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Are Sky High California Gas Prices in Store for the Rest of the U.S.?

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Are Sky High California Gas Prices in Store for the Rest of the U.S.?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/25/2021

Want to know how high gasoline prices can go thanks to administration policies? Just look at where they’re already at in California. At $4.55…

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Cost of Air Conditioning to Heat up, Thanks to New EPA Climate Regulation

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Cost of Air Conditioning to Heat up, Thanks to New EPA Climate Regulation

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/23/2021

We can soon add air conditioning to the long list of products contributing to inflation, thanks to a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule,…

Energy and Environment

Exorbitant Tax Incentives for Electric Vehicles to Be Voted on in House Ways and Means Committee

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Exorbitant Tax Incentives for Electric Vehicles to Be Voted on in House Ways and Means Committee

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/13/2021

If electric vehicles (EVs) are to be judged by the amount of tax incentives needed to induce Americans to choose them, the latest provisions…

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Washington’s War against the Incandescent Light Bulb Is Back

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Washington’s War against the Incandescent Light Bulb Is Back

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/13/2021

The Trump administration called a truce in the regulatory war against the incandescent light bulb by declining to target them with additional efficiency standards, but…

Energy and Environment

War on Natural Gas—End User Edition

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War on Natural Gas—End User Edition

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/23/2021

No matter that it is clean-burning, domestically plentiful, and affordable, natural gas is demonized by the Biden administration as a fossil fuel and for that…

Energy and Environment

Free Market Organizations Oppose Costly EPA Air Conditioner Regulations

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Free Market Organizations Oppose Costly EPA Air Conditioner Regulations

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/06/2021

With temperatures in Washington D.C. topping 90 degrees in recent days and with most of the summer yet to go, it is hard to imagine…

Energy and Environment

China Ratifies Kigali Amendment, At America’s Expense

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China Ratifies Kigali Amendment, At America’s Expense

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/24/2021

On June 17, China ratified the Kigali Amendment, the United Nations treaty provision that restricts future production of a widely used class of refrigerants…

Energy and Environment

Biden Administration to Impose Wave of Costly Regulations on Home Appliances

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Biden Administration to Impose Wave of Costly Regulations on Home Appliances

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/17/2021

The spring 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda) has been released. It’s the roadmap of federal regulatory priorities, and being…

Energy and Environment

Lessons from the Demise of ANWR and Keystone XL

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Lessons from the Demise of ANWR and Keystone XL

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/11/2021

Two iconic North American oil projects, federal leasing in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and the Keystone XL pipeline carrying Canadian crude to U.S.

Climate

Does Joe Biden Want to Do to Car Prices What California Has Done to Gas Prices?

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Does Joe Biden Want to Do to Car Prices What California Has Done to Gas Prices?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/27/2021

Most Americans taking to the roads this Memorial Day weekend will be paying around $3 per gallon of gasoline, but in California the number…

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The Colonial Pipeline Shutdown May Shift Infrastructure Debate in a More Useful Direction

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The Colonial Pipeline Shutdown May Shift Infrastructure Debate in a More Useful Direction

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/17/2021

If there is a silver lining to the cyberattack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline and left many East Coast drivers waiting in line for…

Energy

EPA Proposes Rule Cracking Down on Refrigerants

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EPA Proposes Rule Cracking Down on Refrigerants

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/07/2021

On April 30, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a notice of proposed rulemaking to create a rationing scheme for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a widely…

Energy and Environment

IEA Study Quantifies the Need for More Mined Materials in Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy

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IEA Study Quantifies the Need for More Mined Materials in Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/07/2021

CEI and others have noted the substantial need for mined materials to transition away from fossil fuels. Now a May 5 International Energy Agency…

Energy and Environment

House Hearing Spells out Extent of Proposed Subsidies for Electric Vehicles

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House Hearing Spells out Extent of Proposed Subsidies for Electric Vehicles

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/06/2021

Democrats in the House of Representatives really want Americans to ditch their gasoline-powered cars and trucks for electric vehicles (EVs). A May 5 hearing…

Energy and Environment

Minimal Environmental Benefits in the Infrastructure Plan’s Spending Spree on Electric Vehicles

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Minimal Environmental Benefits in the Infrastructure Plan’s Spending Spree on Electric Vehicles

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/20/2021

As discussed in a previous post, the $174 billion for electric vehicles (EVs) in the Biden administration’s recently proposed $2.3 trillion dollar infrastructure…

Energy and Environment

Can Money Buy Love When It Comes to Electric Vehicles? The Biden Administration Wants to Try with Its Infrastructure Package

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Can Money Buy Love When It Comes to Electric Vehicles? The Biden Administration Wants to Try with Its Infrastructure Package

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 04/14/2021

There is a long history of Washington declaring gasoline-powered cars a thing of the past and subsidizing alternatives to replace them. It has never worked,…

Energy and Environment

Are Electric Vehicles the Right Choice for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Consumers? Much Depends on Battery Life

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Are Electric Vehicles the Right Choice for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Consumers? Much Depends on Battery Life

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/30/2021

A recent Wall Street Journal story compares an electric vehicle (EV) with a similarly sized internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle over their useful lives,…

Energy and Environment

Contrasting Approaches to Energy Policy on Display in Two House Energy and Commerce Committee Bills

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Contrasting Approaches to Energy Policy on Display in Two House Energy and Commerce Committee Bills

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/25/2021

It is not hard to distinguish bad federal energy policy from good. Bad policy picks winners and losers among competing energy sources and technologies by…

Energy and Environment

Does the Rebound Effect Undercut Savings from Energy Efficiency Standards?

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Does the Rebound Effect Undercut Savings from Energy Efficiency Standards?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/16/2021

There are plenty of reasons to oppose Department of Energy (DOE) efficiency standards for home appliances such as those for air conditioners, refrigerators, clothes washer/dryers,…

Energy and Environment

Report: California’s Electricity Price-Boosting Environmental Measures Disproportionately Harm the Poor

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Report: California’s Electricity Price-Boosting Environmental Measures Disproportionately Harm the Poor

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 03/02/2021

A new report published by Next 10 and the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business, “Designing Electricity Rates for an Equitable Energy…

Energy and Environment

Federal Fleet Again to Become Guinea Pig for Alternative Vehicles

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Federal Fleet Again to Become Guinea Pig for Alternative Vehicles

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/17/2021

Among the long list of announced climate-related measures, the Biden administration has set a goal of “clean and zero-emission vehicles for Federal, State, local,…

Energy and Environment

Study: Electric Vehicles Driven A Lot Less Than Previously Assumed

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Study: Electric Vehicles Driven A Lot Less Than Previously Assumed

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/09/2021

A recently published study finds that electric vehicle (EV) owners drive them considerably less than previously assumed. This finding, if true, would greatly undercut claims about…

Energy and Environment

Electric Vehicles Are as Inevitable as … Cellulosic Biofuels

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Electric Vehicles Are as Inevitable as … Cellulosic Biofuels

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/03/2021

Americans are increasingly hearing the “I” word when it comes to electric vehicles—inevitability. Proponents insist that they make too much sense for consumers and…

Energy and Environment

Biden Administration Initiates Steps to Submit Kigali Amendment to Senate for Ratification Vote

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Biden Administration Initiates Steps to Submit Kigali Amendment to Senate for Ratification Vote

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/29/2021

While the Biden administration’s reentry into the Paris Accord received most of the attention, another climate-related international measure also got a jump start after stalling…

Energy and Environment

Has the Honeymoon Already Ended Between Biden and Trade Unions over Keystone XL?

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Has the Honeymoon Already Ended Between Biden and Trade Unions over Keystone XL?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/25/2021

It didn’t take long. On his first day in office, President Biden revoked the federal permit granted by Donald Trump for the Keystone XL pipeline,…

Energy and Environment

Trump DOE Finalizes More Flexible Regulation for Residential Furnaces

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Trump DOE Finalizes More Flexible Regulation for Residential Furnaces

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/20/2021

In one of the Trump Department of Energy’s (DOE) last regulatory actions, the agency on January 15 revised the energy efficiency standards for residential…

Energy and Environment

Most Americans Still Buy Large Gasoline-Powered Vehicles, According to Latest EPA Data

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Most Americans Still Buy Large Gasoline-Powered Vehicles, According to Latest EPA Data

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/14/2021

There is a deep divide between the vehicles that climate activists and their political allies prefer and those that the public actually wants and buys,…

Energy and Environment

Will the Next Labor Secretary Support Job-Killing Climate Measures?

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Will the Next Labor Secretary Support Job-Killing Climate Measures?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/11/2021

President-elect Biden has selected most of his nominees to head the federal departments, and he has made clear to them that addressing climate change should…

Energy and Environment

The Bipartisan War on Affordable Air Conditioning

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The Bipartisan War on Affordable Air Conditioning

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/16/2020

Congressional Democrats and Republicans are currently collaborating on a bill that will make air conditioning more expensive. Hooray for bipartisanship! Both the House and Senate…

Energy and Environment

COVID-19 Vaccine Shows that the World Needs More Refrigeration and Less Anti-Refrigeration Climate Policy

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COVID-19 Vaccine Shows that the World Needs More Refrigeration and Less Anti-Refrigeration Climate Policy

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/08/2020

Refrigeration has had a substantial positive impact on public health in the U.S. and other developed nations where it is in widespread use. Increased market…

Energy and Environment

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