Environment
Commentary
Learn more about rebates
Are rebates the best use of tax dollars?
Californians who meet specific income thresholds may be eligible to receive rebates of $4,000 and up to $8,000 if they buy electric heat pumps for their homes. But the Pacific Research Institute, a Pasadena think tank that espouses free-market solutions to policy matters, questions whether the rebate program is a good ...
California
Learn more about California's high gas prices
California’s Regulatory Assault On Drivers Continues
Californians already suffering from significantly higher gas prices will be dismayed to learn that the regulatory state has decided to make things worse. For the rest of the country, the changes stand as a stark warning. Last week, the California Air Resources Board, known as CARB, voted to increase the ...
Commentary
Learn more about how the LCFS will hurt families
Changes to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Will Cost Families Dearly
The California Air Resources Board should go back to the drawing board rather than expand a policy that would raise gas prices without meaningfully lowering emissions. At issue is an upcoming vote where this group of unelected bureaucrats will update California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, effectively driving prices at the ...
Agriculture
Senate panel forgets farmers in discussion about agriculture
This oversight was never clearer than in a recent panel hosted by U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), named American Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion. According to a description of the panel, the discussion was meant to provide “a foundational and historical understanding of the changes that have occurred over ...
Commentary
Learn more about how environmental lawfare hurts consumers
Private firms, states use tobacco lawsuit playbook in energy cases
But a far more potent weapon is being deployed against energy companies: A cadre of liberal lawyers, environmental activists, and attorneys general from Democratic states and municipalities are systematically suing energy companies and demanding multibillion-dollar payouts. Their efforts have not risen to a top-tier concern in American politics, but that ...
Blog
Should Climate Change Be a Graduation Requirement?
“UCSD’s new course requirement;” she says, “is intended to prepare students for the future.” There’s nothing wrong with teaching climate science. It is a legitimate discipline, just as physics, meteorology, geology, oceanography and astronomy are academically valid sciences. But there’s no reason to require every candidate “for a bachelor’s degree” ...
Commentary
Learn more about recycling hypocrisy
AG Bonta’s Recycling Hypocrisy Will Harm Consumers
California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing ExxonMobil over accusations of deception. Allegedly, the company deceived Californians for nearly 50 years “by promising that recycling could and would solve the ever-growing plastic waste crisis,” even though ExxonMobil knew that it could never handle “more than a tiny fraction of the ...
Blog
Read about California's latest move against Elon Musk
SpaceX Delaunched In California
The California Coastal Commission voted 6-4 last week to oppose Musk’s plans to launch as many as 50 SpaceX rockets a year from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County. Musk’s response was to take the agency to court, which he did Tuesday, claiming in a lawsuit that it ...
Agriculture
County fairs incubators for our next leaders, business owners
The air at county fairs is rarified in the hours before the food booths and carnival rides are open to the public. People can view exhibits in the various buildings on fairgrounds but the real stars at that time of day are the livestock shows. Kids, parents, indeed whole families ...
Agriculture
Civil discourse in ag policy matters
When I was in high school, one of my classes did a section on debating. We approached some difficult topics. I daresay some topics that would not be broached in public schools today. There were some ground rules to these debates. Do your research. Be prepared to answer difficult questions. ...
Learn more about rebates
Are rebates the best use of tax dollars?
Californians who meet specific income thresholds may be eligible to receive rebates of $4,000 and up to $8,000 if they buy electric heat pumps for their homes. But the Pacific Research Institute, a Pasadena think tank that espouses free-market solutions to policy matters, questions whether the rebate program is a good ...
Learn more about California's high gas prices
California’s Regulatory Assault On Drivers Continues
Californians already suffering from significantly higher gas prices will be dismayed to learn that the regulatory state has decided to make things worse. For the rest of the country, the changes stand as a stark warning. Last week, the California Air Resources Board, known as CARB, voted to increase the ...
Learn more about how the LCFS will hurt families
Changes to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Will Cost Families Dearly
The California Air Resources Board should go back to the drawing board rather than expand a policy that would raise gas prices without meaningfully lowering emissions. At issue is an upcoming vote where this group of unelected bureaucrats will update California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, effectively driving prices at the ...
Senate panel forgets farmers in discussion about agriculture
This oversight was never clearer than in a recent panel hosted by U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), named American Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion. According to a description of the panel, the discussion was meant to provide “a foundational and historical understanding of the changes that have occurred over ...
Learn more about how environmental lawfare hurts consumers
Private firms, states use tobacco lawsuit playbook in energy cases
But a far more potent weapon is being deployed against energy companies: A cadre of liberal lawyers, environmental activists, and attorneys general from Democratic states and municipalities are systematically suing energy companies and demanding multibillion-dollar payouts. Their efforts have not risen to a top-tier concern in American politics, but that ...
Should Climate Change Be a Graduation Requirement?
“UCSD’s new course requirement;” she says, “is intended to prepare students for the future.” There’s nothing wrong with teaching climate science. It is a legitimate discipline, just as physics, meteorology, geology, oceanography and astronomy are academically valid sciences. But there’s no reason to require every candidate “for a bachelor’s degree” ...
Learn more about recycling hypocrisy
AG Bonta’s Recycling Hypocrisy Will Harm Consumers
California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing ExxonMobil over accusations of deception. Allegedly, the company deceived Californians for nearly 50 years “by promising that recycling could and would solve the ever-growing plastic waste crisis,” even though ExxonMobil knew that it could never handle “more than a tiny fraction of the ...
Read about California's latest move against Elon Musk
SpaceX Delaunched In California
The California Coastal Commission voted 6-4 last week to oppose Musk’s plans to launch as many as 50 SpaceX rockets a year from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County. Musk’s response was to take the agency to court, which he did Tuesday, claiming in a lawsuit that it ...
County fairs incubators for our next leaders, business owners
The air at county fairs is rarified in the hours before the food booths and carnival rides are open to the public. People can view exhibits in the various buildings on fairgrounds but the real stars at that time of day are the livestock shows. Kids, parents, indeed whole families ...
Civil discourse in ag policy matters
When I was in high school, one of my classes did a section on debating. We approached some difficult topics. I daresay some topics that would not be broached in public schools today. There were some ground rules to these debates. Do your research. Be prepared to answer difficult questions. ...
