Environment &amp; Climate News

Partners in Liberty: The American Legislative Exchange Council

January 16, 2020

The American Legislative Exchange Council is America’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets, and federalism.

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Partners in Liberty: Mackinac Center for Public Policy

January 15, 2020

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a Michigan-based free-market think which, when considering whether to take up a policy issue in the state, asks, “If not Mackinac, who?”

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Regulators Thwart Ohio Utility’s Price Hike for Proposed Solar Facilities

January 13, 2020

By Kenneth Artz

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denied American Electric Power permission to charge customers for two solar-energy projects in southwest Ohio, one of which would be the largest renewable-energy facility in the state.

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Federal Science Panel Rejects Stricter Air Particulate Standards

January 8, 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee determined air quality standards for fine particulate matter are sufficiently protective of the public health and do not need to be tightened further.

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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Move to Block Governor’s RGGI Plan

January 8, 2020

By Bonner R. Cohen

Legislators in Pennsylvania are trying to block Governor Tom Wolf's plan to have the state join the Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

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North Carolina Governor Accused of ‘Pay-for-Permit’ Scheme

January 6, 2020

By Kenneth Artz

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper improperly used his office to secure $57.8 million for a fund under his control in return for granting construction permits along the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a report requested by the state legislature concludes.

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Fiddling While Forests Burn

January 3, 2020

By Greg E. Walcher

The federal government is foolishly planning on setting forest fires intentionally, so they can study them, it says.

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New Jersey Governor Signs an Executive Order to More Than Double Offshore Wind Power by 2035

January 2, 2020

By Kenneth Artz

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order to raise the state’s goal of electric power generated from offshore wind power to 7,500 megawatts by 2035.

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Electric Vehicles Won’t be Cost Competitive with Fossil Fuel Powered Vehicles for Another Decade, MIT Study Says

December 30, 2019

By Bonner R. Cohen

It will be at least a decade before electric vehicles can compete in the marketplace with fossil fuel powered cars and trucks, according to a recent report from MIT.

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