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Senate Reaches Bipartisan Deal to Raise Air Conditioner Costs

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Senate Reaches Bipartisan Deal to Raise Air Conditioner Costs

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/11/2020

Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee just agreed to a measure that would raise the cost of air conditioning…

Energy and Environment

California’s Rolling Blackouts Cast Further Doubt on Electric Vehicles’ Future

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California’s Rolling Blackouts Cast Further Doubt on Electric Vehicles’ Future

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/20/2020

However, California’s rolling blackouts underscore the difficulties that a massive scaling up of electric vehicles would entail. The problem is that EVs don’t really reduce…

Climate

Department of Energy Proposes More Water and Less Government Intrusion in Showers

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Department of Energy Proposes More Water and Less Government Intrusion in Showers

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/13/2020

The Department of Energy has proposed a rule loosening existing the federal requirements and allowing more water from showers. This is good news for those…

Energy and Environment

Can 15 States Be Wrong? Yes, When They Want More Federal Appliance Regulations!

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Can 15 States Be Wrong? Yes, When They Want More Federal Appliance Regulations!

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/13/2020

Fifteen states have threatened to sue the Trump administration unless the Department of Energy sets new energy efficiency standards for 25 appliances. Almost every point…

Energy and Environment

Donald Trump Jr.’s Opposition to the Pebble Mine Shouldn’t Matter

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Donald Trump Jr.’s Opposition to the Pebble Mine Shouldn’t Matter

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/06/2020

Well-connected sportsmen, often Republicans, have been known to side with environmental obstructionists on occasion. When they learn that one of their isolated hunting or fishing…

Energy and Environment

NEPA Reform Gives More Power to the People, Less to Environmental Lawyers

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NEPA Reform Gives More Power to the People, Less to Environmental Lawyers

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/31/2020

The Trump administration’s recent changes to the National Environmental Policy Act would reduce the years of red tape and litigation that frequently blocks job-creating energy…

Energy

Environmental Protection Agency Finalizes Reforms to Its Environmental Appeals Board

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Environmental Protection Agency Finalizes Reforms to Its Environmental Appeals Board

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/23/2020

The Trump administration has placed a priority on streamlining the delays and red tape holding back many private sector projects. The EPA's final rule making…

Energy and Environment

EPA Proposes First-Ever Aircraft Greenhouse Gas Limits

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EPA Proposes First-Ever Aircraft Greenhouse Gas Limits

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/22/2020

Today, the EPA proposed the first-ever limits on greenhouse gas emissions from commercial aircraft engines. Although it is unusual for the Trump administration to push…

Climate

Final Rule on National Environmental Policy Act an Important Step to Get America Back to Work

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Final Rule on National Environmental Policy Act an Important Step to Get America Back to Work

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/15/2020

Along with its regulatory reforms, the Trump administration has also sought to unleash the American economy by streamlining the federal permitting process for major infrastructure…

Energy and Environment

House Select Committee Climate Report A Pre-COVID-19 Time Capsule

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House Select Committee Climate Report A Pre-COVID-19 Time Capsule

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/08/2020

On June 30, the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis released its report. There is little original in the report. Most of its sweeping…

Climate

Air Conditioning Can Help Fight COVID-19—If Federal Policy Allows It To

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Air Conditioning Can Help Fight COVID-19—If Federal Policy Allows It To

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/02/2020

COVID-19 persists into the time of year when most Americans rely on air conditioning, so many are asking whether cranking up the cold air helps…

Climate

Tax Breaks for Wind and Solar—Bad Energy Policy, Bad Post-Coronavirus Recovery Policy

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Tax Breaks for Wind and Solar—Bad Energy Policy, Bad Post-Coronavirus Recovery Policy

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/26/2020

The House of Representatives’ $1.5 trillion dollar infrastructure package is being sold to the public as a post-coronavirus job creation bill. It now includes the…

Energy

Supreme Court Decision Big Win for Energy—and America

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Supreme Court Decision Big Win for Energy—and America

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/15/2020

Today the Supreme Court handed down a 7-2 decision allowing the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a 600-mile project bringing natural gas produced in…

Energy

Trump Executive Order to Expedite Project Approvals

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Trump Executive Order to Expedite Project Approvals

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/05/2020

President Trump on June 4 issued an Executive Order intended to expedite the federal approval process for major infrastructure projects. “Economic Recovery from the COVID-19…

Energy and Environment

EPA Finalizes Rule Limiting State Abuses of Clean Water Act to Block Fossil Energy Projects

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EPA Finalizes Rule Limiting State Abuses of Clean Water Act to Block Fossil Energy Projects

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/01/2020

On June 1, the EPA issued a final rule clarifying that the Clean Water Act cannot be used by states to block energy projects based…

Energy

EPA Removes One Hurdle to Alaska’s Pebble Mine, but Others Remain

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EPA Removes One Hurdle to Alaska’s Pebble Mine, but Others Remain

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/01/2020

On May 28, the EPA notified the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it will not challenge its ongoing review of the Pebble Mine in…

Energy and Environment

IRS Relaxes Requirements for Renewable Energy Tax Credits—Coronavirus Edition

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IRS Relaxes Requirements for Renewable Energy Tax Credits—Coronavirus Edition

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/29/2020

On May 27, the IRS issued a notice expanding the tax relief for renewable energy developers seeking to qualify for tax credits. Ironically, this announcement…

Energy

Wood Heaters—One Cheer for Trump EPA’s Modest Regulatory Reform

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Wood Heaters—One Cheer for Trump EPA’s Modest Regulatory Reform

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/19/2020

The Trump administration’s reforms of past regulatory excesses range from excellent to little better than no change at all. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)…

Energy and Environment

Are “Earth-Friendly” New Refrigerants Toxic?

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Are “Earth-Friendly” New Refrigerants Toxic?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/15/2020

Bills have been introduced in both the House and Senate to restrict hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the refrigerants currently used in most air conditioning and refrigeration systems.

Climate

Senate Bill Introduced to Extend Alternative Fuels Tax Credit

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Senate Bill Introduced to Extend Alternative Fuels Tax Credit

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/15/2020

Sens. Lamar Alexander and Tom Carper have introduced Securing America’s Clean Fuels Infrastructure Act, extending and increasing the tax credits for alternative transportation fuels. It…

Energy and Environment

EPA Sends Proposed Aircraft GHG Rule to White House for Review

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EPA Sends Proposed Aircraft GHG Rule to White House for Review

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/08/2020

On May 1, the EPA sent its first-ever proposed rule on aircraft greenhouse gas emissions to OMB for review. Promulgated pursuant to the Clean Air…

Aviation

Coronavirus Emergency Is No Reason for Delaying Energy Project Approvals

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Coronavirus Emergency Is No Reason for Delaying Energy Project Approvals

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/01/2020

On April 29, five members of Congress sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that nicely summarizes why the energy infrastructure approval and…

Energy

Businesses Critical of Costly Climate Bill Finally Get to Weigh In

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Businesses Critical of Costly Climate Bill Finally Get to Weigh In

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/16/2020

The American Manufacturing and Innovation (AIM) Act would limit the production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the class of chemicals used as refrigerants in most air conditioning…

Climate

EPA Takes Step in Support of Coal-Refuse-to-Energy

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EPA Takes Step in Support of Coal-Refuse-to-Energy

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/09/2020

Green groups oppose efforts to deal with the coal refuse problem that plagues many coal mining communities in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The EPA is…

Energy

Pipeline-Starved New York City Avoids Natural Gas Shortages this Winter, but May Face Problems in the Future

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Pipeline-Starved New York City Avoids Natural Gas Shortages this Winter, but May Face Problems in the Future

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/02/2020

New York City made it through another winter without any serious natural gas shortages, but it may not be so lucky next year. National Grid…

Climate

The Next Alleged Environmental Threat: Coal Falling off Trains

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The Next Alleged Environmental Threat: Coal Falling off Trains

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/25/2020

Proponents of climate change are repurposing older statutes into climate policy tools, even though they were never intended for that purpose. The environmentalists’ goal is…

Climate

Fly the (Greenhouse) Friendly Skies, If You Can Still Afford to under the House COVID-19 Bill

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Fly the (Greenhouse) Friendly Skies, If You Can Still Afford to under the House COVID-19 Bill

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/24/2020

Airports haven’t been this empty since after 9/11, so it is not surprising that airlines would be recipients of tens of billions of assistance in…

Aviation

Federal Court Decision Underscores Need for NEPA Reform

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Federal Court Decision Underscores Need for NEPA Reform

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/20/2020

The comment period has closed for the Council on Environmental Quality’s proposed updates to the implementing rules for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Many…

Energy

Refrigerants Debate Moves to House

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Refrigerants Debate Moves to House

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/13/2020

American consumers dodged a bullet when the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act failed to become part of the larger Senate energy package, which has stalled on…

Climate

Washington’s Latest Attack on Air Conditioning

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Washington’s Latest Attack on Air Conditioning

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/05/2020

Think air conditioning isn’t expensive enough? Then you’ll love a proposed amendment to the Senate energy bill that restricts the refrigerants used in millions of…

Climate

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