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August 23, 2019
Is a Renewable Electric Grid a Mirage?
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to curb climate change will require enormous sacrifice. The enormity of the required sacrifice suggests that we should have consensus on the goal before acting.
Environment
August 23, 2019
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Touts Continued Environmental Progress
America’s air quality has become the envy of the world, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency states in its annual report on air quality.
Energy
August 23, 2019
Congress Considers Extending Tax Credit for Expensive Offshore Wind Projects
Two U.S. Senators have introduced a bill extending a 30 percent wind investment tax credit to offshore wind projects that start construction by January 1, 2027 or the year after the United States has reached 3,000 megawatts of new offshore wind capacity.
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Education
August 19, 2019
Heartland Weekly: Could Socialism Flip Minnesota Red?
Week of August 12, 2019
Energy
August 19, 2019
Massachusetts Electric Car Rebate Program to End in September
A rebate program designed to spur electric vehicle sales in Massachusetts is likely to end in September.
Climate Change
August 15, 2019
New York Adopts State ‘Green New Deal’
New York state has adopted what Gov. Andrew Cuomo has dubbed the Green New Deal of New York, the most aggressive carbon-emissions-reduction goals in the nation.

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Energy
August 23, 2019
Is a Renewable Electric Grid a Mirage?
By Daniel Sutter
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to curb climate change will require enormous sacrifice. The enormity of the required sacrifice suggests that we should have consensus on the goal before acting.
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August 23, 2019
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Touts Continued Environmental Progress
By Bonner R. Cohen
America’s air quality has become the envy of the world, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency states in its annual report on air quality.
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August 23, 2019
Congress Considers Extending Tax Credit for Expensive Offshore Wind Projects
By Kenneth Artz
Two U.S. Senators have introduced a bill extending a 30 percent wind investment tax credit to offshore wind projects that start construction by January 1, 2027 or the year after the United States has reached 3,000 megawatts of new offshore wind capacity.
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August 19, 2019
Heartland Weekly: Could Socialism Flip Minnesota Red?
By Jim Lakely
Week of August 12, 2019
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August 19, 2019
Massachusetts Electric Car Rebate Program to End in September
By Kenneth Artz
A rebate program designed to spur electric vehicle sales in Massachusetts is likely to end in September.
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August 15, 2019
New York Adopts State ‘Green New Deal’
By Bonner R. Cohen
New York state has adopted what Gov. Andrew Cuomo has dubbed the Green New Deal of New York, the most aggressive carbon-emissions-reduction goals in the nation.
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August 15, 2019
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejects Special Requirements for Pipeline Expansion
By Vivian Jones
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled Dane County cannot force Enbridge Inc. to purchase special environmental liability insurance as a condition of permission to expand its oil pipeline.
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August 13, 2019
On Energy, Maine’s Politicians Keep Making a Bad Situation Even Worse
By H. Sterling Burnett
Politicians everywhere should have to take a version of the Hippocratic Oath, swearing the laws they enact to solve problems won’t make the situation worse.
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August 13, 2019
U.S. Methane Emissions Much Lower than Previously Estimated, Study Finds
By H. Sterling Burnett
A finds methane emissions from U.S. oil and natural gas production over the past decade are “an order of magnitude lower” than what has been reported by previous studies.
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August 12, 2019
Heartland Weekly: Climate Conference Speakers Defend Climate Realism
By Jim Lakely
Week of August 5, 2019
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August 7, 2019
Climate Conference Keynote Speakers, Award Winners Defend Climate Realism
By Tim Benson
Keynote speakers at ICCC 13 said the high costs of policies proposed to fight climate change weren't justified by a scientific understanding of the purported risks.
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August 6, 2019
Speakers at Climate Conference Flood Washington, D.C. with Facts
By H. Sterling Burnett
Speakers at the 13th International Conference on Climate Change discussed climate science, energy and climate economics, and whether various policy options were likely to harm or promote economic prosperity while maintaining a healthy environment.
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August 5, 2019
Heartland Weekly: Kamala Harris' Health Care Heresy
By Jim Lakely
Week of July 29, 2019
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August 5, 2019
Court Throws Out Lawsuit Blocking Keystone XL Construction
By Bonner R. Cohen
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision blocking completion of the Keystone KL oil pipeline.
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August 2, 2019
Legislative Pulse: Defending Constituents’ Climate Interests in Oregon
By H. Sterling Burnett
Oregon state Sen. Alan Olsen (R-Canby) says Senate Republicans walked out of the Senate to prevent a vote on climate legislation in which they were allowed to have not input, that would have harmed their constituents interests.
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August 1, 2019
Maine Enacts Sweeping Renewable Energy Mandates
By Vivian Jones
Gov. Janet Mills of Maine signed into law several energy measures she has pushed as part of her commitment to fight purported human-caused climate change by reducing fossil fuel use.
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July 31, 2019
Commerce Department Urges ‘Unprecedented Action’ to Secure Critical Mineral Supplies
By Bonner R. Cohen
The United States must embark on an effort to expand and secure its sources of critical minerals outside of its current supply chain, the U.S. Department of Commerce says in new report.
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July 23, 2019
New Mexico Sets State Oil Production Record
By Kenneth Artz
New Mexico produced nearly 246 million barrels of oil in 2018, up more than 40 percent from the previous year, setting a new record for oil production in the state.
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July 22, 2019
Federal Coal Sales Won’t Impact Climate, Trump Administration Says
By Kenneth Artz
A federal district judge in Montana delivered a partial victory to the plaintiffs in a lawsuit calling for a halt to the Trump administration’s resumption of federal coal sales.
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July 17, 2019
The Science Is Quite Clear: Reducing CO2 Emissions Only Raises Energy Prices
By Alan Carlin
Climate science is not well developed but is quite clear on some matters despite the continued attempts by climate alarmists to obfuscate it.
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