Imposing high bonding requirements across the board does little to protect taxpayers or the environment and ties up capital in unproductive ways. In fact, as some states have ratcheted up…
Category: Regulation
America Doesn’t Have an AI Problem. It Has a Competitiveness Problem.
AI is no longer just a technology issue. It is an energy issue. It is a permitting issue. It is a transmission issue. It is a manufacturing issue. Increasingly, it…
Comer Demands National Academy of Sciences Turn Over Withheld Documents on Biased Climate Review
It is fundamental to the Committee’s legislative purposes to understand the sources of bias, to include any potential conflicts of interest, within NAS studies intended to assist in or influence…
California Lawmakers Chase Unicorns While Real Crises Mount
As typhus hits Los Angeles, wildfires incinerate our cities, and our water infrastructure deteriorates, our state legislators more about gene-edited pets. From Legal Insurrection Posted by Leslie Eastman In perhaps one…
California’s New Tire Mandate Could Drive Up Costs
If California’s leaders truly wanted to lower costs at the pump, they’d start by getting out of the way of refining capacity instead of dictating the chemistry of your tire…
Live at 1 PM ET: The Climate Realism Show, The Climate Regulations Driving Up Costs Across America
In Episode #212 of The Climate Realism Show, host Andy Singer is joined by Linnea Lueken, Anthony Watts, and H. Sterling Burnett to break down how California’s climate and environmental…
FAA Moves to Exempt Commercial Rocket Launches From Key Environmental Reviews
FAA moves to ensure regulatory processes serve genuine environmental interests rather than becoming a legal mechanism for undermining American space competitiveness.
Newsom’s plastics bill increases prices, punishes the poor
If California succeeds here, nothing stops it from imposing similar nationwide costs in energy, agriculture, transportation, consumer electronics, you name it. SB 54 is not just a plastics law. It is a blueprint for…
Waste and fraud allegations plague ESA salmon recovery program
Allegations of salmon recovery grant fraud and mismanagement center on billions of federal dollars in public funds failing to restore declining populations, with critics alleging misused funds, misrepresented projects, and…
Nation’s Largest Grid Operator Warns Drastic Measures Required As Data Centers Come Online
“Constrained supply” is at the heart of PJM’s complaints. This shortage largely stems from the many regulatory reviews required to break ground on energy developments, according to the Consumer Energy Alliance.
Endangered Species Act regulatory overkill
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered Species Act regulations seriously distort Congressional intent. They make it almost impossible for anyone except the rich to develop land within the extensive habitat…
Will Canada unshackle itself in time? The global energy and minerals window of opportunity
Canada has to deal with some of the regulatory calcification we’ve let build up for some time, before we will be an attractive investment destination. We are still paralyzed by…
Nuclear at 70: Federal Subsidies and Regulation Did Not Work
“Nuclear fission is the most complicated, fraught, expensive way to boil water to produce steam to drive electrical turbines.”
Sadiq Khan’s Ulez Expansion Had No Impact on Air Pollution, Study Finds
Sadiq Khan’s hated Ulez expansion across Greater London had no impact on air pollution, a new study by scientists at the University of Birmingham has found. The Mail has the story.
FWS is violating its own eagle-kill regulations
If FWS wants to use an offset program for wind turbines killing eagles, it must first do the research to establish the effectiveness of the offset measures. The present program…
Skeptics Win, Endangerment Finding Axed – Truth Finally Prevails in The Climate Wars
None of this would have been possible without those who dared to speak up and challenge the narrative, often at great personal and professional cost.
Gas Crisis Looms Over California As Dems Continue To Impose Crippling Regs
Democrat policies and new regulations hiked California’s gas prices on Tuesday, and a slew of green energy initiatives has led to refinery closures and lofty gas prices in the Golden…
“The Freedom to Buy Inefficient Products”: A Rebuttal
When relevant factors are properly considered, the most cost-effective appliances are usually the cheapest to buy and maintain. Super-efficient appliances are super expensive to buy and maintain.
DOGE is missing a trillion dollars a year in regulatory costs
Let’s say the average response work is just half an hour, or five times the OIRA figure. That already puts the annual cost over a trillion dollars. If the average…