While DOGE is not an official agency and is constrained in what it can do, countless opportunities exist to limit the federal government’s overreach into the economy and people’s lives.
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Freezing In the Dark? Report From Seven New England States Outlines “Staggering Costs” of Regional Green Energy Policies
New England residents already pay some of the highest electricity rates in the country, as most regional state governments have respectively committed to reducing their carbon emissions by at least 80% by 2050. If this plan is not revised, residents and businesses can expect electricity rates to double, along with suffering from rolling blackouts, according...
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Farm bill leaders go back to drawing board
The leaders of the House Agriculture Committee put on a display of cordial bipartisanship at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Now, the hard work begins. Rep. Angie Craig, D-MInn., who was just recently sworn in as the new ranking member of the House Ag Committee, said her priority is to get a new farm bill done,...
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EXPLORE Act Improves Public Lands Access and Management
Initially introduced by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR), the EXPLORE Act aims to improve and expand access to outdoor recreation on America’s public lands and waters.
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Texas, Utah, Last Energy challenge NRC’s ‘overburdensome’ microreactor regulations
Only three commercial nuclear reactors have been built in the United States in the past 28 years, and none are presently under construction, according to a World Nuclear Association tracker cited in the lawsuit. “Building a new commercial reactor of any size in the United States has become virtually impossible,” the plaintiffs said. “The root cause is...
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A Lawless NRC Obstructs Safe Nuclear Power
A new federal lawsuit may finally unleash nuclear energy’s potential. On Dec. 30, Texas and Utah, along with the startup company Last Energy, sued to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to stop breaking the law and start letting small, modular nuclear reactors operate without crushing overregulation. This could be the most consequential legal challenge to America’s nuclear...
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Biden issues sweeping offshore oil, gas drilling ban in 625M acres of federal waters ahead of Trump transition
President Biden announced an 11th-hour executive action on Monday that bans new drilling and further oil and natural gas development on more than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal and offshore waters. Biden, whose term expires in two weeks, said he is using authority to protect offshore areas along the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf...
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New Biden water heater ban will drive up energy prices for poor, seniors: expert
A Biden administration ban on certain natural gas water heaters as part of the lame duck president’s climate agenda could send prices soaring for the elderly and the poor. Under the policy, new non-condensing, natural gas-fired water heaters will be prohibited for sale starting in 2029 due to concerns about carbon-dioxide emissions. The policy comes during President Biden’s...
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Ohio passes new law redefining nuclear power as ‘green’ energy
Backers say a law adding nuclear power to the definition of “green” energy will give Ohioans another option to cut carbon emissions but some environmentalists are skeptical. House Bill 308, signed in December by Gov. Mike DeWine, is designed to open the state to nuclear power research and development. However, critics are concerned it could...
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Trump demands end to North Sea ‘windmills’ in swipe at UK energy policy
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday criticised the British government’s energy policy with a demand the country “open up” the ageing North Sea oil and gas basin and get rid of wind farms. The North Sea is one of the world’s oldest offshore oil and gas basins where production has steadily declined since the start of the...