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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyGovernmentPolitics
Senate sets table laden with green pork
by David Wojick October 1, 2020The US Senate is sitting on what could quickly become the biggest green pork giveaway in history
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyGovernmentPoliticsScience
Not So Green
by Viv Forbes September 9, 2020Green Energy isn’t green
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
A Short Rant That You’ve Probably Heard Before
by Linnea Lueken May 15, 2018Clearly, if Global Warming is anthropogenic, it’s my little car that’s the problem.
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Too many “green” policies bleed red, hurting the environment and killing people.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Gateways to Liberty, Ecology and Prosperity #3: Creation at Montana State University
by jbaden July 29, 2016In 1976 — 40 years ago as I write this — several Montana State University (MSU) colleagues and I launched an intellectual experiment in the political economy of natural resources.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Finally, Courage to Counterpunch the Green Bullies
by Marita Noon June 7, 2016When the name Resolute was chosen in 2011, after the merger of Bowater and Abitibi-Consolidated, the Canadian company, a global leader in the forest products industry and the largest producer of newsprint in the world, likely didn’t know what a harbinger it was. Today, it stands alone, set in purpose, with firmness and determination. Displaying the rare courage to stand up to the typical environmental extremists’ campaign of misinformation and shaming designed to shut it down, Resolute Forest Products is fighting back.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Earth Day’s Anti-Fossil Fuel Focus Could Plunge Millions Into Green Energy Poverty
by Marita Noon April 19, 2016Friday, April 22, will mark the 47th Earth Day. You may think it is all about planting trees and cleaning up neighborhoods. But this year’s anniversary will be closer to its radical roots than, perhaps, any other since its founding in 1970. Considered the birth of the environmental movement, the first Earth Day took place during the height of America’s counterculture era. According to EarthDay.org, it gave voice to an “emerging consciousness, channeling the energy of the anti-war protest movement and putting environmental concerns on the front page.”
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
The “Establishment” is Slow to Learn; Senate Republicans Pushing for More #GreenPork
by Marita Noon April 12, 2016In this election cycle, we hear a lot about the “establishment.” Most people are not really sure who they are, but they are sure that they do not like them. The anger toward the establishment is not party specific and has propelled two unlikely candidates: Donald Trump on the Republican side and Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democrats.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
“Green”—the Status Symbol the Affluent can Afford that Costs the Poor
by Marita Noon March 15, 2016Researchers have found that some buyers are willing to pay for environmentally friendly products because those products are “status symbols.” A report in the Atlantic states: “Environmentally-friendly behaviors typically go unseen; there’s no public glory in shortened showers or diligent recycling. But when people can use their behavior to broadcast their own goodness, their incentives shift. The people who buy Priuses and solar panels still probably care about the environment—it’s just that researchers have found that a portion of their motivation might come from a place of self-promotion, much like community service does good and fits on a résumé.”
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Budgets/TaxesEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedLibertyPodcast
In The Tank Podcast (ep27): James Madison Institute, Regressive Regulations, and the Apple Decryption Debate
by Donald Kendal February 26, 2016Hosts Donny Kendal and John Nothdurft continue to explore the world of think tanks in episode #27 of the In The Tank Podcast. This weekly podcast features (as always) interviews, debates, roundtable discussions, stories, and light-hearted segments on a variety of topics on the latest news. The show is available for download as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast every Friday. Today’s podcast features work from the James Madison Institute, the Mercatus Center, the John Locke Foundation, the American Energy Alliance, and Reason.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Greens “Smuggle” Climate Policy into the Church to Tip Climate Politics
by Marita Noon November 23, 2015Without the evangelical community’s involvement, efforts to build a “broad coalition to pass major climate policies” are “doomed,” according to a just-released report from New America—a nonprofit group that claims to be “dedicated to the renewal of American politics, prosperity, and purpose in the Digital Age.”
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Like Apple, Amazon’s Wind Energy Power Claim is 100-Percent Myth
by Paul Chesser November 9, 2015Giant technology companies who deliver much of their services via “cloud” computing – such as Apple, Google, and Facebook – have claimed for years that they generate the massive amounts of electricity they need from renewable sources, despite their obvious dependence on fossil fuels.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Consumer Reports Rescinds Recommendation for Tesla’s Model S
by Paul Chesser October 31, 2015Imagine a product that performs so well, that an evaluator says it busted through the top of its grade scale, yet that same scorer can’t recommend the product due to issues of reliability.