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Government Energy Mandates
Legislating Energy ProsperityStudy by Wayne WinegardenMay 2020 California’s Blackouts: How Did We Get Here and What Can We Do to Keep the Lights On?Kerry JacksonCapital Ideas Brief, November 2019 Legislating Energy PovertyStudy by Wayne WinegardenDecember 2018 Legislating Energy Poverty in CaliforniaVideo Tim Anaya Responds to California 100 Percent Renewable Energy MandatesVideo Green ...
Pacific Research Institute
September 27, 2022
California
Newsom Dives In The Deep End
Gov. Gavin Newsom has unwrapped a long-overdue plan to quench California’s perpetual thirst. While a bit late and slightly off the mark, his $8 billion Water Supply Strategy is a welcomed development in a state that really needs one. The governor called it “an aggressive plan to rebuild the way ...
Kerry Jackson
August 31, 2022
Commentary
The Electric Car Snow Job
By Andrew Fillat & Henry Miller The United States is being taken for a very expensive ride by an unholy alliance between climate ideologues and business opportunists, who have exerted undue influence over public opinion and government institutions in the name of climate change. The misnamed Inflation Reduction Act, signed ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 22, 2022
Commentary
Inflation Reduction Act Nightmare Targets Life-Saving Meds
President Joe Biden returned from vacation in South Carolina this week to sign the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The country would have been better off had he stayed at the beach. The IRA includes a combination of massive tax increases, innovation-destroying price controls, and debt-funded spending commitments. That might be music to the ears ...
Sally C. Pipes
August 18, 2022
Blog
Ag Already Doing Its Part to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The United States Senate recently passed an energy spending bill that would, in part, funnel billions toward agriculture to address greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from livestock and soil tillage. The goal of this legislation is to bring the U.S. in line with its promised GHG emissions reduction target of 50 ...
Pam Lewison
August 15, 2022
Studies
Health Care NEW BRIEF: Biosimilars Save Patients Over $11 Billion Annually, Fixing Broken System Would Help Patients Save More August 22, 2022 NEW BRIEF: Establishing An Efficient Health Insurance Market July 26, 2022 NEW STUDY: U.K. Vaping Regulations Based on Risks of Vaping Relative to Smoking Provide Lessons for U.S. ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 12, 2022
Commentary
Bad Piled on Bad
By Henry Miller & Andrew Fillat Less than a month after the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA, the White House is reportedly contemplating declaration of a “national climate emergency.” On July 20, at a former coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts, President Biden said, “Climate change is an emergency. And in the coming ...
Pacific Research Institute
July 27, 2022
Featured
We’re Nominated! Cast your vote for PRI today!
PRI has been nominated for two prestigious national awards – and we need your help to win! State Policy Network has recognized PRI with nominations for two awards, recognizing our successes in stopping destructive policies from Sacramento that would take away our freedoms, and promoting market-based reforms that would improve ...
Pacific Research Institute
July 22, 2022
Environment
CA wants to assess residential utility bills by household income. From Each According to His Means Kerry Jackson April 18, 2023 Energy Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric, and San Diego Gas & Electric have asked the California Public Utilities Commission for approval to charge customers a flat rate ...
Pacific Research Institute
July 7, 2022
Blog
Jumpin’ Jack Flash Can’t Get No Gas
Los Angeles will possibly be among the few cities in the world to outlaw the construction of new gas stations if a proposed policy change is approved by the City Council. Since Los Angeles is arguably the virtue-signaling capital of the world, it’s hard to imagine that it won’t happen. ...
Kerry Jackson
June 30, 2022
Government Energy Mandates
Pacific Research Institute
September 27, 2022
Legislating Energy ProsperityStudy by Wayne WinegardenMay 2020 California’s Blackouts: How Did We Get Here and What Can We Do to Keep the Lights On?Kerry JacksonCapital Ideas Brief, November 2019 Legislating Energy PovertyStudy by Wayne WinegardenDecember 2018 Legislating Energy Poverty in CaliforniaVideo Tim Anaya Responds to California 100 Percent Renewable Energy MandatesVideo Green ...
Newsom Dives In The Deep End
Gov. Gavin Newsom has unwrapped a long-overdue plan to quench California’s perpetual thirst. While a bit late and slightly off the mark, his $8 billion Water Supply Strategy is a welcomed development in a state that really needs one. The governor called it “an aggressive plan to rebuild the way ...
The Electric Car Snow Job
By Andrew Fillat & Henry Miller The United States is being taken for a very expensive ride by an unholy alliance between climate ideologues and business opportunists, who have exerted undue influence over public opinion and government institutions in the name of climate change. The misnamed Inflation Reduction Act, signed ...
Inflation Reduction Act Nightmare Targets Life-Saving Meds
President Joe Biden returned from vacation in South Carolina this week to sign the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The country would have been better off had he stayed at the beach. The IRA includes a combination of massive tax increases, innovation-destroying price controls, and debt-funded spending commitments. That might be music to the ears ...
Ag Already Doing Its Part to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The United States Senate recently passed an energy spending bill that would, in part, funnel billions toward agriculture to address greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from livestock and soil tillage. The goal of this legislation is to bring the U.S. in line with its promised GHG emissions reduction target of 50 ...
Studies
Pacific Research Institute
August 12, 2022
Health Care NEW BRIEF: Biosimilars Save Patients Over $11 Billion Annually, Fixing Broken System Would Help Patients Save More August 22, 2022 NEW BRIEF: Establishing An Efficient Health Insurance Market July 26, 2022 NEW STUDY: U.K. Vaping Regulations Based on Risks of Vaping Relative to Smoking Provide Lessons for U.S. ...
Bad Piled on Bad
By Henry Miller & Andrew Fillat Less than a month after the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA, the White House is reportedly contemplating declaration of a “national climate emergency.” On July 20, at a former coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts, President Biden said, “Climate change is an emergency. And in the coming ...
We’re Nominated! Cast your vote for PRI today!
PRI has been nominated for two prestigious national awards – and we need your help to win! State Policy Network has recognized PRI with nominations for two awards, recognizing our successes in stopping destructive policies from Sacramento that would take away our freedoms, and promoting market-based reforms that would improve ...
Environment
Pacific Research Institute
July 7, 2022
CA wants to assess residential utility bills by household income. From Each According to His Means Kerry Jackson April 18, 2023 Energy Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric, and San Diego Gas & Electric have asked the California Public Utilities Commission for approval to charge customers a flat rate ...
Jumpin’ Jack Flash Can’t Get No Gas
Los Angeles will possibly be among the few cities in the world to outlaw the construction of new gas stations if a proposed policy change is approved by the City Council. Since Los Angeles is arguably the virtue-signaling capital of the world, it’s hard to imagine that it won’t happen. ...