Environmentalists Deserve to Lose Their War on Natural Gas
Make no mistake, the same environmentalists who tried to dial coal and oil out of the economy are coming for natural gas next. “Green” fundamentalism won’t be satisfied until it’s…
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Foundations Should Disclose Investments and De-Politicize Giving
An increasing number of private foundations are inserting sociopolitical considerations into their investment portfolios, just as many already do in their grantmaking. Those that choose to do so should be…
Will the Supreme Court Toss the EPA’s Climate Regulation?
If the Supreme Court rules in West Virginia’s favor in West Virginia v. EPA, it could mean the end of the endangerment finding and the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse…
The Private Investments of Private Foundations: Philanthropy’s “Dark Money”?
The IRS instructs private foundations to attach a detailed schedule of investments to their annual publicly available Form 990-PF. Some, however, do not include meaningful detail on how their vast…
The Private Investments of Private Foundations: Incongruous Investments
Investment portfolios shouldn’t be battlefields for ideological conflict, but many foundations—and particularly the activist groups they fund—are increasingly choosing to make them so. This can result in a marked disconnect…
The Private Investments of Private Foundations: Capitalism for Me, But Not for Thee
The specifics of a given foundation’s investments—indeed, whether those investments are properly disclosed and itemized at all—is rather less relevant when that foundation’s grantmaking evidences wholesale antagonism to market capitalism…
The Private Investments of Private Foundations: Depoliticize Philanthropy
The point here is not that foundation investments should be politicized. They should not. Foundations should, however, abide by what appear to be unambiguous IRS transparency instructions and be prepared…
Nuclear Power–Hating Left: Funding the Climate Left’s Hypocrisy
Most of the climate Left opposes carbon-free nuclear energy. The list includes big names such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club, and the Environmental Defense Fund. The…
Nuclear Power–Hating Left: Opposition to Whatever Is Working
Since 1976, the League of Women Voters has supported energy policies that “limit reliance on nuclear fission.” Yet for seven-plus decades fission reactions have been the only source of nuclear…
Nuclear Power–Hating Left: The Vast Anti-Nuclear Conspiracy
Similarly, the Sierra Club, the third of America’s three largest climate policy organization, is described by Environmental Progress as “one of the most effective anti-nuclear environmental organizations in the world.”…