Ariel Cohen writes in Forbes about the need to address NIMBYism. “Combating climate change and ensuring America’s energy abundance and security requires thoughtful and informed policy choices and sacrifices. These sacrifices must be equitably distributed if we are to sustain decarbonization.” Read the full article here.
West Virginia is Still an Energy Powerhouse – If the State Allows It
While simply allowing utilities to produce solar is a step in the right direction, it’s only a small step for the economy of the state. To see the state truly flourish, policymakers need to lay off the heavy hand of regulation and protectionism and instead embrace an “all of the above” strategy.
Taiwan Needs U.S. Help on Energy Security
"The U.S., preferably working with its close allies in East Asia, can enhance Taiwan’s ability to maintain energy security and independence by blunting the ability of China (or its ally Russia) to pressure the island with blockades or otherwise weaken its access to energy supplies."
The Manchin Permitting Watch
"Look around: California is struggling to avoid electricity blackouts, while America’s allies in Europe are contemplating energy rationing this winter. Another answer to Mr. Sanders is that permitting reform could also expedite transit projects or solar farms. There’s a reason the American Wind Energy Association celebrated President Trump’s permitting changes."
The Left’s Power Shortage
"Forcing citizens to become ever more reliant on electricity that isn’t forthcoming isn’t only poor governance or inept management. These policies are the fruit of a radical progressive ideology that sees human beings as burdens and prosperity as blight."
Without Reforms to the Environmental Review Process, Wildfires Will Grow Worse
If permitting reform is narrow in scope and fails to address the systemic problems facing not just energy infrastructure but conservation, it will be a huge missed opportunity.
Sanders blasts permitting reform as Democrats’ divide grows
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) struck a deal with Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in July to pass the permitting overhaul in exchange for Manchin’s vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, Democrats’ sprawling climate, health care and tax law. Their plan is to attach it to the continuing resolution, the must-pass stopgap spending measure to keep the government open when the fiscal year ends Sept. 30."
Bring More Reality and Less Rhetoric to Biden’s Domestic Clean-Energy Mandate
"It defies logic for the nation to turn its back on the vast quantities of essential minerals that exist here at home. The United States has the strictest environmental and labor standards in the world, but bureaucratic roadblocks continually prevent us from responsibly utilizing our own resources."
Embattled Maine power line foreshadows U.S. climate obstacles
Benjamin Storrow of E&E News reports on a power line in Maine that would deliver clean energy to the state. “Experts say new transmission is needed not only to connect clean energy projects to the grid, but to ship electricity back and forth across regions to accommodate fluctuations in renewable output. When the National Academies...
To Bolster Fuel Supplies in the Northeast, End Talk of Banning Exports and Look to the Jones Act
"Waiving the Jones Act will make the Northeast an economically attractive destination for gasoline, diesel, and heating oil shipments that currently go to overseas buyers in Europe and Latin America. The end result will be higher inventories, lower prices, and more efficient markets."