The Open Market Blog

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 06/13/2007

Last week (June 7, 2007), a panel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) and Subcommittee Chair…

Energy and Environment

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 06/13/2007

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has published a report examining six scenarios under which the Golden State might implement AB 32, the “California Global Warming Solutions…

Energy and Environment

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 05/01/2007

CEI is not the habit of praising Elliott Spitzer. Indeed, Spitzer won the number three spot in CEI’s report on the Top Ten Worst…

Energy and Environment

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 04/18/2007

Eleven former generals have just published a report warning that global warming poses a "serious threat" to U.S. national security" via increased severity…

Energy and Environment

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 04/17/2007

Ethanolics never tire of telling us that the current ethanol mandate, President Bush's 20/10 program (requiring 20% or 35 billion gallons of the nation's motor…

Energy and Environment

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 04/02/2007

A recent column (which came to my attention through Google news alerts) repackages stale alarums as news. The claim that global warming is killing Caribbean…

Energy and Environment

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 03/27/2007

The Kyoto crowd crowed when the Senate, on June 22, 2005, voted 54-43 in favor of a Sense of the Senate resolution on climate…

Energy and Environment

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 03/27/2007

Capitol Hill is on a global warming hearing binge. Al Gore made the big splash in terms of media coverage, but several recent testimonies merit…

Energy and Environment

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 03/21/2007

Asserting that the planet has a “fever” and asking parents whether they would listen to the doctor if their child had a fever is an…

Energy and Environment

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 03/21/2007

At a joint hearing of two House committees (Energy and Commerce, Science), Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) has raised two parliamentary points of order. First, why…

Energy and Environment

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 01/09/2007

Gov. Schwarzenegger is expected today to order California's petroleum refiners and gasoline sellers to reduce the carbon content of the fuels they sell by 10%.

Energy and Environment

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 12/07/2006

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts continuing strong demand for fossil energy. EIA’s just-released Annual Energy Outlook 2007 states: “Despite the projected rapid growth of…

Energy and Environment

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 11/15/2006

Today’s Washington Post carries a full-page ad by BP boasting that the company, which calls itself “beyond petroleum,” is “investing up to $8 billion over…

Energy and Environment