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With Trump’s Election, America Rejects Job-Killing Climate Change Agenda

While the rest of the country indicated by electing Donald Trump that it has moved on from the ideology of global warming alarmism, California won’t budge. Though Gov. Jerry Brown appeared to strike a cooperative tone with the new president, he also said only days after the election that the ...
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Latest California Climate Change Plan Doubles Down on Job-Killing Policies

Sacramento’s response to President Trump’s Inauguration Day was to release the latest version of its heavy-handed plan to stop global warming. The state’s updated approach to environmental policy will be about as effective in stopping climate change as another anti-Trump riot and far more economically damaging. The 2017 Climate Change ...
California

Hiring Of Holder Takes Away From Real Issues

The California Legislature entered the New Year by hiring former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder to lead the state’s legal charge against the Trump administration. The justification is that he will “safeguard the values of the people of California.” Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León said that bringing in ...
Business & Economics

New Climate Disclosure Would Add No Value For Investors

With only a few months left in office, President Barack Obama’s administration seeks to step up climate change disclosure, raising implications for corporations and asset owners. National Economic Council Director Jeffrey Zients and White House senior adviser Brian Deese unveiled in August a proposal to require public companies to disclose ...
Climate Change

Obama’s Energy Plan Will Cost Poor Hundreds Of Billions To Stop 0.019 Degrees Of Global Warming

President Barack Obama’s plan to fight global warming will raise energy prices and drag many low-income Americans into “energy poverty,” according to a new study. The so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP) would significantly increase the price of electricity in the U.S., and could cost the economy up to $479 billion ...
California

CAPITAL IDEAS: Climate Change Bill Will Cost California Hundreds of Millions

A report from Energy and Environmental Economics in San Francisco says cutting emissions between 26 percent and 38 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 could cost $23 billion year. Read Full Brie
Climate Change

Hysteria’s History Part IV

Video Series on the Environment Episode 4: Hysteria’s History: Why is Alarmism so Dangerous? Hysteria’s History: Why is Alarmism so Dangerous? is the last video in a four-part series aimed at exposing young people to the historical progression of environmental alarmism that has often resulted in poor and contradictory policy ...
Climate Change

Hysteria’s History Part II

New Video Series on the Environment Episode 2: Hysteria’s History: Why Haven’’t We Run Out of Oil? “Hysteria’s History: Why Haven’t We Run Out of Oil?,” is the second in a four-part series aimed at exposing young people to the historical progression of environmental alarmism that has often resulted in ...
Climate Change

Hysteria’s History Part I

New Video Series on the Environment Episode 1: Hysteria’s History: Why Haven’t We Starved to Death? “Hysteria’s History: Why Haven’t We Starved to Death?,” is the first in a four-part series aimed at exposing young people to the historical progression of environmental alarmism that has often resulted in poor and ...
California

California’s Efficient Energy: Doing More Harm than Good?

When it comes to saving the planet, some of the most popular weapons are policies to promote energy efficiency. As Tim Greeff, deputy legislative director of the League of Conservation Voters recently quipped, “Efficiency is always the cheapest, cleanest, safest, quickest way to cut down on both global warming and ...
California

With Trump’s Election, America Rejects Job-Killing Climate Change Agenda

While the rest of the country indicated by electing Donald Trump that it has moved on from the ideology of global warming alarmism, California won’t budge. Though Gov. Jerry Brown appeared to strike a cooperative tone with the new president, he also said only days after the election that the ...
Blog

Latest California Climate Change Plan Doubles Down on Job-Killing Policies

Sacramento’s response to President Trump’s Inauguration Day was to release the latest version of its heavy-handed plan to stop global warming. The state’s updated approach to environmental policy will be about as effective in stopping climate change as another anti-Trump riot and far more economically damaging. The 2017 Climate Change ...
California

Hiring Of Holder Takes Away From Real Issues

The California Legislature entered the New Year by hiring former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder to lead the state’s legal charge against the Trump administration. The justification is that he will “safeguard the values of the people of California.” Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León said that bringing in ...
Business & Economics

New Climate Disclosure Would Add No Value For Investors

With only a few months left in office, President Barack Obama’s administration seeks to step up climate change disclosure, raising implications for corporations and asset owners. National Economic Council Director Jeffrey Zients and White House senior adviser Brian Deese unveiled in August a proposal to require public companies to disclose ...
Climate Change

Obama’s Energy Plan Will Cost Poor Hundreds Of Billions To Stop 0.019 Degrees Of Global Warming

President Barack Obama’s plan to fight global warming will raise energy prices and drag many low-income Americans into “energy poverty,” according to a new study. The so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP) would significantly increase the price of electricity in the U.S., and could cost the economy up to $479 billion ...
California

CAPITAL IDEAS: Climate Change Bill Will Cost California Hundreds of Millions

A report from Energy and Environmental Economics in San Francisco says cutting emissions between 26 percent and 38 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 could cost $23 billion year. Read Full Brie
Climate Change

Hysteria’s History Part IV

Video Series on the Environment Episode 4: Hysteria’s History: Why is Alarmism so Dangerous? Hysteria’s History: Why is Alarmism so Dangerous? is the last video in a four-part series aimed at exposing young people to the historical progression of environmental alarmism that has often resulted in poor and contradictory policy ...
Climate Change

Hysteria’s History Part II

New Video Series on the Environment Episode 2: Hysteria’s History: Why Haven’’t We Run Out of Oil? “Hysteria’s History: Why Haven’t We Run Out of Oil?,” is the second in a four-part series aimed at exposing young people to the historical progression of environmental alarmism that has often resulted in ...
Climate Change

Hysteria’s History Part I

New Video Series on the Environment Episode 1: Hysteria’s History: Why Haven’t We Starved to Death? “Hysteria’s History: Why Haven’t We Starved to Death?,” is the first in a four-part series aimed at exposing young people to the historical progression of environmental alarmism that has often resulted in poor and ...
California

California’s Efficient Energy: Doing More Harm than Good?

When it comes to saving the planet, some of the most popular weapons are policies to promote energy efficiency. As Tim Greeff, deputy legislative director of the League of Conservation Voters recently quipped, “Efficiency is always the cheapest, cleanest, safest, quickest way to cut down on both global warming and ...
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