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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

Trump Wants Less Federal Meddling in Home Energy Use, but Some in Congress Want More

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Trump Wants Less Federal Meddling in Home Energy Use, but Some in Congress Want More

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 02/13/2020

Federal energy efficiency standards have a long history of unintended adverse consequences, from more expensive light bulbs with questionable light quality to dishwashers that take…

Energy

Trump Administration Better on Permit Approvals for Energy Projects than for Minerals Projects Like the Pebble Mine

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Trump Administration Better on Permit Approvals for Energy Projects than for Minerals Projects Like the Pebble Mine

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/31/2020

The Trump administration is doing a good job reducing red tape and streamlining the permitting process for energy production and energy infrastructure projects, but on…

Energy

Department of Energy Finalizes Process Rule for Appliance Efficiency Standards

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Department of Energy Finalizes Process Rule for Appliance Efficiency Standards

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 01/29/2020

There are a number of problematic Department of Energy (DOE) efficiency standards for home appliances. Perhaps worst of all is the one resulting in dishwashers…

Energy

2019: A Great Year for Light Bulb Freedom

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2019: A Great Year for Light Bulb Freedom

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/23/2019

Whatever else one may say about 2019, it was a banner year for consumer choice when it comes to light bulbs, culminating in the December…

Consumer Freedom

Supreme Court to Hear Important Natural Gas Pipeline Case

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Supreme Court to Hear Important Natural Gas Pipeline Case

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/13/2019

Next February, the U.S. Supreme Court will review the 2018 decision by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, Cowpasture River Preservation Association, et al. v. …

Energy

Trump Can’t Do Much About Toilets, But Can Stop Other Anti-Homeowner Regulations

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Trump Can’t Do Much About Toilets, But Can Stop Other Anti-Homeowner Regulations

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 12/09/2019

President Trump created more controversy than usual last week when he complained about water-saving faucets, shower heads, and—especially—toilets. “You turn on the faucet and you…

Energy and Environment

House Committee Releases Tax Bill to Extend Electric Vehicle, Wind, and Solar Handouts

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House Committee Releases Tax Bill to Extend Electric Vehicle, Wind, and Solar Handouts

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/22/2019

In what amounts to the tax component of the Green New Deal, the House Ways and Means Committee released a draft of its “Growing Renewable Energy…

Automobiles and Roads

Environmental Protection Agency Revises Risk Management Program for Industrial Facilities

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Environmental Protection Agency Revises Risk Management Program for Industrial Facilities

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/21/2019

“First, do no harm,” is good ethical advice for regulators as well as doctors, but the Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency took a risk management program for…

Chemical Risk

Congress Breaking Promises, Extending Tax Credits for Electric Vehicles, Wind, and Solar

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Congress Breaking Promises, Extending Tax Credits for Electric Vehicles, Wind, and Solar

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/18/2019

It is not unusual for Congress to keep extending a supposedly temporary federal program, and that includes the tax credits for electric vehicles and wind…

Automobiles and Roads

Environmental Protection Agency Proposes Appeals Board Reform

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Environmental Protection Agency Proposes Appeals Board Reform

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/07/2019

The Trump administration has placed a high priority on shortening the delays and cutting the red tape holding back many private sector development projects. The Environmental…

Energy and Environment

Free-Market Groups Support Trump Light Bulb Reform

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Free-Market Groups Support Trump Light Bulb Reform

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 11/04/2019

The Bush and Obama administrations imposed a number of restrictions on light bulbs, but the Trump administration is pushing back on behalf of consumers. Today,…

Consumer Freedom

‘Art of the Deal’ Meets Renewable Fuel Standard

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‘Art of the Deal’ Meets Renewable Fuel Standard

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 10/11/2019

It’s the ultimate dealmaker versus the ultimate dealmaking challenge. President Trump has again sought changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that he hopes both…

Automobiles and Roads

Department of Energy Expands Consumer Choice in Light Bulbs

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Department of Energy Expands Consumer Choice in Light Bulbs

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 09/04/2019

The Trump administration took a pro-consumer step today as the Department of Energy finalized a rule that will allow certain types of lower-cost light bulbs to…

Energy

Climate Rent-Seeking Backfiring on Chemours

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Climate Rent-Seeking Backfiring on Chemours

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/09/2019

In perhaps the most egregious example of climate change-related rent seeking to date, chemical giants Chemours and Honeywell have joined forces with environmental activists to…

Chemical Risk

New Rule to Limit State Government Abuse of Clean Water Act for Climate Activism

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New Rule to Limit State Government Abuse of Clean Water Act for Climate Activism

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/09/2019

Making good on a promise made in an April 10th Executive Order entitled Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule restricting…

Climate

Senate Highway Bill with First-Ever Climate Title Unanimously Clears Committee

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Senate Highway Bill with First-Ever Climate Title Unanimously Clears Committee

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 08/02/2019

On July 30th, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) passed S. 2302, America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019. The vote was 22-0.

Climate

House Democrats Announce Alternative to Green New Deal

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House Democrats Announce Alternative to Green New Deal

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/26/2019

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced on July 23rd the start of a sweeping effort to legislate a 100 percent…

Climate

Department of Energy Grants Petition To Speed Up Dishwashers

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Department of Energy Grants Petition To Speed Up Dishwashers

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/12/2019

The Department of Energy (DOE) on July 2nd announced the first step in reversing energy efficiency standard that resulted in dishwashers taking hours to clean…

Energy

Climate Policies, Not Climate Change, Are Bigger Threat to World’s Poor

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Climate Policies, Not Climate Change, Are Bigger Threat to World’s Poor

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 07/03/2019

The most recent United Nations climate report, this one from the Human Rights Council, is titled “Climate Change and Poverty” and asserts that “climate change…

Climate

Electric Vehicle Tax Credits Not Popular with Americans: Poll

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Electric Vehicle Tax Credits Not Popular with Americans: Poll

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/14/2019

A recent survey conducted for the American Energy Alliance clearly shows that the public does not support congressional efforts to extend or expand federal tax credits for purchasers of…

Automobiles and Roads

Union Gets Nasty over Natural Gas Pipeline Rejection

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Union Gets Nasty over Natural Gas Pipeline Rejection

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/07/2019

Friction between the trade unions that build energy infrastructure and the politicians who routinely block these projects has been growing for the last decade—especially as…

Energy

EPA Streamlines Infrastructure Approval Process under Clean Water Act

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EPA Streamlines Infrastructure Approval Process under Clean Water Act

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 06/07/2019

Making good on its promise in Executive Order 13868  to combat the abuse of section 401 of the Clean Water Act by states seeking to block…

Energy and Environment

Study Confirms China Cheating on United Nations Environmental Agreement

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Study Confirms China Cheating on United Nations Environmental Agreement

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/31/2019

A study published in the journal Nature provides further confirmation of illegal production of trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11) from China.

Climate

California Leads Nation in Gas Prices, Climate Policies a Growing Contributor

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California Leads Nation in Gas Prices, Climate Policies a Growing Contributor

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/31/2019

The large gasoline price disparity between California and the rest of the country has jumped to nearly $1.20 per gallon. High fuel taxes and stringent clean…

Climate

ConEd Expanding Existing Pipeline Capacity Amid Ban on New Construction

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ConEd Expanding Existing Pipeline Capacity Amid Ban on New Construction

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/24/2019

We have previously reported on Consolidated Edison’s recent restrictions on new natural gas hookups in the greater New York metropolitan area as a consequence of…

Energy

Another Day, Another Blocked Pipeline into New York

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Another Day, Another Blocked Pipeline into New York

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/17/2019

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on May 15th rejected a natural gas pipeline that would have brought supplies into the state via New York…

Energy

Can Trump Save Your Air Conditioner from the Deep State?

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Can Trump Save Your Air Conditioner from the Deep State?

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/14/2019

It happens every spring—on the first hot day, homeowners switch on their air conditioners that have sat idle since September, cross their fingers, and pray…

Climate

Congressional Democratic Leaders Meet with President on Infrastructure Bill

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Congressional Democratic Leaders Meet with President on Infrastructure Bill

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/03/2019

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other congressional Democrats met with President Trump on April 30 to discuss an infrastructure package.

Automobiles and Roads

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