Environment

America is leading the world in reducing emissions, thanks to the operation of the free market, especially through the fruits of the entrepreneurial genius and risk-taking that combined horizontal drilling with hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

Carolina Journal reporting discusses issues surrounding the Amazon Wind Farm that other media prefer to ignore.

The Paris climate accord, that is. Apparently, the United States is doing just fine without it. Hunter Lovell of the Washington Free Beacon explains. The United States in 2017 experienced the largest decline in carbon emissions in the world, according to a recent report. The American Enterprise Institute,…

Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal today about GenX use in solar panels. State policies have heavily incentivized and promoted solar energy facilities without even requiring reclamation bonding for the sites.

Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on policymakers’ questions surrounding potential contaminants in solar panels. John Hood’s Daily Journal uses baseball (and soccer) to describe different approaches to targeted tax incentives.

The June 2018 data release from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show that carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. are now at their lowest level since 1992. Also, emissions per capita are their lowest level since 1950.

Erin Dunne explains for the Washington Examiner why no one should expect left-of-center attacks on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to diminish with the resignation of controversial administrator Scott Pruitt. Now Pruitt is out and Andrew Wheeler, his (at least) temporary replacement, will be a more difficult target…

“Heat wave” update: here’s the month of July so far (July 1-4). Notice that the unseasonably cool areas cancel out the warm areas. So why all the heat wave news? Because the heat just happens to be where a lot of people live. In our business this is what we…