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Twelve states have asked a Federal Court to keep federal agencies from using the so-called Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases to calculate the benefits of emission reduction regulations.

“The directive issued by the state’s Department of Health “essentially forced [nursing homes] to take COVID-19 positive patients.” 

By Tom Mullen One year after Americans were ordered to close down society for “two weeks to flatten the curve,” Bloomberg columnist Andreas Kluth warned, “We Must Start...

Electric vehicle mandates and subsidies harm the environment, working conditions, prosperity and efficient travel needs.

Legislation being considered in the New York State Legislature would establish a carbon-dioxide tax and create a “carbon dioxide emissions fund” in the Empire State. The tax would result in higher energy prices for no environmental benefit.

By Christian Wade (The Center Square) – Maine Democratic lawmakers made good on their pledges to approve a two-year budget on their own, pushing through...

Legislation in the Massachusetts Senate would implement a carbon-dioxide tax beginning in 2023 beginning at “not less than” $15 per ton in the first year, and rise by $5 per ton annually until reaching a $60 per ton cap.

A new study from the School of Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming says a ban on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) on federal lands would lead to “significant fiscal and economic losses” in Montana through 2040, for example, it would result in $2.8 billion in lost tax revenue and $2.4 billion in lost income.

Senators should pose some hard questions to former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm before confirming her to head the U.S. Department of Energy, concerning her plans for future federal support for green energy projects in the light of her poor performance picking green energy winners and losers as Governor.

Gov. Jay Inslee (D) of Washington has announced a state budget proposal including a large amount of taxpayer dollars for programs to address racism...