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Corrupting Infrastructure in Order to Expand the Federal Government’s Size and Scope

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Allusions to George Orwell’s 1984 are often overdone, but the applicability is simply too great to ignore. After all, how else do you refer to a proposed $2.7 trillion infrastructure package that spends only 16-cents on the dollar for infrastructure? Having reviewed the President’s proposed package based on the White House Fact Sheet and the […]

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Fund coronavirus research, not a climate change musical

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I’ve been a science nerd almost all my life. In graduate school, I was the co-discoverer of a bacterial enzyme essential to DNA replication and of a key enzyme in the influenza virus. I have written more than a thousand articles concerned with science and science policy. I’m convinced that America’s prosperity is based on post-WWII preeminence in science and technology,

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Green Jobs Demonstrate The Perils Of Government-Directed Economic Growth

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Part of President Biden’s Build Back Better initiative promises to “create good-paying union jobs and train Americans for jobs of the future.” The unspoken theory behind this initiative is that green jobs will offer a pay premium to workers compared to jobs in the fossil fuel industry. It also reflects the Administration’s view that sustainable and robust

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Lessons from the Left Coast: The economic costs from adopting California’s approach to global climate change

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All signs indicate that the Biden Administration is adopting California’s approach to global climate of prohibit, discourage, and subsidize. The prohibit plank refers to punishing the politically disfavored energy sources of nuclear and natural gas. California has punished nuclear power generation by shuttering the San Onofre Nuclear Generating station in January 2012 and executing plans

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Winners and Losers – January 29

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Tim Anaya, Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office  Winner: Larry Kudlow – Larry Kudlow, former Trump economic advisor, is returning to his roots in front of a television camera.  Fox Business Network announced it has hired Kudlow to host a new daily program, taking on his former television home, CNBC.  Loser: Barry Bonds,

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CAPITAL IDEAS: Is California’s Economy on the Brink Due to Climate Change?

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California must change course to avoid water shortages

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Californians have recently endured increasingly aggressive wildfires, rolling power outages, and smoke-filled air for days.  Unless the state government changes course, we can add water shortages to this list. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, California has already suffered three droughts during this century – 2001-2002, 2007-2009, and 2012-2016.  To address this reality, the state

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President Biden Should Not Adopt California’s Approach To The Environment

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Whether it is canceling the Keystone XL pipeline or obstructing new permits for oil and gas projects on federal lands, President Biden appears to be adopting California’s approach to addressing the problem of global climate change. If fully adopted, there will be large economic consequences with little net environmental benefit. Let’s start with the environment.

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