Environment
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California Lawmakers Beat Back The Scourge of Hotel Shampoo Bottles
There’s a new target in California’s war on plastics: those handy bottles of shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and lotion that hotels hand out to guests. Assembly Bill 1162, approved by the Natural Resources Committee and surely to get the same favorable treatment from the full chamber, save for a few ...
California
Earth Day Special with Steve Hayward
PRI senior fellow Steve Hayward joins us for a special Earth Day edition of Next Round. We talk all things environment, from how the environmental movement morphed from a call for conservation to a push for socialism, how the Green New Deal would hurt the economy and working class Americans, ...
Agriculture
Earth Day: Opposing Progress Trumps Protecting the Planet
By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and Jeff Stier Today is Earth Day, a celebration originally conceived by then-U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) and first held in 1970 as a “symbol of environmental responsibility and stewardship.” In the spirit of the time, it was a touchy-feely, consciousness-raising, New Age experience. ...
California
PRI’s Tim Anaya Discusses CA’s High Gas Prices on Statewide TV
Watch PRI communications director Tim Anaya discuss the reasons behind California’s rising gas prices, which he attributes to poor legislative policies including a massive gas tax increase, the low-carbon fuel standard, and Cap-and-Trade. The interview aired on “Evening Edition” on KPBS (PBS) in San Diego and other stations statewide.
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Patricia is Short Because State Government Has Made California Unaffordable
At a recent congressional hearing, freshman Democrat Katie Porter from Orange County took to her soapbox to grill JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon about income inequality at the company. Using the example of Patricia, who is employed as a full-time, entry-level bank teller at JP Morgan Chase – admittedly ...
Electric Vehicles
George Will Cites PRI Study on Electric Car Subsidies in National Column
The electric-vehicle tax credit should be taken off the road Some government foolishness has an educational value that compensates for its considerable cost. Consider the multibillion-dollar federal electric-vehicle tax credit, which efficiently illustrates how government can, with one act, diminish its already-negligible prestige while subtracting from America’s fairness. Sen. John ...
California
Kerry Jackson Talks California’s “Plastic-Phobia” on Trevor Carey Show
Listen to Kerry Jackson, fellow with PRI’s Center for California Reform, discuss California’s war on plastic – pushing to outlaw everything from plastic bags to hotel shampoo bottles – on the Trevor Carey Show on Power Talk 96.7 FM in Fresno.
Agriculture
Does California Have a Future?
Republican California State Assemblyman Vince Fong recently tweeted about California’s 19 percent poverty rate, which he said “is driven by the extreme high cost of living here.” “Yet,” said Fong, “Sacramento continues to pass policies that make it even more expensive.” In a story illustrated by an artist’s rendering of a family in ...
Blog
April Showers Bring Higher Gas Prices
The old adage is April showers bring May flowers. Well, after a very wet winter, it looks like spring has finally sprung in California. As soon as the seasons change, Golden State drivers are typically hit with another unwelcome phenomenon brought on by spring – rising gas prices. This year ...
California
California, Blinded By Plastic
California, the Los Angeles Times recently reported, is building a “non-plastic future.” The state has outlawed or restricted single-use plastic bags, plastic drinking straws, and plastic cutlery. Future targets: plastic detergent bottles, unattached caps on plastic bottles, and polystyrene containers (typically used to hold restaurant takeout orders), which more than 100 California cities ...
California Lawmakers Beat Back The Scourge of Hotel Shampoo Bottles
There’s a new target in California’s war on plastics: those handy bottles of shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and lotion that hotels hand out to guests. Assembly Bill 1162, approved by the Natural Resources Committee and surely to get the same favorable treatment from the full chamber, save for a few ...
Earth Day Special with Steve Hayward
PRI senior fellow Steve Hayward joins us for a special Earth Day edition of Next Round. We talk all things environment, from how the environmental movement morphed from a call for conservation to a push for socialism, how the Green New Deal would hurt the economy and working class Americans, ...
Earth Day: Opposing Progress Trumps Protecting the Planet
By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and Jeff Stier Today is Earth Day, a celebration originally conceived by then-U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) and first held in 1970 as a “symbol of environmental responsibility and stewardship.” In the spirit of the time, it was a touchy-feely, consciousness-raising, New Age experience. ...
PRI’s Tim Anaya Discusses CA’s High Gas Prices on Statewide TV
Watch PRI communications director Tim Anaya discuss the reasons behind California’s rising gas prices, which he attributes to poor legislative policies including a massive gas tax increase, the low-carbon fuel standard, and Cap-and-Trade. The interview aired on “Evening Edition” on KPBS (PBS) in San Diego and other stations statewide.
Patricia is Short Because State Government Has Made California Unaffordable
At a recent congressional hearing, freshman Democrat Katie Porter from Orange County took to her soapbox to grill JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon about income inequality at the company. Using the example of Patricia, who is employed as a full-time, entry-level bank teller at JP Morgan Chase – admittedly ...
George Will Cites PRI Study on Electric Car Subsidies in National Column
The electric-vehicle tax credit should be taken off the road Some government foolishness has an educational value that compensates for its considerable cost. Consider the multibillion-dollar federal electric-vehicle tax credit, which efficiently illustrates how government can, with one act, diminish its already-negligible prestige while subtracting from America’s fairness. Sen. John ...
Kerry Jackson Talks California’s “Plastic-Phobia” on Trevor Carey Show
Listen to Kerry Jackson, fellow with PRI’s Center for California Reform, discuss California’s war on plastic – pushing to outlaw everything from plastic bags to hotel shampoo bottles – on the Trevor Carey Show on Power Talk 96.7 FM in Fresno.
Does California Have a Future?
Republican California State Assemblyman Vince Fong recently tweeted about California’s 19 percent poverty rate, which he said “is driven by the extreme high cost of living here.” “Yet,” said Fong, “Sacramento continues to pass policies that make it even more expensive.” In a story illustrated by an artist’s rendering of a family in ...
April Showers Bring Higher Gas Prices
The old adage is April showers bring May flowers. Well, after a very wet winter, it looks like spring has finally sprung in California. As soon as the seasons change, Golden State drivers are typically hit with another unwelcome phenomenon brought on by spring – rising gas prices. This year ...
California, Blinded By Plastic
California, the Los Angeles Times recently reported, is building a “non-plastic future.” The state has outlawed or restricted single-use plastic bags, plastic drinking straws, and plastic cutlery. Future targets: plastic detergent bottles, unattached caps on plastic bottles, and polystyrene containers (typically used to hold restaurant takeout orders), which more than 100 California cities ...
