Time for Inaction on Global Warming
Congress should consider the costs before passing “cap and trade.”
Posted: 10/20/2009 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Global Warming
Solar Sticker Shock Hits Washington County
Kittitas County, Washington is experiencing sticker shock as the true cost of solar power is coming in at more than three times the promised price.
In less than one month’s time, the cost estimate for a proposed 75 megawatt solar power plant has soared by more than 200 percent.
Posted: 10/15/2009 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy
New North Dakota Oil Find Could Be a Gusher
Dozens of very productive new wells near North Dakota’s Bakken oil field have state officials believing another massive new oil find may be at hand.
Posted: 09/08/2009 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy
Carbon Offsets: Scam, Not Salvation
In the battle against climate change, most media attention has been paid to “cap-and-trade” schemes, under which countries set upper limits (“caps”) on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and allow companies to sell (“trade”) unused emissions rights to other firms. However, there is a second path to global warming salvation: Carbon offsets.
Posted: 08/01/2009 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Global Warming
H. Sterling Burnett: Developing shale oil may solve our energy crisis
Politicians lament the fact that the United States imports about 66 percent of its oil — about 9,000 barrels every minute. Yet Congress has done little to remedy the situation. Instead, it has all too often erected barriers to domestic energy production.
Posted: 07/29/2009 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy