States Split on Mercury Standards
In May, Minnesota and New Hampshire enacted legislation imposing stricter controls than existing federal proposals to limit the emission of mercury from power plants.
Posted: 06/29/2006 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Air Problems
The Truth About Al Gore's Film: An Inconvenient Truth
Former Vice President Al Gore has long argued that human activities — primarily the burning of fossil fuels — are causing the Earth to warm significantly, with potentially catastrophic results…
Posted: 06/28/2006 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Global Warming
How to Cut the Knot of Global Warming
Flushing 500 years of technological progress down the toilet is a very high price to pay for hypothetical conjectures concerning possible future climate change.
Posted: 06/22/2006 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Global Warming
Addicted to Regulation
In his State of the Union Address, President Bush said that “America is addicted to oil.” But it would be more accurate to say that America is addicted to opportunity, and oil and its products help us seize it.
Posted: 06/22/2006 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy
The Oil Price Bubble
The surge in oil prices we have seen over the last two years is not a sign the world is beginning to run out of oil. On the contrary, it is a positive indicator of increased economic activity.
Posted: 06/14/2006 | Commentaries | Policy Issue: Energy