"Under the new [2016] rule, wind companies and other power providers will not face a penalty if they kill or injure up to 4,200 bald eagles, nearly four times the…
Two interviews in one: Ken Braun traces the billions of dollars that course through the environmental movement to oppose 90 percent of the world's energy supply. Scott Walker details the…
Environmentalism boils down to making your life harder. From banning oil-burning cars to promising the moon with feel-good renewables, eco-activists are on a mission to make electricity a luxury good—and…
Activists may call it “electrification,” but their plan has nothing to do with bringing electricity to rural communities à la the New Deal and Tennessee Valley Authority. Instead, it’s a…
Virginia's energy economy is the picture of success painted by moderate environmentalists 20 years ago. Almost 60 percent of its electricity is generated from natural gas and another 30 percent…
Activists point out that the transportation and electricity generation sectors together account for 54 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. Turning them carbon-free would dramatically lower total U.S. emissions—hence,…
In states, legislatures have enacted or are considering legislation to block local governments from enacting natural gas bans, accounting for one-third of national gas consumption. Many of the bills came…
In December 2021, we began to assess the tax filings related to “Zuck bucks”—Mark Zuckerberg’s gift to the 2020 election to help tilt the vote toward Biden—and received a great…
One of Among Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) first acts in office was to withdraw the Old Dominion from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a major global warming compact…
Environmental groups and advocates are spending billions of dollars every year playing politics with America’s energy sector while simultaneously driving up energy costs for Americans, according to Ken Braun, the senior investigative researcher at the Capital…