November 3, 2009
Senate's Byrd-Hagel Resolution Should Guide Global Warming Discussion in Copenhagen
By Ben Lieberman
(Special Report #69)
The Administration should follow the Byrd-Hagel Resolution in Copenhagen and steer clear of any agreement that violates its provisions.
November 3, 2009
Boxer-Kerry Cap-and-Trade Bill's Nuclear Provision Won't Fuel a Nuclear Revival
By Jack Spencer and Nicolas D. Loris
(Backgrounder #2335)
America needs a clean, safe, and sustainable energy source. Nuclear power could be part of the solution -- with the right set of free-market reforms. ...
November 2, 2009
Ten Things about China and Climate Change
By Derek Scissors, Ph.D.
(Special Report #68)
With Copenhagen conference looming, the U.S. must be realistic about carbon emissions and China.
November 2, 2009
Copenhagen Consequences: What You Need To Know
By heritage.org
(Fact Sheet #44)
In 1997 the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Byrd-Hagel Resolution which warned President Clinton not to enter into any global warming treaty that leaves out ...
October 28, 2009
National Security: Not a Good Argument for Global Warming Legislation
By James Jay Carafano, Ph. D.
(Testimony )
The Clean Energy Jobs and America Power Act (S. 1733) has engendered tremendous controversy. Concerns abound about the legislation's adverse economic consequences, and there is ...
October 23, 2009
Proposed Global Warming Bills and Regulations Will Do More Harm Than Good
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2665)
The Waxman-Markey and Kerry-Boxer bills, like the proposed regulations, are an expensive and ineffective response to the overstated threat of global warming.
September 24, 2009
The American Conservation and Clean Energy Independence Act: A Bipartisan Pro-Energy Bill
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2627)
The ideas contained in American Conservation and Clean Energy Independence Act would produce energy in a way that is environmentally sound and would help the ...
August 28, 2009
Waxman-Markey's Effect on Gas Prices in Your State
By Nick Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2598)
The Waxman–Markey energy bill, which would restrict greenhouse gas emissions by creating a cap-and-trade system, was passed by the House in June and will likely ...
August 26, 2009
Blaming Oil Speculators: A Costly Diversion from Real Solutions to Rising Oil Prices
By Ben Lieberman and J. D. Foster, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2596)
Oil speculation is not the long-term cause of high or volatile oil prices, and ill-advised market restrictions may well prove counterproductive.
August 19, 2009
Impact of the Waxman–Markey Climate Change Legislation on the States
By David Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen Campbell, Ph.D., William W. Beach, Ben Lieberman, and Nicolas D. Loris
(WebMemo #2585)
The 1,500-page cap-and-trade climate legislation, also known as Waxman-Markey, passed by a narrow margin late in the day on June 26. Cap and trade is ...
August 13, 2009
Five Things Congress and the President Are Doing to Bring Back Sky-High Gas Prices
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2587)
A return to $4 a gallon gas--or higher--will be certain if Congress and the President succeed in enacting a host of proposals to crack down ...
August 10, 2009
The Economic Impact of The Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Bill on Western States
By Ben Lieberman
(Testimony )
Cap and trade is very expensive and amounts to nothing more than an energy tax in disguise. The bottom line is that cap and trade ...
August 6, 2009
The Economic Consequences of Waxman-Markey: An Analysis of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., William W. Beach, Ben Lieberman, and Nicolas D. Loris
(Center for Data Analysis Report #09-04)
The Waxman-Markey bill proposes a new national tax of historic proportions. Though levied directly on carbon-based energy, the tax's impact spreads through the economy, increasing ...
August 6, 2009
Heritage Analysis of Waxman-Markey Hits Where Others Miss
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2580)
The Waxman-Markey bill forces a bad deal on a generation that does not have the option to turn it down.
August 5, 2009
Cash for Clunkers: Just Spinning Wheels
By James L. Gattuso and Nicolas D. Loris
(WebMemo #2579)
Despite its popularity, the cash-for-clunkers program is no success--unless success is defined as spending a lot of money quickly.
August 3, 2009
National Security Not a Good Argument for Global Warming Legislation
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2572)
The Waxman-Markey bill's supporters are increasingly making the case that creating a new law is a national security imperative. They are wrong.
July 31, 2009
Pitts Bill Could Be Nuclear Energy Game Changer
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #2571)
The market-based policies proposed in the SAFE Nuclear Act would put the U.S. nuclear renaissance on the fast track.
July 27, 2009
The PERI Report on Clean Energy: The Wrong Question and a Misleading Result
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #2303)
The PERI report does not estimate the economic impact of any policy currently being debated, and the job number finding is not the overall impact ...
July 21, 2009
Waxman-Markey: Homeowners, Small Businesses, and Farmers Hit the Hardest
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2553)
The Heritage Foundation calculates that, by 2035, America would be $9.4 trillion poorer with Waxman-Markey than without it. This is a tremendous burden and one ...
July 20, 2009
Nuclear Waste: Do Not Rule Out Yucca Mountain Just Yet, Says House of Representatives
By Jack Spencer and Nicolas D. Loris
(WebMemo #2549)
The Senate should follow the House's lead and ensure that Secretary Chu's blue-ribbon commission on nuclear waste be compelled to consider all waste disposition alternatives, ...
July 20, 2009
Cap and Trade: A Comparison of Cost Estimates
By Nicolas D. Loris
(WebMemo #2550)
Three major analyses of the Waxman-Markey climate bill confirm that cap and trade will produce an economy that will perform well under its potential.
July 10, 2009
The European Experience with Cap and Trade
By Ben Lieberman
(Testimony )
The economic realities of cap and trade are becoming clear in Europe. If we adopt a similar approach here, expect considerable economic pain for minimal ...
July 8, 2009
Cap and Trade Sold under False Pretenses
By Nicolas Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2528)
Cap and trade is nothing more than a massive energy tax, which is why it has been sold under false pretenses.
June 26, 2009
The Economic Impact of the Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Bill
By Ben Lieberman
(Testimony )
It is clear that cap and trade is very expensive and amounts to nothing more than an energy tax in disguise. The bottom line is ...
June 25, 2009
Waxman-Markey Global Warming Bill: Economic Impact by Congressional District
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., and David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2504)
It has become quite clear over the past several months that placing a cap on carbon emission will have major implications for the American economy ...
June 24, 2009
CBO Grossly Underestimates Cost of Cap and Trade
By David Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen Campbell, Ph.D., and Nicolas D. Loris
(WebMemo #2503)
The CBO analysis of Waxman-Markey fails to take into account all the adverse effects that will ripple through the U.S. economy if cap and trade ...
June 23, 2009
The Waxman-Markey Global Warming Bill: Is the Economic Pain Justified by the Environmental Gain?
By Ben Lieberman
(Testimony )
My name is Ben Lieberman and I'm the Senior Policy Analyst for Energy and Environment at The Heritage Foundation. I'll be discussing the economics of ...
June 19, 2009
Nuclear Energy Renaissance: Global Supply Chain Critical
By Jack Spencer and Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2495)
With protectionist sentiment on the rise, the DOE should be commended for recognizing the critical role that the global nuclear industrial base must play in ...
June 16, 2009
Energy Cap and Trade Threatens American Prosperity
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2488)
Policymakers should maintain the integrity and freedom of global markets as a means to transfer clean technologies, keep international investment flowing, and promote economic growth ...
June 11, 2009
The American Energy Act: An Energy Bill with Some Real Energy in It
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2479)
The American Energy Act seeks to undo many of the mistakes in our current domestic energy policy and allow the free market to provide more ...
June 10, 2009
Cap and Trade: A Handout for Corporations and a Huge Tax on Consumers
By Nicolas Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2476)
Waxman-Markey has evolved into a corporate welfare program for businesses interested in protecting their bottom lines, making it that much more painful for the energy ...
June 10, 2009
The American Energy Act Puts Nuclear on the Fast Track
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #2477)
The American Energy Act puts forth a pro-market agenda that allows nuclear energy to compete based on its merits, such as being affordable, domestic, and ...
June 9, 2009
Five Free Market Priorities for a Nuclear Energy Renaissance
By Jack Spencer and Nicolas Loris
(WebMemo #2475)
When it comes to nuclear energy, policymakers should reject the subsidies-first mentality that permeates most current thinking and instead focus on the following five free ...
June 9, 2009
Response to the NRDC Critique of The Heritage Foundation's Analysis of the Waxman-Markey Bill
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., William W. Beach, and Ben Lieberman
(Center for Data Analysis Report #09-03)
Recently, Dr. Laurie T. Johnson of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) critiqued The Heritage Foundation's analysis of the Waxman–Markey bill (H.R. 2454, "American Clean ...
June 8, 2009
Questions on EPA's Cost Estimates for Waxman-Markey Climate Change Legislation
By David Kreutzer, Ph.D., and Nicolas Loris
(WebMemo #2470)
The EPA's conclusion that Americans will be better shielded from the pain of capping carbon by Waxman-Markey draft legislation is fantasy. Two major independent model ...
June 2, 2009
Slouching Toward a "Huddled Masses" Housing Policy: Saving Energy with Higher Densities?
By Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #2281)
If President Obama and his subordinates are to be believed, this Administration is promising to impose unprecedented ("transformational") changes on the way Americans live, work, ...
May 18, 2009
Son of Waxman-Markey: More Politics Makes for a More Costly Bill
By William W. Beach, David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2450)
The Waxman-Markey bill is a massive energy tax in disguise that promises job losses, income cuts, and a sharp left turn toward big government.
May 14, 2009
Capping Carbon Emissions Is Bad, No Matter How You Slice the Revenue
By Nicolas Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2443)
Cap and trade or any variant thereof would be a drag on the U.S. economy at a time when it can afford it the least. ...
May 13, 2009
The Economic Impact of Waxman–Markey
By William W. Beach, David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2438)
The Waxman-Markey bill would have little impact on world temperatures, it is a massive energy tax in disguise that promises job losses, income cuts, and ...
May 12, 2009
Waxman-Markey Global Warming Proposal's Other Problematic Provisions
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2436)
The main focus of debate over the proposed Waxman-Markey bill has been its cap and trade program. But there are other measures in the proposal ...
May 7, 2009
The Economic Impact of Cap and Trade
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D.
(Testimony )
Carbon dioxide is not a toxin, is not directly harmful to human health, and is not projected to become so--even without legislative or regulatory action. ...
May 5, 2009
The National and Local Economic Impacts of Cap and Trade
By Ben Lieberman
(Testimony )
We all know that the Waxman-Markey cap and trade proposal will be very expensive and amounts to nothing more than a massive energy tax.
April 24, 2009
Climate Policy: Free Trade Promotes a Cleaner Environment
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2408)
Regardless of the shape of any final climate change bill, lawmakers should maintain the integrity and freedom of global markets as a means to transfer ...
April 23, 2009
Five Reasons the EPA Should Not Attempt to Deal with Global Warming
By Ben Lieberman and Nicolas D. Loris
(WebMemo #2407)
Using the Clean Air Act to regulate CO2 would harm everyone who uses energy, especially the poor--all for a change in the Earth's temperature too ...
April 7, 2009
Where Is Nuclear Energy in the Markey-Waxman Energy Bill?
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #2386)
If CO2 reduction is truly the objective, then maximizing America's nuclear resources should be a top priority.
April 6, 2009
Secretary Chu's Blue Ribbon Commission on Nuclear Waste
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #2382)
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is forming a blue-ribbon commission to answer the question of what to do with America's nuclear waste. Here are our ...
April 2, 2009
The 2009 Energy Bill: Anti-Market and Anti-Consumer
By Nicolas Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2378)
The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 offers nothing more than subsidies and mandates for unsuccessful, unproven energy sources coupled with taxes on ...
March 27, 2009
Three Mile Island and Chernobyl: What Went Wrong and Why Today’s Reactors Are Safe
By Jack Spencer and Nick Loris
(WebMemo #2367)
This Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor. This occasion is a good time to consider ...
March 25, 2009
Obama's Energy Budget: More Taxes, Higher Prices
By Nicolas Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2361)
Obama's Energy Budget: More Taxes, Higher Prices
March 11, 2009
No Cost Stimulus Expands Energy Supply and Creates Jobs
By Nicolas Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2336)
The No Cost Stimulus Act of 2009 would open up resources and streamline regulatory, environmental and judicial review processes to provide a real stimulus to ...
March 3, 2009
A To-Do List for Secretary Chu on Nuclear Energy Policy
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #2321)
Washington is starting to recognize that President Obama will not be able to meet his energy objectives without a strong nuclear industry.
March 2, 2009
Global Warming: Using the Polar Bear to Impose Costly Measures
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2319)
The American people do not need a costly backdoor global warming policy through the misuse of preexisting ESA authority never intended for that purpose.
February 25, 2009
Pros and Cons of Multilateral Nonproliferation: Lessons Learned from the Bush Administration
By Ambassador Jackie Wolcott
(Heritage Lecture #1112)
International institutions sometimes fail, and it is not our job to save them from themselves. Failure, on the other hand, could force them to adapt ...
February 19, 2009
The Obama Administration Should Not Delay Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2302)
The Obama Administration has taken steps to slow down the process of leasing offshore areas to energy companies, and some fear that expanded offshore drilling ...
February 10, 2009
Expanded Offshore Drilling should Be a Part of U.S. Energy Policy
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2284)
The Obama Administration should continue with the important effort to expand domestic production of oil and gas.
February 6, 2009
The Problem with Increasing Energy Loan Guarantees
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #2277)
Despite there already being tens of billions authorized to guarantee clean energy loans, some are pushing to add up to $100 billion more in the ...
January 26, 2009
Green Stimulus: Tying Economic Package to Energy and Environment Plan Is Not Workable
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2245)
There is plenty of reason to believe that Congress's proposed stimulus package will not work. This misallocation of resources is only worsened with the attempt ...
January 15, 2009
Key Questions for Ken Salazar, Nominee for Department of Interior
By Nicolas Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2224)
The U.S. Senate will soon render its advice and consent on the nomination of Ken Salazar for Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. ...
January 12, 2009
Key Questions for Steven Chu, Nominee for Secretary of Energy
By Ben Lieberman and Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #2203)
It is an important part of the secretary of energy's job to act as a pro-energy counterweight to EPA rather than as a redundant anti-energy ...
January 12, 2009
Key Questions for Lisa Jackson, Nominee for EPA Administrator
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2206)
The U.S. Senate will soon render its advice and consent on the nomination of Lisa Jackson for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. In their ...
December 18, 2008
The Oil-Price Roller Coaster: Global Challenges for the Obama Administration
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., and Owen Graham
(Backgrounder #2216)
The U.S. should increase pressure on OPEC and non-OPEC countries, which are failing to meet production forecasts, to open access to IOCs while authorizing oil ...
December 18, 2008
Executive Summary: The Oil-Price Roller Coaster: Global Challenges for the Obama Administration
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., and Owen Graham
(Executive Summary #2216)
The U.S. should increase pressure on OPEC and non-OPEC countries, which are failing to meet production forecasts, to open access to IOCs while authorizing oil ...
December 16, 2008
Protectionism Won't Fuel a Nuclear Renaissance
By Jack Spencer and Daniella Markheim
(Backgrounder #2221)
Expansion of nuclear power will result in increased demand for uranium. Growing fuel markets will create the environment that can sustain new enrichment capacity; artificially ...
December 11, 2008
Poznan Conference: America Should Take Notice as Europe Backs Away from Costly Global Warming Measures
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2168)
A global warming conference is currently underway in Poznan, Poland, with representatives from 190 countries debating a new treaty to succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. ...
December 8, 2008
Making Domestic Energy Affordable: A Memo to President-elect Obama
By Ben Lieberman and Jack Spencer
(Special Report #31)
President-elect Obama, throughout the campaign, you pledged to find ways to provide relief for the rising energy prices that affect millions of American households and ...
November 24, 2008
The True Costs of EPA Global Warming Regulation
By Ben Lieberman
(Backgrounder #2213)
The EPA's Clean Air Act is ill suited to address global warming, which would almost certainly unleash a costly and impractical regulatory scheme that would ...
November 10, 2008
Washington Subsidies Not Necessary to Rebuild U.S. Nuclear Industry
By Jack Spencer and Nicolas D. Loris
(Backgrounder #2207)
The private sector has already begun to invest in the nuclear industry without federal government subsidies. Congress should take steps that promote industrial independence, not ...
November 10, 2008
EPA-Mandated CO2 Reductions Will Lower U.S. Industries' Return on Equity
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.
(Center for Data Analysis Report #08-12)
The global warming policy debate is increasing the calls for reduction of carbon-dioxide and other greenhouse-gas emissions. The proposal to allow the EPA to broadly ...
November 5, 2008
Impact of CO2 Restrictions on Employment and Income: Green Jobs or Gone Jobs?
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2122)
Those pushing restrictions on carbon dioxide have tried to repackage global-warming legislation as jobs bills. As appealing as the repackaging seems on the surface, the ...
October 30, 2008
The New Cold War: Reviving the U.S. Presence in the Arctic
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Lajos F. Szaszdi, Ph.D., and Jim Dolbow
(Backgrounder #2202)
U.S. Arctic policy is moribund and needs a comprehensive revival. The USGS estimates that the Arctic might hold up to 13 percent of the world’s ...
October 30, 2008
Executive Summary: The New Cold War: Reviving the U.S. Presence in the Arctic
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Lajos F. Szaszdi, Ph.D., and Jim Dolbow
(Executive Summary #2202)
U.S. Arctic policy is moribund and needs a comprehensive revival. The USGS estimates that the Arctic might hold up to 13 percent of the world’s ...
October 29, 2008
CO2-Emission Cuts: The Economic Costs of the EPA's ANPR Regulations
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., and Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.
(Center for Data Analysis Report #08-10)
The EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) proposes an unprecedented expansion of federal ability to regulate CO2 emissions. Its limits on CO2 emissions would ...
October 27, 2008
OPEC Redux: Responding to the Russian–Iranian Gas Cartel
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2118)
On October 21 in Tehran, the Gas Exporting Countries’ Forum (GECF) agreed to form a cartel. Russia, Iran, and Qatar announced that they intend to ...
October 17, 2008
Falling Oil Prices: Useful Lessons from the Slump at the Pump
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2106)
Last summer’s record-breaking oil and gasoline prices received plenty of attention in Washington and sparked a host of proposed responses from Congress. However, the real ...
October 1, 2008
The Economic Case for Drilling Oil Reserves
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2093)
Energy is critical to the operation of our economy and the maintenance and improvement of our standard of living. Restricting access to energy hurts the ...
September 19, 2008
Lower Home Heating Bills by Increasing Domestic Energy Supplies
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2067)
Gasoline prices have fallen a bit since hitting $4.00 a gallon last summer, but America’s total energy bill is going to increase in the months ...
September 15, 2008
Time to Fast-track New Nuclear Reactors
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #2062)
Many in Congress have begun to realize that the nation’s energy, economic, security, and environmental objectives cannot be met without nuclear power. Instituting a program ...
September 8, 2008
The Gang of 10's Energy Bill: Just More Bad Energy Ideas
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2052)
On Friday, September 5 the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its employment estimates for August 2008. Government data shows that employers continued to shed jobs ...
September 8, 2008
Grading the Gang of 10's Nuclear Energy Proposal
By Jack Spencer and Nicolas Loris
(WebMemo #2053)
Although the Gang of 10's energy plan has been subject to a great deal of criticism, they should be applauded for their bipartisan efforts to ...
August 8, 2008
Congressional Moratorium on Offshore Drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf Should Be Allowed to Expire
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2016)
Congressional restrictions are the only thing standing between 19 billion barrels of additional domestic oil and the citizens who need it. If Congress does not ...
July 29, 2008
Saving the NPT and the Nonproliferation Regime in an Era of Nuclear Renaissance
By Jack Spencer
(Testimony )
Testimony before the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs,
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
July 28, 2008
Energy Policy: Let's Not Repeat the Mistakes of the '70s
By Ben Lieberman and Nicholas D. Loris
(WebMemo #2004)
America is currently facing energy challenges reminiscent of the 1970s. Unfortunately, rising gas prices have policymakers repeating the mistakes from that decade-mistakes that took a ...
July 24, 2008
Oil Speculators Help Consumers at the Gas Pump
By David Kreutzer
(WebMemo #2003)
A 2006 study by the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is used by those claiming a causal link from futures market speculation to higher petroleum ...
July 22, 2008
No Taxpayer Bailout for the Earmarked Highway Bill
By Ron Utt
(WebMemo #2001)
With the highway trust fund expected to be empty when the current highway legislation expires next year, the current spending gap should be filled by ...
July 17, 2008
Oil Speculators: A Marginal (at Best) Cause of High Energy Prices
By J. D. Foster
(WebMemo #1998)
To deflect attention from high energy prices, Congress has joined in the finger-pointing, and the easiest targets are "speculators." Yet surprising voices are rising to ...
July 14, 2008
Lifting the Offshore Drilling Ban: A Positive Step in the Fight against High Energy Prices
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1990)
The President took a positive step today by rescinding the executive moratorium on exploration and production in American waters. However, Congress still needs to act ...
July 14, 2008
How Rising Gas Prices Hurt American Households
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #2162)
Higher gas prices lower employment, income, and spending. To the extent that the high price of gasoline is not a clear signal because of excessive ...
July 11, 2008
"A Glorious Mess": EPA Notice Would Have Dramatic Impact on U.S. Military
By Mackenzie Eaglen
(WebMemo #1988)
The EPA's proposed new rules could put more obligations on our already-burdened military.
July 11, 2008
EPA Should Not Ignore Congress on Global Warming Restrictions
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1987)
The proposed regulations in the ANPR would result a vast expansion of the EPA's power, giving it unprecedented regulatory oversight into all sectors of the ...
July 2, 2008
Nuclear Energy: What We Can Learn From Other Nations
By Nicolas Loris and Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #1977)
With energy supplies at a premium, it's even more imperative that the U.S. look overseas for ideas on how to use nuclear energy safely and ...
June 26, 2008
More Energy Supplies, Not More Taxes and Regulations, Are What We Need
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1969)
Congress should be opening up energy resources instead of looking for scapegoats.
June 23, 2008
A Free-Market Approach to Managing Used Nuclear Fuel
By Jack Spencer
(Backgrounder #2149)
A Free-Market Approach to Managing Used Nuclear Fuel
June 19, 2008
Critics of Nuclear Power's Costs Miss the Point
By Jack Spencer and Nick Loris
(WebMemo #1961)
Carbon-capping legislation and recent studies that conclude that a massive build-up of nuclear power is needed to minimize the negative economic impact of CO2 caps ...
June 19, 2008
Opening America's Waters to Energy Production: A Positive Step in the Fight Against High Energy Prices
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1963)
Washington, D.C., must do something about the increasing price of gasoline, now topping $4.00 per gallon. One important step would be to tap our own ...
June 9, 2008
The Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 Will Only Increase Gas Prices and Energy Costs
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1950)
ood energy policy is easy to distinguish from bad energy policy: Good policy leads to ...
June 9, 2008
What Is Driving the High Oil Prices?
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., and Owen Graham
(WebMemo #1951)
As oil and gasoline prices surpass $134 per barrel and $4 per gallon, respectively, it is clear that significant change is underway in global energy ...
June 2, 2008
The Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Act: A Solution Worse Than the Problem
By Ben Lieberman
(Backgrounder #2140)
America's Climate Security Act of 2007 requires significant emissions reductions before the technologies capable of achieving them affordably are available. The science points away from ...
June 2, 2008
Nuclear Power Needed to Minimize Lieberman-Warner's Economic Impact
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #1944)
Anxiety over human-induced global warming is driving the debate over energy policy. The Lieberman–Warner climate change bill (S. 2191) is the political manifestation of this ...
May 30, 2008
Executive Summary: The Proposed Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline: An Unacceptable Risk to Regional Security
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Lisa Curtis, and Owen Graham
(Executive Summary #2139)
The Iran–Pakistan–India pipeline would be contrary to U.S. strategic interests, would destabilize the Persian Gulf, and would strengthen Russia’s grip over Central Asia, decreasing both ...
May 30, 2008
The Proposed Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline: An Unacceptable Risk to Regional Security
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Lisa Curtis, and Owen Graham
(Backgrounder #2139)
The Iran–Pakistan–India pipeline would be contrary to U.S. strategic interests, would destabilize the Persian Gulf, and would strengthen Russia’s grip over Central Asia, decreasing both ...
May 30, 2008
Five Myths About the Lieberman-Warner Global Warming Legislation
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1940)
On June 2, the United States Senate will begin debate on America’s Climate Security Act (S. 2191), sponsored by Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and John ...
May 22, 2008
Effect of the Lieberman-Warner Global Warming Legislation on States
By William W. Beach, Ben Lieberman, David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., and Nicolas D. Loris
(WebMemo #1930)
Workers and families in the United States may be wondering how climate change legislation before Congress will affect their income, their jobs, and the cost ...
May 19, 2008
The Good and Bad Approaches to Affordable Energy Policy
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1927)
Good energy policy is easy to distinguish from bad energy policy: Good policy leads to ...
May 15, 2008
Time to Repeal the Ethanol Mandate
By Ben Lieberman and Nicolas Loris
(WebMemo #1925)
Though intended to help consumers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the ethanol mandate has done just the opposite, contributing to high food and gas prices ...
May 15, 2008
Russia 123 Agreement: Not Ready for Primetime
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #1926)
Though intended to help consumers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the ethanol mandate has done just the opposite, contributing to high food and gas prices ...
May 12, 2008
Congress Should Not Tamper with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1920)
Congress is about to legislate that the U.S. government stop purchasing oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Some believe that this would bring gasoline ...
May 12, 2008
The Economic Costs of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Legislation
By William W. Beach, David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Ben Lieberman, and Nicolas D. Loris
(Center for Data Analysis Report #08-02)
The Lieberman-Warner climate change bill is, in many respects, an unprecedented proposal. Its limits on CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions would impose significant costs ...
May 6, 2008
Meeting Energy Challenges in the Western Hemisphere
By Ray Walser, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #1079)
Meeting the nation’s petroleum needs from affordable and secure sources is vital for national security. The best guarantee for future energy security remains a stable, ...
May 2, 2008
Ethanol and Other Biofuels: A Global Warming Solution Worse Than the Problem
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1912)
There are risks to global warming policy as well as risks to global warming, and although the former could be costlier than the latter, they ...
May 1, 2008
Yucca Mountain Remains Critical to Spent Nuclear Fuel Management
By Jack Spencer and Nicolas Loris
(Backgrounder #2131)
Nuclear energy can be clean, safe, and affordable, but managing spent nuclear fuel has been a political sticking point for the advancement of nuclear energy ...
April 18, 2008
Both Bad and Good in Bush's Climate Change Speech
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1897)
President George W. Bush, in a speech delivered at the White House on Wednesday, April 16, suggested that he will support federal limits on greenhouse ...
April 18, 2008
Nuclear Power Critical to Meeting President's Greenhouse Gas Objectives
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #1898)
On April 16, President George W. Bush established a national goal to stop the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. His plan would first ...
April 2, 2008
Time for Second Thoughts on the Ethanol Mandate
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1879)
The federal renewable fuels mandate is an unfolding failure, and more Members of Congress are taking notice.
March 28, 2008
The EPA's Prudent Response to Massachusetts v. EPA
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1870)
The EPA has taken the best course of action on the question of regulating carbon dioxide emissions.
March 25, 2008
Uranium Mining Is Important for Securing America's Energy Future
By Jack Spencer and Nick Loris
(WebMemo #1866)
As nuclear power expands, it will be critical that uranium resources are accessible when mining can be done in a safe and economical way.
March 19, 2008
Finland's Rational Approach to Nuclear Power
By Jack Spencer
(Backgrounder #2117)
The U.S. should learn from Finland that nuclear power can be important in reconciling the desire to reduce pollution with the need to remain economically ...
March 6, 2008
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2008: Modernizing Spent Fuel Management in the U.S.
By Jack Spencer
(Backgrounder #2113)
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 does not provide the clarifications, authorization, and flexibility needed to move nuclear power forward in the United States. ...
February 26, 2008
EPA Should Not Increase the Ozone Regulation Burden
By Nick Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1827)
The EPA's proposal would hurt the economy and offers only marginal health benefits at best.
February 21, 2008
EPA Should Avoid Regulating Carbon Dioxide Emissions
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1822)
An "endangerment finding" would spark many measures with the potential to harm the U.S. economy and intrude on citizens' daily activities.
February 14, 2008
The 2008 House Energy Tax Bill: Repeating Past Mistakes
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1816)
By taxing successful energy sources and subsidizing failed ones, the House bill would raise prices for consumers and reduce energy security.
February 6, 2008
The EU's Climate Change Package: Not a Model to Be Copied
By Sally McNamara and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1800)
The United States should follow a pro-market approach that avoids mandatory targets and focuses on technological development.
January 25, 2008
Don't List the Polar Bear Under the Endangered Species Act
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1781)
Listing the polar bear as a threatened species would harm the economy and possibly the bears as well.
January 15, 2008
Don't Tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, But Tap Elsewhere
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1774)
To address high gas prices, Congress should reduce restrictions on domestic oil production.
December 21, 2007
The U.S. Must Be Resolute to Avoid Harmful Consequences of the Bali Global Warming Conference
By Brett D. Schaefer and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1759)
The U.S. should remain adamant in its opposition to binding emissions caps and insist that any agreement be flexible and focus on solutions that do ...
December 18, 2007
House Energy Bill Promises Higher Prices, More Deaths, and Big Subsidies for Unproven Technologies
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1752)
The House's bill would drive up costs for consumers and businesses, decrease auto safety, and, at best, marginally benefit the environment.
December 18, 2007
Omnibus Prohibits Oil Shale Development
By Nick Loris
(WebMemo #1754)
Spending bills should not include policy riders that stand in the way of U.S. energy independence.
December 17, 2007
Ethanol Loses Ground at U.N. Climate Conference: Congress Should Rethink Energy Bill Mandate
By Nicolas Loris and Alison Acosta Fraser
(WebMemo #1750)
Ethanol mandates come at a steep price and will not solve energy and environmental problems.
December 13, 2007
Congress Should Fix the Flawed Wage Determination Process Before Expanding the Davis–Bacon Act
By James Sherk
(WebMemo #1743)
Rather than expand its coverage, Congress should fix the Davis–Bacon Act.
December 12, 2007
Energy Bill Tax Title Promises More Pain at the Pump
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1736)
The pending energy bill would increase taxes on the energy sources America relies upon, namely oil and natural gas, in order to subsidize alternatives with ...
December 10, 2007
Paying More at the Pump: Energy Bill Would Increase Gas Prices
By William W. Beach and Shanea Watkins, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1729)
H.R. 6 could increase the price of regular unleaded gasoline from $3.06 per gallon to $5.02 by 2016.
December 6, 2007
Beware of Cap and Trade Climate Bills
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1723)
S. 2191 would likely increase energy costs and do considerably more economic harm than environmental good.
December 6, 2007
Energy Bill Must Not Exclude Nuclear from CO2 Fix
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #1724)
Legislation that aims to reduce carbon emissions should set the target and allow the market to determine the best way forward.
December 5, 2007
The Compromise Energy Bill: Harmful Regulation, Not Affordable Energy
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1721)
Costlier vehicles running on costlier fuels, and a boost in electric bills: This is Congress's solution to the nation’s energy challenges.
December 3, 2007
Dispelling Myths About Nuclear Energy
By Jack Spencer and Nicolas Loris
(Backgrounder #2087)
Anti-nuclear activists managed to stop the nuclear industry once before, but nuclear energy is too important to America for this to be allowed to happen ...
November 15, 2007
Competitive Nuclear Energy Investment: Avoiding Past Policy Mistakes
By Jack Spencer
(Backgrounder #2086)
Nuclear power is a proven, safe, affordable, and environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels that can offset America’s growing dependence on foreign energy. Federal, state, ...
November 14, 2007
Congress Should Not Overlook Benefits of Nuclear Energy
By Jack Spencer and Nick Loris
(WebMemo #1704)
Congress should opt for market-based policies that do not force specific technologies on American energy consumers.
November 2, 2007
The Costs of a Failed U.S.–India Civil Nuclear Deal
By Lisa Curtis
(WebMemo #1688)
Failure would be a setback for India’s status on the world stage and its relationship with the United States.
October 30, 2007
Emissions Mandates Would Undermine National Security
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., and Oliver Horn
(WebMemo #1683)
The Carbon-Neutral Government Act of 2007 offers an unnecessary and dangerous strategy for reducing the military’s energy demands.
October 11, 2007
Global Climate-Change Bills Before Congress
By Ben Lieberman and William W. Beach
(Backgrounder #2075)
Climate legislation can take two forms: expanding existing measures that mandate alternative energy sources or reduce energy consumption and imposing cap-and-trade restrictions on emissions from ...
October 9, 2007
Congress Must Implement CSC Treaty to Reinvigorate U.S. Nuclear Industry
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #1658)
The Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage will better enable U.S. companies to engage in peaceful international nuclear commerce.
September 26, 2007
The Nuclear Renaissance: Ten Principles to Guide U.S. Policy
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #1640)
The United States risks cementing its status in the second tier of commercial nuclear power states unless it takes action.
September 24, 2007
The Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change: A Badly Needed Alternative to the Kyoto Protocol
By Ben Lieberman and Brett D. Schaefer
(WebMemo #1636)
Focusing on voluntary reductions and technological innovation is a more promising strategy to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
September 19, 2007
Bush Administration Advocates for Clean, Affordable Nuclear Energy
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #1625)
Nuclear power has the potential to meet future energy demand while alleviating environmental, economic, and security concerns.
August 20, 2007
If the Real Simón Bolívar Met Hugo Chávez, He'd See Red
By James M. Roberts
(Backgrounder #2062)
Hugo Chávez aims to dominate the Caribbean Basin and Andean region and fulfill the dream of his mentor, Fidel Castro. Venezuela has become a hub ...
August 20, 2007
Executive Summary: If the Real Simón Bolívar Met Hugo Chávez, He’d See Red
By James M. Roberts
(Executive Summary #2062)
Hugo Chávez aims to dominate the Caribbean Basin and Andean region and fulfill the dream of his mentor, Fidel Castro. Venezuela has become a hub ...
August 1, 2007
The House Energy Bill: As Anti-Energy As the Senate Version
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1581)
The House energy bill repeats past mistakes and will likely lead to lower domestic energy supplies and higher costs over the long term.
July 25, 2007
If Iran Provokes an Energy Crisis: Modeling the Problem in a War Game
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., and William W. Beach
(Center for Data Analysis Report #07-03)
A focused but restrained use of military power oriented toward objectives that address vital national interests would demonstrate U.S. determination to uphold freedom of navigation ...
July 13, 2007
Africa's Oil and Gas Sector: Implications for U.S. Policy
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., and Rafal Alasa
(Backgrounder #2052)
Development and transformation of Africa’s energy sector presents a unique opportunity for cooperation between African countries and energy consumers, particularly since Africa is geographically closer ...
July 9, 2007
No Energy in the House Energy Bill
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1542)
By further restricting domestic production, the House energy bill would raise prices for consumers and may even increase dependence on foreign producers.
June 26, 2007
Twelve Principles to Guide U.S. Energy Policy
By Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D., and Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #2046)
The best way to facilitate access to oil and gas and foster new alternatives that work for the U.S. economy while addressing homeland and national ...
June 21, 2007
Senate Energy Bill Tax Title Hikes Taxes and Promises Higher Prices for Consumers
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1519)
Raising taxes on what works and heaping subsidies on what does not was bad energy tax policy in the past and will not do any ...
June 19, 2007
Senate Bill 1419, Title VII: A Partial Measure to Increase U.S. Energy Security
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. and Owen Graham
(WebMemo #1514)
While Title VII has some laudable features, it ignores many short- and long-term threats to U.S. energy security.
June 18, 2007
Senate Energy Bill Would Increase Gas Prices
By William W. Beach and Shanea Watkins, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1512)
Through taxes and regulations, S. 1419 could increase the price of gasoline by 104 percent by 2016.
June 13, 2007
S. 1419: Bad News for Any Energy Consumer
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1506)
Almost every bad energy policy idea circulating in Washington has found a home in the 2007 energy bill. If this misguided measure becomes law, the ...
June 1, 2007
The G-8 Summit: President Bush Must Stand Firm on Global Warming
By Sally McNamara and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1481)
The Administration should actively reject entreaties from fellow G-8 nations to agree to growth-sapping controls on energy use and instead continue its successful model in ...
May 23, 2007
Gasoline Price Gouging Laws Will Not Benefit Consumers
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1469)
According to the FTC and past experience, price-gouging laws are likely to do more harm than good, possibly raising prices at the pump.
May 21, 2007
Time for Congress to Lift OPEC's Immunity
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1463)
At a time when oil prices are climbing to ever-higher levels, fighting OPEC’s anticompetitive practices would be a welcome first step towards reestablishing the free ...
May 14, 2007
The National Security Consequences of Oil Dependency
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #1021)
The dependence of the U.S. and the global economy on oil is growing, which can have dire consequences for the economic well-being of the United ...
May 8, 2007
Beware of Anti-Consumer Energy Bills On Tap in Congress
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1447)
Though far less dangerous than a comprehensive global warming bill, Congress's latest energy proposals are problematic enough to justify serious concern.
April 26, 2007
Oil Shale: Toward a Strategic Unconventional Fuels Supply Policy
By Daniel Fine, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #1015)
Long-term U.S. government purchase agreements to buy oil from shale for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 could mitigate historic ...
April 16, 2007
Discussing Global Warming in the Security Council: Premature and a Distraction from More Pressing Crises
By Brett Schaefer and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1425)
The projected threats of global warming do not rise to the level of Security Council consideration.
April 12, 2007
Gas OPEC: A Stealthy Cartel Emerges
By Ariel Cohen
(WebMemo #1423)
Steadily and stealthily, a natural gas cartel is emerging.
March 28, 2007
The Ethanol Mandate Should Not Be Expanded
By Ben Lieberman
(Backgrounder #2020)
Creating a 35 billion gallon ethanol mandate in the hope that technological breakthroughs will help to meet it is not responsible policy. Instead of trying ...
March 26, 2007
$6.00 Per Gallon Gas: Not High Enough To Fight Global Warming?
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1408)
Those who support legislative efforts like increased gas taxes to combat global warming should come clean to the American people about their proposals' likely impacts ...
March 21, 2007
Frequently Asked Questions About Global Warming
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1403)
Is the release of carbon dioxide a significant factor relative to natural temperature variability, what are likely consequences of warming, and what should be done ...
March 20, 2007
Two Cheers for the President's Brazilian Ethanol Initiative
By Ariel Cohen
(WebMemo #1401)
Cooperation with Brazil on ethanol will benefit U.S. energy security and U.S. stature in the Western hemisphere, as well as send a message to the ...
March 15, 2007
Water Quality Bill Marred by High Costs and Davis-Bacon Handouts
By James Sherk
(WebMemo #1396)
Congress should strike a special-interest handout that would redistribute income from taxpayers to union workers, while making it more expensive for communities to build new ...
February 7, 2007
Don't Rush To Judgment on U.N.'s IPCC Global Warming Summary
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1351)
Caution is warranted in drawing policy conclusions based on this summary, as the full scientific debate over the IPCC report has not begun.
January 24, 2007
State of the Union 2007: Recognizing the Threat of Strategic Oil Dependency
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1324)
The President points his finger at OPEC.
January 23, 2007
State of the Union 2007: A Counterproductive Energy Policy
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1323)
The President’s energy policy has drifted towards the same troubling approach Americans saw during the Carter Administration.
January 17, 2007
Memo to Speaker Pelosi: H.R. 6 Risks Making Energy More Expensive
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1315)
H.R. 6 will, at best, do nothing to reduce gasoline prices and could actually increase them over the long term.
December 12, 2006
Interior's Energy Inventory: Abundant Domestic Supplies Off-Limits
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1285)
Billions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas lie in U.S. territories. Bad federal policy keeps most of it off-limits ...
December 4, 2006
The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006: One Small Step for Energy Supply
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1273)
The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 is a small, worthwhile step toward expanding domestic energy production.
September 27, 2006
Declining Energy Prices No Reason for Complacency
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1225)
The short-term easing off of prices does not take the pressure off Congress to open ANWR and expand offshore drilling.
September 15, 2006
An Immoral Law: Congress Should Not Criminalize “Price Gouging” of Gasoline
By Todd Gaziano
(WebMemo #1214)
Imposing criminal liability for raising prices in a competitive market is ludicrous.
August 10, 2006
American-Made Energy from ANWR at a Modest Cost
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1192)
New legislation would open ANWR.
July 25, 2006
The Senate Should Adopt a Comprehensive Approach to Deepwater Oil and Natural Gas
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1173)
While opening Lease Sale area 181 to energy production would be a positive step, the Senate should consider the House's bolder approach.
July 25, 2006
Time to Remove Barriers to Boosting Oil Refining Capacity
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1174)
If it is serious about reducing Americans' pain at the pump, the Senate should streamline federal regulation of refineries.
June 28, 2006
The Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006: State Control, Increased Supply, and Lower Prices
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1140)
Congress passed a 1,700-page energy bill last year and has since introduced hundreds of additional energy bills. Unfortunately, most of these measures will not bring ...
June 20, 2006
End Restrictions on Domestic Offshore Energy Production
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1135)
The United States is the only nation in the world that has placed a substantial amount of its oil and natural gas potential off-limits. This ...
June 12, 2006
The FTC's Primer on Price Gouging
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1120)
With the high price of gasoline today, Members of Congress are scrambling for policies that could lower prices and demonstrate that they are doing everything ...
June 5, 2006
Congress Should Streamline Regulatory Impediments to Refinery Expansions
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1112)
High oil prices, currently triple the average of the 1990s, are the main cause of today's high gasoline prices. But they are not the only ...
May 31, 2006
The Real Culprit Behind Price-Gouging: OPEC
By Ariel Cohen and William L T Schirano
(WebMemo #1102)
State-owned oil companies that make up the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and control 80 percent of the world's oil reserves, continue to gouge ...
May 24, 2006
Congress Should Let ANWR's Oil Flow to U.S. Customers
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1094)
Congress should open a small part of Alaska's Artic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil exploration and drilling. H.R. 5429, the "American-Made Energy and Good ...
May 18, 2006
Congress Should Expand Offshore Energy Production
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1086)
Most of America's offshore areas are off-limits to oil and natural gas drilling, despite years of tight energy supplies and high prices for oil and ...
May 12, 2006
Lift Tariffs on Foreign Ethanol
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1074)
The ethanol mandate is a bad idea. Tariffs that drive up the price of ethanol make it worse.
May 11, 2006
Common Sense Over Cuban Drilling
By Stephen Johnson
(WebMemo #1072)
Lawmakers debate drilling in Cuban waters.
May 4, 2006
Avoiding Backfires at the Pump: How to Handle High Gas Prices
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1058)
There are good and bad ideas for dealing with high gas prices.
May 3, 2006
One Good Idea and One Bad Idea for Dealing with $3.00 Gas
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1055)
The House votes on two bills that deal with gas prices.
April 28, 2006
How the Energy Bill Boosted Prices at the Pump
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1053)
The 2005 energy bill has contributed to rising gas prices.
April 7, 2006
The Right and Wrong Way for Washington To Address High Gasoline Prices
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1033)
Expand supplies and cut regulation to improve energy markets and prices.
March 20, 2006
Correcting Mistakes of the 1990s Should Top the Energy Agenda for 2006
By Ben Lieberman
(Backgrounder #1921)
The energy policy mistakes of the 1990s largely remain in place. The nation is still not using its available oil and natural gas resources, and ...
March 14, 2006
A Positive Step In Easing the Natural Gas Crunch
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1015)
The solution is simple: tap the Gulf's massive reserves.
March 1, 2006
Raising Taxes on Oil Companies Is No Way To Reduce Gas Prices
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #1004)
A new implementation of a bad idea.
January 31, 2006
State of the Union 2006: Dusting Off the Old Energy Policy
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #979)
Subsidies, grants, government-directed research and development. This sounds much too familiar.
January 30, 2006
Opening ANWR Should Be in the State of the Union Address
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #973)
It's the best energy measure the President could put forward.
January 4, 2006
Russia's Gas Attack on Ukraine: An Uneasy Truce
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #954)
Moscow's attempt to deal a decisive blow to President Victor Yushchenko.
November 15, 2005
Windfall Profits of Doom
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #918)
Criticizing big oil companies and their big profits is very popular in Congress right now. Even some normally free-market Republicans have tried to outdo the ...
November 7, 2005
Time To Pull the Plug on Federally Subsidized Electricity
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #910)
Congress has finally started looking for places to cut spending but so far has left alone federal expenditures on energy. However, the government wastes billions ...
November 2, 2005
The Environmental Disaster That Wasn't
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #907)
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita did not cause any major offshore oil spills despite striking America's biggest oil producing region.
October 25, 2005
Increasing the Global Transportation Fuel Supply
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
(Executive Memorandum #986)
An unabated and sharp hike in oil prices in the future could cause a global recession, as has happened twice in the past. To avoid ...
October 25, 2005
The Gas PRICE Act: A Modest Step Forward in the Post-Katrina Energy Debate
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #895)
Opponents say the bill would roll back environmental protections. They're wrong.
September 29, 2005
More Domestic Energy: The Right Response to Katrina and Rita
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #868)
Increased production and refining capacity are both crucial to reducing the volatility of energy prices in the years ahead.
September 23, 2005
Improving the Endangered Species Act: Balancing the Needs of Landowners and Endangered Wildlife
By Nancy Marano and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #861)
A close look at the Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005.
September 2, 2005
No Easy Answers For Post-Katrina Gas Prices
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #831)
The short term solution is to waive regulations; long term, Congress should focus on supply.
September 1, 2005
A Bad Response To Post-Katrina Gas Prices
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #827)
Capping the price of gas will cause shortages--even allowing 'price-gouging' is a better solution.
July 29, 2005
The Bad Tax Bill Within the Bad Energy Bill
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #811)
The energy bill's tax provisions tax provisions are a collection of old ideas that have never worked, new ideas unlikely to work, and a lot ...
July 8, 2005
A Great G8, If the World Ditches Kyoto
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #789)
Moving beyond Kyoto could ease third world poverty.
June 27, 2005
Congress Should Lift OPEC's Immunity
By Ariel Cohen and William L.T. Schirano
(WebMemo #777)
A first step towards a free market in oil production.
June 20, 2005
Kyoto Lite: A Potential Deal Breaker in the Senate Energy Bill
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #768)
Will the Senate turn the energy bill into an anti-energy bill?
May 31, 2005
Will the Energy Bill Get Better or Worse?
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #751)
The ball is in the Senate's court.
April 15, 2005
The Good and Bad of the Energy Bill
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #724)
The energy bill is getting older, but it isn't getting any better. Congressional debate over energy legislation has dragged on since 2001 and is starting ...
April 8, 2005
Keep Ethanol Out of The Energy Bill
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #713)
If Congress wants to make energy less expensive, ethanol is a bad solution.
March 17, 2005
Opening ANWR: Long Overdue
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #692)
Opening ANWR would boost domestic oil supplies and seshow that the U.S. is serious about addressing its future energy needs.
August 2, 2004
Banning the Better Alternative
By Erin M. Hymel
(WebMemo #547)
The Senate should follow the lead of the House and reject any proposals that would ban responsible use of snowmobiles.
July 8, 2004
As Reliable as the Groundhog: Kyoto's Proponents Are Back
By Charli E. Coon
(WebMemo #530)
Congress should continue to reject attempts to impose caps on greenhouse gas emissions.
June 15, 2004
The Energy Bill Returns: Still a Missed Opportunity
By Charli E. Coon
(WebMemo #521)
But while energy demand is booming worldwide, this energy bill fails to adequately increase domestic energy supplies, promote fuel diversity, or stabilize prices.
May 19, 2004
Congressional Mandates Contribute to Higher Gas Prices
By Charli Coon, J.D.
(Executive Memorandum #932)
In order to reduce gas prices, Congress should repeal the federal oxygen mandate; provide protections against additional specialized fuels that complicate production and distribution; open ...
May 7, 2004
The April Fools Diet: How Government Pork Fights American Obesity
By Erin Hymel, Keith Miller, and Alison Acosta Fraser
(WebMemo #500)
The Get Outdoors Act is not really about health or obesity; it is definitely, however, about fat.
March 17, 2004
Energy Bill Too Weighted Down to Power the Country
By Charli E. Coon, J.D.
(Backgrounder #1736)
The newest congressional energy bills (S. 2095 and H.R. 6) do not adequately address the nation's future energy needs. Instead, they consist primarily of corporate ...
March 4, 2004
Models and Policies for Oil Production, Revenue Collection, and Public Expenditure: Lessons in Iraq
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1730)
Both the developed and developing worlds need a steady supply of oil, but abuses and misallocations of oil revenues often lead to social and political ...
March 4, 2004
Executive Summary: Models and Policies for Oil Production, Revenue Collection, and Public Expenditure: Lessons in Iraq
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1730)
Executive Summary: Both the developed and developing worlds need a steady supply of oil, but abuses and misallocations of oil revenues often lead to social ...
February 27, 2004
More Corporate Welfare Embedded in the Farm Bill
By Charli Coon and Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #436)
Among the many troubling aspects of the costly farm bill were a series of provisions to provide even more federal subsidies to rural electric cooperatives. ...
January 21, 2004
A Responsible Energy Policy
By Alison Acosta Fraser and Charli Coon
(WebMemo #396)
the President was right to call for an energy policy that will provide affordable, reliable energy and protect the nation's economy by decreasing our dependence ...
November 24, 2003
Good News for the Nation's Forests
By Erin M. Hymel
(WebMemo #374)
Bad policy combined with unusually dense, diseased and insect-infested forests allowed California's recent wildfires to char three-quarters of a million acres. And perhaps for the ...
November 18, 2003
The Energy Policy Act of 2003 -- A Missed Opportunity
By Charli E. Coon
(WebMemo #372)
House and Senate conferees have reconciled their differences and approved the long-awaited energy bill, the Energy Policy Act of 2003 (H.R. 6). Though the bill ...
October 17, 2003
How Congress Can Ensure Reliable and Affordable Energy Supplies
By Charli E. Coon
(WebMemo #352)
There is growing concern that Congress will pass a bill that panders to a host of special interest groups, fails to adequately boost domestic supplies ...
September 23, 2003
Sound Policy for the Energy Bill
By Charli E. Coon, J.D., and Erin M. Hymel
(Backgrounder #1690)
In the aftermath of the worst power outage in the nation's history, Congress is rushing to get a comprehensive energy bill to the President for ...
September 23, 2003
Electricity Policy: Short-Term Solutions, Long-Term Considerations
By Charli Coon
(WebMemo #338)
Increases in electricity demand have strained the nation's transmission system. The recent blackouts underscore the need for capital investments in transmission lines.
August 18, 2003
Blackout Underscores Need for Responsible National Energy Policy
By Charli E. Coon, J.D.
(WebMemo #330)
After paralyzing much of the Northeast and the Midwest, last week's largest ever electricity blackout demonstrates perfectly the need for a responsible long-term energy policy. ...
July 25, 2003
A Responsible Energy Policy Enhances-Not Suppresses-Domestic Supplies
By Charli E. Coon, J.D.
(Executive Memorandum #894)
Abundant, reliable, and affordable energy is essential for a strong economy and national security. Instead of passing more market-distorting mandates, Congress should enhance domestic energy ...
June 6, 2003
Energy Amendments Inconsistent with Economic and Energy Security
By Charli Coon
(WebMemo #289)
Many expected amendments -- on the Energy Policy Act of 2003 -- are shortsighted and irresponsible given that total energy consumption is projected to increase ...
April 1, 2003
The Barton Energy Bill: Weighing the Good and Bad
By Charli E. Coon
(WebMemo #245)
The energy bill recently passed contains a number of energy enhancing measures, it also includes measures that meddle in energy markets and prolong the nation's ...
October 16, 2002
Ethanol Producers Get a Handout from Consumers
By Erin M. Hymel
(Backgrounder #1603)
Federal subsidization of ethanol is not economically advantageous. Mandating the use of more fuel ethanol would increase production, transportation, infrastructure, and environmental costs, the burden ...
October 9, 2002
Toward Reliable, Affordable and Secure Energy
By Charli E. Coon
(WebMemo #156)
America needs to increase its supplies of affordable and secure energy. We shouldn't restrict access to domestic resources, to place expensive, useless mandates on energy ...
September 27, 2002
Moving Beyond Conflict: Private Stewardship and Conservation Partnerships
By Lynn Scarlett
(Heritage Lecture #762)
Lynn Scarlett discusses the role of the Department of the Interior.
September 19, 2002
The Senate-Passed Energy Bill Will Hurt Consumers and Taxpayers Without Solving the Energy Problem
By Charli E. Coon, J.D.
(Executive Summary #1590es)
BG1590es: The Senate-Passed Energy Bill Will Hurt Consumers and Taxpayers Without Solving the Energy Problem
September 18, 2002
The Senate-Passed Energy Bill Will Hurt Consumers and Taxpayers Without Solving the Energy Problem
By Charli E. Coon, J.D.
(Backgrounder #1590)
The Senate-passed Energy Policy Act of 2002 would not enhance supplies of energy. What it would do, however, is harm the U.S. economy and raise ...
September 16, 2002
Side-by-Side Analysis of H.R. 4
By Charli E. Coon
(WebMemo #145)
H.R. 4 comparisons between the House and Senate versions, the Administration's position and The Heritage Foundation's recommendations.
August 22, 2002
Warming Up to the Truth: The Real Story About Climate Change
By Sallie Baliunas, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #758)
The human influence on global climate change is small and will be slow to develop. The conclusion comes from the lack of meaningful warming trends ...
July 3, 2002
Growing Smart Unwise
By James Kruzer and Andrew Olivastro
(WebMemo #123)
The APA's use of police power to force compliance with zoning laws dramatically undermines property rights.
June 13, 2002
New Source Review Recommendations: A Step in the Right Direction
By Charli Coon, J.D.
(WebMemo #111)
Although long overdue, the Bush Administration's NSR recommendations are a step in the right direction to ensuring reliable and affordable supplies of energy for Americans. ...
April 24, 2002
Strengthening National Energy Security by Reducing Dependence on Imported Oil
By Charli E. Coon, J.D., and James Phillips
(Backgrounder #1540)
Congress must bear in mind the uncertainty of long-term dependence on oil imports from volatile regions such as the Middle East as it weighs the ...
April 9, 2002
Strengthening National Security Through Energy Security
By Charli Coon, J.D.
(WebMemo #94)
It is now time for the Senate to responsibly pass an energy package that enables the nation to increase its energy and national security.
March 12, 2002
Econometric and Policy Evaluation of the National Energy Policy
By William W. Beach, Charli E. Coon, and Rea S. Hederman
(Center for Data Analysis Report #02-01)
Econometric and Policy Evaluation of the National Energy Policy
March 8, 2002
Fuel Economy Standards: Do they Work? Do they Kill?
By Dr. Robert W. Crandall, Barry Felrice, Sam Kazman, and Dr. W. David Montgomery
(WebMemo #85)
A panel of four recognized experts discusses the public policy implications of the CAFE program and to examine its effects on consumers and the economy. ...
March 6, 2002
President Bush's Climate Change Proposal
By Charli E. Coon, J.D.
(WebMemo #83)
The science on global warming is uncertain and unsettled. Before Washington mandates reductions in carbon dioxide that would drastically raise the price of energy, harm ...
February 21, 2002
Why the New Source Review Program Needs Reform: A Primer on NSR
By Dana Joel Gattuso
(Executive Summary #1518)
BG1518ES: Why the New Source Review Program Needs Reform: A Primer on NSR
February 21, 2002
Why the New Source Review Program Needs Reform: A Primer on NSR
By Dana Joel Gattuso
(Backgrounder #1518)
The Administration and Congress should make the necessary reforms in the NSR program that would encourage industry to invest in improvements that increase efficiency and ...
November 19, 2001
Time for EPA to Reevaluate Its Reinterpretation
By Charli E. Coon
(Executive Memorandum #792)
The uncertainty surrounding EPA's arbitrary reinterpretation of the NSR rule impedes industries' ability to invest in projects that will improve energy efficiency and enhance environmental ...
November 15, 2001
Senate Multi-Emissions Proposal
By Charli E. Coon
(Executive Memorandum #791)
The current regulatory structure to improve air quality is complex, duplicative, and costly. To achieve the nation's environmental, energy, and economic objectives, carefully crafted multi-emissions ...
October 30, 2001
Domestic Energy Production
By Charli E. Coon
(Executive Memorandum #787)
Energy fuels the economy. Each day Congress delays in passing a comprehensive energy bill that the President would sign increases the nation's dependency on foreign ...
September 25, 2001
National Security Demands More Diverse Energy Supplies
By Charli E. Coon, Ph.D.
(Executive Memorandum #777)
Energy is a global commodity that is essential for economic stability and national security. The Bush plan sets forth a process for enhancing domestic supplies ...
August 3, 2001
Summary of the Center for Data Analysis Evaluation of the President's National Energy Plan
By The Heritage Foundation
(WebMemo #29)
This study evaluates the effects of President Bush's National Energy Plan in major energy markets and in the general economy.
August 1, 2001
Tapping Oil Reserves in a Small Part of ANWR: Environmentally Sound, Energy Wise
By Charli E. Coon, J.D.
(Executive Memorandum #763)
The debate over drilling in Section 1002 of ANWR is not about destroying one of America's national treasures. At issue is whether to use merely ...
August 1, 2001
Tapping Oil Reserves In A Small Part Of ANWR: Environmentally Sound, Energy Wise
By Charli E. Coon
(WebMemo #27)
The debate over drilling in Section 1002 of ANWR is not about destroying one of America's national treasures. At issue is whether to use merely ...
July 11, 2001
Why the Government's CAFE Standards for Fuel Efficiency Should Be Repealed, not Increased
By Charli E. Coon, J.D.
(Backgrounder #1458)
Congress may soon decide to increase the standards for fuel economy imposed on manufacturers of vehicles sold in the United States. This would be a ...
June 19, 2001
Why Wholesale Price Caps on Electricity Won't Solve California's Energy Woes
By Charli E. Coon, J.D.
(Executive Memorandum #754)
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has taken a step in the right direction by opposing an amendment to the fiscal year 2001 supplemental spending bill ...
June 7, 2001
The President's National Energy Plan: A Step in the Right Direction
By Charli E. Coon, J.D.
(Executive Memorandum #751)
The President's energy plan should be strengthened by omitting such mechanisms as subsidies and tax credits that would achieve outcomes an unfettered competitive market would ...
May 22, 2001
The President's National Energy Policy Report
By Charli E. Coon
(WebMemo #16)
America faces severe energy problems in some areas because unwise policies and neglect have prevented the supply of energy rising to meet the demands of ...
May 18, 2001
Five Points on President Bush's Energy Plan
By Charli E. Coon
(WebMemo #15)
Five Points on President Bush's Energy Plan
May 17, 2001
Energy Talking Points
By Charli E. Coon
(WebMemo #14)
Energy Talking Points
May 11, 2001
Why President Bush Is Right to Abandon the Kyoto Protocol
By Charli E. Coon, J.D.
(Backgrounder #1437)
The Kyoto Protocol is fundamentally flawed and unfair, and it would seriously harm the U.S. economy. Even if it comes fully into force, it will ...
November 17, 2000
Road to Hague: A Desperate Effort To Salvage A Flawed Climate Change Treaty
By Angela Antonelli
(Backgrounder #1401)
The global environment would be better served if the United States turned away from the global command-and-control regulatory approach reflected in the Protocol toward a ...
November 16, 2000
Energy Shortages In Energy-Rich America--Why?
By The Honorable Denise A. Bode
(Heritage Lecture #692)
In spite of the fact that the number of rigs has doubled from a year ago, oil and gas production are actually down since May. ...
July 19, 2000
Overtaxed at the Pump: What's Behind the High Gas Prices
By D. Mark Wilson and Angela Antonelli
(Backgrounder #1386)
Overtaxed at the Pump: What's Behind the High Gas Prices
July 18, 2000
Making Energy More Competitive and Less Expensive
By The Honorable Larry E. Craig
(Heritage Lecture #675)
Making Energy More Competitive and Less Expensive
May 8, 2000
Flawed Federal Land Use Report Encourages Unnecessary Spending
By Wendell Cox and Dr. Ronald D. Utt
(Backgrounder #1368)
Flawed Federal Land Use Report Encourages Unnecessary Spending
April 4, 2000
Over a Barrel: The Clinton Administration's Failed Energy Policy
By The Honorable J.C. Watts, Jr.
(Heritage Lecture #661)
Over a Barrel: The Clinton Administration's Failed Energy Policy
September 17, 1999
Squandering the Surplus: $11 Billion on the Unratified Kyoto Protocol
By Gregg VanHelmond
(Backgrounder #1322)
The Administration's many climate change programs, if fully funded, will account for almost $11 billion in spending from FY 1998 through FY 2000.
July 29, 1999
Rural Water Project Financing
By Angela Antonelli
(Testimony )
This Subcommittee on Water and Power is now considering the federal financing of rural water projects.
July 20, 1999
Send Pittman-Robertson Dollars Back to the States
By Becky Norton Dunlop
(Testimony )
There is some fear that openly expressing concerns about the integrity of this program would result in retribution against their state program.
May 17, 1999
The Federal Government's Poor Management of America's Land Resources
By Alexander F. Annett
(Backgrounder #1282)
Conserving America's land resources has been a federal concern since President Theodore Roosevelt made it a national priority more than 100 years ago.
May 17, 1999
The Federal Government's Poor Management of America's Land Resources
By Alexander F. Annett
(Executive Summary #1282)
BG1282ES: The Federal Government's Poor Management of America's Land Resources
November 23, 1998
Why the Kyoto Signing Signals Disregard For Congress
By Angela Antonelli and Brett D. Schaefer
(Executive Memorandum #559)
Why the Kyoto Signing Signals Disregard for Congress
November 13, 1998
Reforming the Endangered Species Act to Protect Species and Property Rights
By Alexander F. Annett
(Executive Summary #1234)
BG1234ES: Reforming the Endangered Species Act to Protect Species and Property Rights
November 13, 1998
Reforming the Endangered Species Act to Protect Species and Property Rights
By Alexander F. Annett
(Backgrounder #1234)
Reforming the Endangered Species Act to Protect Species and Property Rights
November 4, 1998
Navitgating the American Heritage Rivers: Wasting Resources on Bureaucracy
By Alexander F. Annett
(Backgrounder #1231)
Navigating the American Heritage Rivers: Wasting Resources on Bureaucracy
November 4, 1998
Navitgating the American Heritage Rivers: Wasting Resources on Bureaucracy
By Alexander F. Annett
(Executive Summary #1231)
BG1231es: Navitgating the American Heritage Rivers: Wasting Resources on Bureaucracy
October 23, 1998
The Department of Energy's Report On the Impact of Kyoto: More Bad News For Americans
By Alexander F. Annett
(Backgrounder #1229)
The Department of Energy's Report On the Impact of Kyoto: More Bad News For Americans
October 23, 1998
The Department of Energy's Report on the Impact of Kyoto: More Bad News For Americans
By Alexander F. Annett
(Executive Summary #1229)
BG1229es: The Department of Energy's Report on the Impact of Kyoto: More Bad News For Americans
September 11, 1998
Unratified Environmental Treaties Deserve No U.S. Funding
By Brett D. Schaefer
(Executive Memorandum #552)
Unratified Environment Treaties Deserve No Funding
May 13, 1998
The McConnell TVA Reform Bill: A First Step in the Right Direction
By Adam D. Thierer
(Executive Memorandum #526)
The McConnell TVA Reform Bill: A First Step in the Right Direction
April 13, 1998
A Five-Point Checklist For Successful Electricity Deregulation Legislation
By Adam D. Thierer
(Backgrounder #1169)
A Five Point Checklist For Successful Electricity Deregulation Legislation
May 7, 1997
Ensuring That Humans Also Are A Protected Species
By Angela Antonelli
(Executive Memorandum #478)
EM478: Ensuring That Humans Are Also Are A Protected Species
April 18, 1997
Bringing Consumer Choice to Electricity
By The Honorable Thomas DeLay
(Heritage Lecture #582)
HL582: Bringing Consumer Choice to Electricity
January 23, 1997
Energizing America: A Blueprint for Deregulating the Electricity Market
By Adam D. Thierer
(Backgrounder #1100)
BG100: Energizing America: A Blueprint for Deregulating the Electricity Market
November 9, 1995
How to Close Down the Department of Energy
By John S. Barry
(Backgrounder #1061)
BG1061: How to Close Down the Department of Energy
July 31, 1995
How to Rescue Superfund: Bringing Common Sense to the Process
By John Shanahan
(Backgrounder #1047)
bg1047: How to Rescue Superfund: Bringing Common Sense to the Process
June 19, 1995
A Federalist's Approach to Protecting the Environment
By Governor Symington
(Heritage Lecture #534)
HL534: A Federalist's Approach to Proctecting the Environment
October 3, 1994
Superfund Status Quo: Why the Reauthorization Bills Won't Fix Superfund's Fatal Flaws
By Shanahan, John
(Issue Bulletin #204)
August 3, 1994
Clinton's "Voluntary" Global Warming Plan: Expensive, Ineffective, and Unnecessary
By John Shanahan
(Backgrounder #995)
BG995: Clinton's "Voluntary" Global Warming Plan: Expensive, Ineffective, and Unnecessary
June 22, 1994
A Guide to Wetlands Policy and Reauthorization of the Clean Water Act
By Shanahan, John
(Issue Bulletin #195)
March 18, 1993
The Flaws In Clinton's Energy Tax
By Shanahan, John
(Backgrounder #934)
January 19, 1993
How to Help the Environment Without Destroying Jobs
By Shanahan, John
(Clinton Memo #14)
October 21, 1992
Whither the West: A Call to Action
By Pendley, Wi11iam Perry
(Heritage Lecture #417)
July 31, 1992
What Happened to the Greenhouse Effect?
By Robert Jastrow
(Heritage Lecture #415)
HL415: What Happened to the Greenhouse Effect?
May 21, 1992
A Guide to the Global Warming Theory
By John Shanahan
(Backgrounder #896)
BG896: A Guide to the Global Warming Theory
April 21, 1992
Does Environmental Regulation Equal Environmental Protection? How Current Environmental Policy Is Failing
By Nelson, Robert H.
(Heritage Lecture #376)
April 2, 1992
Protecting the Environment in North America with Free Trade
By Smith, Wesley R.
(Backgrounder #889)
March 30, 1992
A Plain Man's Guide to Garbage: The Reauthorization of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
By Shanahan, John
(Issue Bulletin #172)
January 28, 1992
Guidelines for the United Nations' Environmental Conference
By Gacek, Christopher M.; Malone, James L.
(Backgrounder #874)
December 21, 1991
The Conservative as Environmentalist
By Shanahan, John
(Heritage Lecture #358)
August 9, 1991
Securing America's Energy Future: A Primer on the National Energy Strategy
By Milton R. Copulos
(Backgrounder #846)
BG846: Securing America's Energy Future: A Primer on the National Energy Strategy
July 15, 1991
Protecting Ecologically Valuable Wetlands Without Destroying Property Rights
By William G. Laffer III
(Backgrounder #840)
BG840: Protecting Ecologically Valuable Wetlands Without Destroying Property Rights
April 19, 1991
Auto Cafe Standards: Unsafe and Unwise at Any Level
By William G. Laffer III
(Backgrounder #825)
BG825: Auto Cafe Standards: Unsafe and Unwise at Any Level
May 4, 1990
Time to End U.S. Textile Import Restrictions
By Johnson, Bryan T.
(Executive Memorandum #265)
April 19, 1990
"For Earth Day, Nine Scientists Offer Data on the State of the Environment"
By Jeffreys, Kent; Whelan, Elizabeth; Brill, Winston
(Backgrounder #765)
April 12, 1990
Ecoterrorism: The Dangerous Fringe of the Environmental Movement
By Bandow, Doug
(Backgrounder #764)
February 7, 1990
Global Warming: How Much, How Soon, How Dangerous
By Jeffreys, Kent
(Executive Memorandum #260)
November 14, 1989
Setbacks for the Bush Clean Air Plan
By Jeffreys, Kent
(Backgrounder Update #119)
November 2, 1989
A Billion Dollar Supercomputer Boondoggle?
By Johnson, Bryan T.
(Executive Memorandum #255)
July 10, 1989
Two Cheers for Bush's Clean Air Plan
By Jeffreys, Kent
(Backgrounder #718)
June 20, 1989
How Markets for Water Would Protect the Environment
By Jeffreys, Kent
(Backgrounder #713)
October 13, 1988
The Mounting Dangers of the CAFE Mileage Standards
By Gattuso, James L. ; Jeffreys, Kent
(Backgrounder #676)
October 5, 1988
H.R.4127: The American Heritage Trust Act
By Jeffreys, Kent
(Issue Bulletin #144)
August 1, 1988
Time Is Running Out for Congress to Cut U.S. Reliance on Arab Oil
By Jeffreys, Kent
(Backgrounder Update #80)
January 15, 1988
The Law of the Sea Treaty: Still Flawed and Increasingly Irrelevant
By Bandow, Doug
(Backgrounder Update #64)
July 30, 1987
The Alaskan Key to U.S. Energy Security
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #596)
July 1, 1987
The World Bank's Environmental Disasters
By Bovard, James
(Executive Memorandum #167)
June 19, 1987
Plant Closing Laws: A Blueprint for Destroying U.S. Jobs
By Hudgins, Edward L.
(Executive Memorandum #165)
April 29, 1987
America's Looming Energy Crisis: The Causes
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #578)
February 10, 1987
Energy Efficiency Standards: Robbing the American Consumer
By Gattuso, James L.
(Executive Memorandum #148)
January 29, 1987
The Secret of Increased Competitiveness: Higher Productivity
By Hudgins, Edward L.
(Backgrounder #561)
October 9, 1986
Why the Superfund Pork Barrel Deserves a Veto
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Executive Memorandum #136)
July 1, 1986
Public Land Management arid Western Wafers
By Strang, Representative Michael L.
(Heritage Lecture #64)
June 10, 1986
Improving Toxic Waste's Superfund
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder Update #14)
May 29, 1986
Renewing the Manufacturing Clause Means More Trouble for U.S. Exports
By Hudgins, Edward L.
(Executive Memorandum #121)
April 11, 1986
A Six-Point Strategy for Enjoying Low Oil Prices While Enhancing U.S. Energy Security
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Executive Memorandum #114)
October 8, 1985
Let Environmentalists Manage Wilderness Lands
By Baden, John A.
(Backgrounder #461)
July 10, 1985
Reagan's Tax Revolution: Fair Play for Energy
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Issue Bulletin #115)
June 10, 1985
The Many Hazards of a Mega-Superfund
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #440)
April 12, 1985
Salvaging the Synthetic Fuels Corporation
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #423)
April 3, 1985
Superfund Extension: How Much Is Enough?
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #420)
February 1, 1985
The Costly Truth About Auto Import Quotas
By Hudgins, Edward L.
(Executive Memorandum #74)
January 8, 1985
It's Time to Merge the Departments of Energy and Interior
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Executive Memorandum #72)
January 7, 1985
Half-Truths and Consequences: The Legacy of 'Global 2000'
By Moore, Stephen
(Institutional Analysis #34)
September 16, 1984
The Super Problems with Superfund Extension
By Copulos, Milton B.
(Executive Memorandum #64)
June 12, 1984
H.R.4227: How to Keep Natural Gas Supplies Short and Prices High
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Issue Bulletin #108)
June 6, 1984
S.1300: The Multi-Billion Dollar Rural Electric Giveaway
By Palffy, John M.
(Issue Bulletin #107)
May 21, 1984
Saving the Steel Industry
By Jones, Kent
(Backgrounder #354)
April 11, 1984
How Natural Gas Proposals Zap the Consumer
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Executive Memorandum #49)
April 6, 1984
H.R.3966: Reconsidering Energy Audits
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Issue Bulletin #105)
March 28, 1984
Industrial Democracy: Conflict or Cooperation?
By Pejovich, Svetoza
(Backgrounder #342)
March 20, 1984
Oil Mergers: Economics 101
By England, Catherine
(Executive Memorandum #47)
February 24, 1984
Global Foresight Bills: The Danger of Centralized Data Sources
By Simon, Julian L.
(Issue Bulletin #103)
February 9, 1984
CLEG: Hidden Agenda, Hidden Danger
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Institutional Analysis #26)
January 13, 1984
The Myth of America's Declining Manufacturing Sector
By DiLorenzo, Thomas J.
(Backgrounder #321)
December 27, 1983
Industrial Policy: Son of Central Planning
By Lavoie, Don
(Backgrounder #319)
November 29, 1983
"Industrial Policy: Who Wins, Who Loses"
By Macauly, Hugh H.
(Backgrounder #309)
October 31, 1983
Time to Decontrol Natural Gas Prices
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Executive Memorandum #38)
October 26, 1983
The Faulty Logic of Industrial Policy
By Lee, Dwight R.
(Backgrounder #299)
October 19, 1983
The Eight Myths of Protectionism
By Martin, Thomas L.
(Backgrounder #297)
September 1, 1983
The GM-Toyota Joint Venture
By Copper, John F.
(Backgrounder #288)
July 13, 1983
Industrial Policy: The Super Myth of Japan's Super Success
By Sakoh, Kasuro
(Asian Studies Backgrounder #3)
July 12, 1983
National Industrial Policy: An Overview of the Debate
By McKenzie, Richard B.
(Backgrounder #275)
July 12, 1983
Industrial Policy: A Summary of Bills Before Congress
By Klein, Gregory L.
(Issue Bulletin #96)
June 29, 1983
"For Hazardous Waste Policy, Washington Is the Real Hazard"
By Langerman, Paul T.
(Backgrounder #273)
June 7, 1983
Privatizing Federal Energy Research
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #270)
May 15, 1983
The Global 2000 Juggernaut
By Simon, Julian L.
(Institutional Analysis #24)
April 5, 1983
For the Sake of the Consumer: Deregulate Natural Gas
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Executive Memorandum #18)
March 30, 1983
Why Reagan Should Keep His Word and Shut Down D.O.E.
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #258)
March 28, 1983
Treating Sludge: The Case for Reducing the Federal Role
By Langerman, Paul T.
(Backgrounder #256)
March 17, 1983
Time to Decentralize EPA
By Langerman, Paul T.
(Executive Memorandum #17)
March 1, 1983
Natural Gas Deregulation: Giving the Consumer a Choice
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #250)
February 22, 1983
Exporting Alaska's Oil and Gas
By Copulos, Milton R. ; Singer, S. Fred; Watkins, Dav
(Backgrounder #248)
January 19, 1983
A Letter to George Shultz RE: Law of the Sea
By Brooks, Roger A
(Executive Memorandum #13)
December 30, 1982
A Threat of Industrial Blackmail
By McKenzie, Richard B.
(Backgrounder #237)
December 3, 1982
The Clinch River Folly
By Sokolski, Henry
(Backgrounder #231)
September 28, 1982
Energy Policy and the Market
By Singer, S. Fred
(Backgrounder #214)
September 24, 1982
Clinch River: The SST of the Eighties
By Sokolski, Henry
(Executive Memorandum #5)
August 27, 1982
Standing Firm on the Pipeline — At Last
By Gayner, Jeffrey B.
(Executive Memorandum #4)
August 24, 1982
Domestic Content Laws: Will They Save the Auto Industry?
By England, Catherine
(Issue Bulletin #87)
August 18, 1982
Intangible Drilling Costs: A Tax on Risks
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Issue Bulletin #86)
August 17, 1982
Reagan's Fading Energy Agenda
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #204)
August 2, 1982
The Clean Air Act
By Langerman, Paul T.
(Backgrounder #200)
July 27, 1982
Resisting Pipeline Pressures
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Executive Memorandum #2)
June 17, 1982
The Closing of Profitable Plants: An Area for Government Restrictions?
By McKenzie, Richard B.
(Backgrounder #191)
June 16, 1982
New Opportunities for Coal
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #190)
June 7, 1982
The Law of the Sea Treaty: Can the U.S. Afford to Sign?
By Brooks, Roger A.
(Backgrounder #188)
June 1, 1982
The Environmental Complex - Part III
By Poole, William T.
(Institutional Analysis #19)
April 22, 1982
The Norwegian Natural Gas Option
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #179)
April 5, 1982
Do We Need a Department of Energy?
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #176)
March 15, 1982
Is the Soviet Gas Pipeline a Steel Noose?
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #171)
March 5, 1982
DOE's Extended Burn-Up Program: The Good Atom Misunderstood
By Sokolski, Henry
(Issue Bulletin #79)
March 3, 1982
The Case for Natural Gas Deregulation
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #170)
February 2, 1982
Freeing America's Resources: Revising Federal Leasing Policy
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #164)
April 28, 1981
The Law of the Sea Treaty: A Review of the Issues
By Hicks, Guy M.
(Backgrounder #138)
September 17, 1980
Superfund Legislation (H.R.85 - H.R.7020 - S.1480)
By Cordia, Louis J.
(Issue Bulletin #64)
June 3, 1980
Retail Petroleum Divorcement: The Cost to the Consumer
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #121)
January 24, 1980
The Water Resources Development Act of 1979 (H.R.4788)
By Cordia, Louis J.
(Issue Bulletin #58)
November 16, 1979
The Iranian Dilemma: Energy and Security Implications
By Copulos, Milton R. ; Phillips, James A.
(Backgrounder #105)
November 1, 1979
Energy Update
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #103)
October 16, 1979
The Energy Antimonopoly Act
By McAllister, Eugene J.
(Issue Bulletin #53)
September 25, 1979
Phantom Allocations and the Coming Heating Oil Shortage
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #99)
August 31, 1979
Synfuels: Approaches to Development
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #97)
August 13, 1979
Threats to U.S. Energy Security: The Challenge of Arab Oil
By Phillips, James A.
(Backgrounder #95)
July 30, 1979
The Carter Energy Plan: Analysis and Alternatives
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #93)
June 4, 1979
Alcohol Fuels: Energy from Agriculture
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #86)
May 3, 1979
Alaskan Lands Bill
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Issue Bulletin #39)
March 28, 1979
The Energy Crunch: Short-Term Solutions
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #79)
January 22, 1979
Chinese Oil: Problems and Prospects
By Phillips, James A.
(Backgrounder #72)
August 3, 1978
CIVEX Fuel Cycle: The Solution to Nuclear Proliferation
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #61)
July 20, 1978
Nuclear Siting and Licensing Act (H.R. 11704 -S.2775)
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Issue Bulletin #30)
June 30, 1978
A Review of the Carter Energy Program
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Issue Bulletin #27)
April 19, 1978
The Environmental Complex - Part II
By Poole, William T.
(Institutional Analysis #6)
January 17, 1978
Nuclear By-Products : A Resource for the Future
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #48)
November 19, 1977
The Environmental Complex
By Heritage Foundation Staff
(Institutional Analysis #4)
October 6, 1977
Outer Continental Shelf Amendments
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Issue Bulletin #21)
September 22, 1977
Coal Conversion: Costs and Conflicts
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #37)
August 25, 1977
Storing Nuclear Wastes: An Introduction
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #33)
July 22, 1977
Economic Impact of Carter's Energy Program
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #27)
July 15, 1977
The Federalization of Ideas: National Energy Department
By Unknown
(Backgrounder #23)
July 14, 1977
Carter's Energy Program: An Update
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #21)
May 20, 1977
Nuclear Energy: Society's Salvation or Doom?
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #8)
May 5, 1977
Clean Air Act Amendments: An Overview
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #4)
April 21, 1977
Carter's Energy Program
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #3)
Groundwater Policy: The State Solution
By Langerman, Paul T.
(Backgrounder #308)
The National Competitiveness Act (S.4): A High-Tech Boondoggle
By Eckerly, Susan M.; Walker, Deborah L.
(Issue Bulletin #183)
July 30, 2009
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