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Agriculture

Preparing for Another Drought

California’s historically severe drought, which ended in March 2019, had dominated Capitol discussions during its eight-year run, yet had not led to any dramatic changes in the way the state manages its water resources. This seems hard to fathom, given that state officials continue to warn about the impact of climate ...
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PRI 2020 Holiday Book List

As most of us won’t be able to travel during the holiday season this year due to Covid-19 restrictions, we’ll have a lot more time to read a good book this year.  To give you some ideas for your next great read, we present our annual PRI Holiday Book List.  ...
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PRI’s 2020 Free-Market Election Analysis

For hard-working Californians who are busy with their everyday lives, it can be hard to sort through the various measures we’ll be voting on this November.  To help you get educated on the issues, below are links to PRI’s free-market analysis on the November ballot.  We hope you will find ...
Blackouts

Powering California With Wind – A utility’s perspective

Milton Friedman famously declared that “one of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” While California desperately needs to apply this wisdom across the policy spectrum, arguably, the gap between policy leaders’ intentions and the empirical results are the widest when ...
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California On Fire: Newsom Releases A Hobgoblin

While visiting yet another charred part of California last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was “a little bit exhausted that we have to continue to debate this issue. This a climate damn emergency.” It’s a statement he can make confident that few of California’s 39.8 million residents have recently, ...
Climate Change

Kenneth Green – Energy and the Environment

Kenneth Green, Ph.D., PRI Senior Fellow in Environment, discusses the recent California wildfires, the state’s climate change policies, what he thinks about presidential candidate Joe Biden’s environmental agenda, as well as Pres. Trump’s performance on energy and environmental issues.
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High on Spending, Light on Stimulus: Legislative Democrats Propose $100 Billion Borrowing Plan

This week in Washington, Democrats and Republicans are squabbling over the next economic stimulus package.  Republicans have proposed a roughly $1 trillion plan, while Speaker Pelosi is pushing a $3 trillion plan.  The partisan haggling and negotiations via shuttle diplomacy have already begun. Upon returning from their summer recess, Sacramento ...
Climate Change

Sally Pipes Mentioned in WSJ Op-ed on Biden

Has the Pandemic Changed Biden? Not enough to shelve his plans for trillions in tax hikes. By: James Freeman A common view is that the coronavirus will permanently change American society in fundamental ways. Already it has radically changed political campaigns in 2020. For example, the leading candidate for President ...
Climate Change

Biden’s Mask Of Moderation Has Finally Slipped

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden pitches himself to American voters as a reasonable and pragmatic centrist. But he’s stocked his campaign team with some of the Democratic party’s most prominent—and extreme—left-wingers. Last month, Biden announced the creation of several policy task forces designed to bring the party together. Those task ...
California

Californians could save big if lawmakers legislate energy prosperity

The coronavirus has hit Southern California especially hard.  With businesses forced to close their doors to customers, many have shuttered for good unable to handle the sharp downturn in income.  As a result, more than 3.6 million Californians filed for unemployment over 8 weeks in March and April. Millions who are now ...
Agriculture

Preparing for Another Drought

California’s historically severe drought, which ended in March 2019, had dominated Capitol discussions during its eight-year run, yet had not led to any dramatic changes in the way the state manages its water resources. This seems hard to fathom, given that state officials continue to warn about the impact of climate ...
Blog

PRI 2020 Holiday Book List

As most of us won’t be able to travel during the holiday season this year due to Covid-19 restrictions, we’ll have a lot more time to read a good book this year.  To give you some ideas for your next great read, we present our annual PRI Holiday Book List.  ...
Blog

PRI’s 2020 Free-Market Election Analysis

For hard-working Californians who are busy with their everyday lives, it can be hard to sort through the various measures we’ll be voting on this November.  To help you get educated on the issues, below are links to PRI’s free-market analysis on the November ballot.  We hope you will find ...
Blackouts

Powering California With Wind – A utility’s perspective

Milton Friedman famously declared that “one of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” While California desperately needs to apply this wisdom across the policy spectrum, arguably, the gap between policy leaders’ intentions and the empirical results are the widest when ...
Blog

California On Fire: Newsom Releases A Hobgoblin

While visiting yet another charred part of California last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was “a little bit exhausted that we have to continue to debate this issue. This a climate damn emergency.” It’s a statement he can make confident that few of California’s 39.8 million residents have recently, ...
Climate Change

Kenneth Green – Energy and the Environment

Kenneth Green, Ph.D., PRI Senior Fellow in Environment, discusses the recent California wildfires, the state’s climate change policies, what he thinks about presidential candidate Joe Biden’s environmental agenda, as well as Pres. Trump’s performance on energy and environmental issues.
Blog

High on Spending, Light on Stimulus: Legislative Democrats Propose $100 Billion Borrowing Plan

This week in Washington, Democrats and Republicans are squabbling over the next economic stimulus package.  Republicans have proposed a roughly $1 trillion plan, while Speaker Pelosi is pushing a $3 trillion plan.  The partisan haggling and negotiations via shuttle diplomacy have already begun. Upon returning from their summer recess, Sacramento ...
Climate Change

Sally Pipes Mentioned in WSJ Op-ed on Biden

Has the Pandemic Changed Biden? Not enough to shelve his plans for trillions in tax hikes. By: James Freeman A common view is that the coronavirus will permanently change American society in fundamental ways. Already it has radically changed political campaigns in 2020. For example, the leading candidate for President ...
Climate Change

Biden’s Mask Of Moderation Has Finally Slipped

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden pitches himself to American voters as a reasonable and pragmatic centrist. But he’s stocked his campaign team with some of the Democratic party’s most prominent—and extreme—left-wingers. Last month, Biden announced the creation of several policy task forces designed to bring the party together. Those task ...
California

Californians could save big if lawmakers legislate energy prosperity

The coronavirus has hit Southern California especially hard.  With businesses forced to close their doors to customers, many have shuttered for good unable to handle the sharp downturn in income.  As a result, more than 3.6 million Californians filed for unemployment over 8 weeks in March and April. Millions who are now ...
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