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CAPITAL IDEAS: The ‘Nuclear Option’ To Get Rid of Cars
There are some things in California that never change. It’s almost always sunny in the southern part of the state, and there’s no reason to expect a cease-fire in the war on cars.
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State Budget Update: Newsom’s Vetoes Foreshadow Tough Budget Year Ahead
Gov. Newsom recently completed the bill signing period, issuing his final signatures and vetoes on the final measures from the 2022 legislative session that remained on his desk. On the campaign trail in recent weeks, Newsom has been touting the California blue state agenda as the way forward for ...
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On Health Care, Energy, and Education, A To-Do List for the New Congress
Recent public opinion surveys highlight the policy priorities that voters have for the next Congress: 90 percent of those surveyed in a July Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll said health care costs, including prescription drug costs, were very or somewhat important issue upon which they would decide their ...
Agriculture
Life Is Too Short To Drink Subsidized Wine
Can the quality of California wine taste better than it already does? Apparently there’s a way to grow grapes that will do just that. A farming experiment at Robert Hall Winery in Paso Robles has produced grapes that, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, are “noticeably tastier” than grapes from ...
Government Energy Mandates
Legislating Energy ProsperityStudy by Wayne WinegardenMay 2020 California’s Blackouts: How Did We Get Here and What Can We Do to Keep the Lights On?Kerry JacksonCapital Ideas Brief, November 2019 Legislating Energy PovertyStudy by Wayne WinegardenDecember 2018 Legislating Energy Poverty in CaliforniaVideo Tim Anaya Responds to California 100 Percent Renewable Energy MandatesVideo Green ...
California
Newsom Dives In The Deep End
Gov. Gavin Newsom has unwrapped a long-overdue plan to quench California’s perpetual thirst. While a bit late and slightly off the mark, his $8 billion Water Supply Strategy is a welcomed development in a state that really needs one. The governor called it “an aggressive plan to rebuild the way ...
Commentary
The Electric Car Snow Job
By Andrew Fillat & Henry Miller The United States is being taken for a very expensive ride by an unholy alliance between climate ideologues and business opportunists, who have exerted undue influence over public opinion and government institutions in the name of climate change. The misnamed Inflation Reduction Act, signed ...
Commentary
Inflation Reduction Act Nightmare Targets Life-Saving Meds
President Joe Biden returned from vacation in South Carolina this week to sign the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The country would have been better off had he stayed at the beach. The IRA includes a combination of massive tax increases, innovation-destroying price controls, and debt-funded spending commitments. That might be music to the ears ...
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Ag Already Doing Its Part to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The United States Senate recently passed an energy spending bill that would, in part, funnel billions toward agriculture to address greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from livestock and soil tillage. The goal of this legislation is to bring the U.S. in line with its promised GHG emissions reduction target of 50 ...
Studies
Health Care NEW BRIEF: Biosimilars Save Patients Over $11 Billion Annually, Fixing Broken System Would Help Patients Save More August 22, 2022 NEW BRIEF: Establishing An Efficient Health Insurance Market July 26, 2022 NEW STUDY: U.K. Vaping Regulations Based on Risks of Vaping Relative to Smoking Provide Lessons for U.S. ...
CAPITAL IDEAS: The ‘Nuclear Option’ To Get Rid of Cars
There are some things in California that never change. It’s almost always sunny in the southern part of the state, and there’s no reason to expect a cease-fire in the war on cars.
State Budget Update: Newsom’s Vetoes Foreshadow Tough Budget Year Ahead
Gov. Newsom recently completed the bill signing period, issuing his final signatures and vetoes on the final measures from the 2022 legislative session that remained on his desk. On the campaign trail in recent weeks, Newsom has been touting the California blue state agenda as the way forward for ...
On Health Care, Energy, and Education, A To-Do List for the New Congress
Recent public opinion surveys highlight the policy priorities that voters have for the next Congress: 90 percent of those surveyed in a July Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll said health care costs, including prescription drug costs, were very or somewhat important issue upon which they would decide their ...
Life Is Too Short To Drink Subsidized Wine
Can the quality of California wine taste better than it already does? Apparently there’s a way to grow grapes that will do just that. A farming experiment at Robert Hall Winery in Paso Robles has produced grapes that, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, are “noticeably tastier” than grapes from ...
Government Energy Mandates
Legislating Energy ProsperityStudy by Wayne WinegardenMay 2020 California’s Blackouts: How Did We Get Here and What Can We Do to Keep the Lights On?Kerry JacksonCapital Ideas Brief, November 2019 Legislating Energy PovertyStudy by Wayne WinegardenDecember 2018 Legislating Energy Poverty in CaliforniaVideo Tim Anaya Responds to California 100 Percent Renewable Energy MandatesVideo Green ...
Newsom Dives In The Deep End
Gov. Gavin Newsom has unwrapped a long-overdue plan to quench California’s perpetual thirst. While a bit late and slightly off the mark, his $8 billion Water Supply Strategy is a welcomed development in a state that really needs one. The governor called it “an aggressive plan to rebuild the way ...
The Electric Car Snow Job
By Andrew Fillat & Henry Miller The United States is being taken for a very expensive ride by an unholy alliance between climate ideologues and business opportunists, who have exerted undue influence over public opinion and government institutions in the name of climate change. The misnamed Inflation Reduction Act, signed ...
Inflation Reduction Act Nightmare Targets Life-Saving Meds
President Joe Biden returned from vacation in South Carolina this week to sign the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The country would have been better off had he stayed at the beach. The IRA includes a combination of massive tax increases, innovation-destroying price controls, and debt-funded spending commitments. That might be music to the ears ...
Ag Already Doing Its Part to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The United States Senate recently passed an energy spending bill that would, in part, funnel billions toward agriculture to address greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from livestock and soil tillage. The goal of this legislation is to bring the U.S. in line with its promised GHG emissions reduction target of 50 ...
Studies
Health Care NEW BRIEF: Biosimilars Save Patients Over $11 Billion Annually, Fixing Broken System Would Help Patients Save More August 22, 2022 NEW BRIEF: Establishing An Efficient Health Insurance Market July 26, 2022 NEW STUDY: U.K. Vaping Regulations Based on Risks of Vaping Relative to Smoking Provide Lessons for U.S. ...
