT Act (S.1863).The PROVE IT…

Energy

The Surge: California train regulations, DOE lawsuits, and more

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The Surge: California train regulations, DOE lawsuits, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 06/18/2024

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Energy and Environment

The Surge: EPA’s new power plant rule, the PROVE IT Act, and more

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The Surge: EPA’s new power plant rule, the PROVE IT Act, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 06/11/2024

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Energy and Environment

Conservatives oppose the PROVE IT Act

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Conservatives oppose the PROVE IT Act

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 06/03/2024

How does a federal tax on every aspect of our lives sound? How about punishing energy use?It’s probably safe to say that most people think…

Energy

The Surge: Clean Power Plan 2.0 and more

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The Surge: Clean Power Plan 2.0 and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Patricia Patnode
  • 05/09/2024

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication…

Energy and Environment

Myths and facts about the PROVE IT Act

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Myths and facts about the PROVE IT Act

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 05/01/2024

Myth: Supporting the PROVE IT Act (S. 1863) does not mean support for carbon taxes.Fact: Many bill supporters readily acknowledge that it will…

Energy and Environment

Why policymakers should reject the PROVE IT Act: It’s a pro-tax, anti-energy bill

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Why policymakers should reject the PROVE IT Act: It’s a pro-tax, anti-energy bill

  • By: Daren Bakst
  • 04/30/2024

The PROVE IT Act (S. 1863) requires the collection and regular updating of the carbon intensity of domestic and foreign goods. It establishes the…

Energy and Environment

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