If you’re like me, electricity is something that just comes out of the wall and turns on the lights. If you’re like our guest, energy policy expert and creator of…
the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is one of the nation’s most radical anti-energy, left-wing nonprofits. Yet General Motors, Fed Ex, United Airlines, Amazon, Bank of America, and dozens of billionaires,…
Of the main hydrocarbon energy sources that we use—coal, natural gas, and oil—natural gas is by far the lowest emitter of carbon dioxide. If cutting carbon emissions were RMI’s highest…
In 2016, Lovins was awarded the German Order of Merit, the German government’s highest honor, because of his influence on Germany’s energy policy. Another ironic decoration came in 1993, when…
The radical agenda of one RMI donor towers above the others. Since 2005 the Rocky Mountain Institute has received at least $76.9 million from the Foundation for the Carolinas (FFTC),…
Environmental journalist Michael Shellenberger reported that big oil and gas firms have never been the natural enemy of radical climate groups such as RMI. The hypocritical hostility to zero-carbon nuclear…
With the war in Ukraine, Americans are rediscovering the value of cheap and abundant electricity and why past generations craved independence from hostile oil exporters. Not long ago, people knew…
Congress is debating a new infrastructure bill, which contains elements from the Green New Deal. This is part of the Biden administration's ongoing effort to remake America's energy grid and…
CRC President Terrence Scanlon has an op-ed in today's Washington Times. Here it is: President Obama has his second term and will never face voters again. On one of…
October 1, 2008 saw the expiration of the moratorium on offshore drilling. It was lovingly dubbed “Energy Independence Day.” As noted in an early post, accessing domestic offshore oil…