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Foundation Watch
Philanthropy for “Citizens of the World”: What Is Philanthropy For?
Who does philanthropy serve? Until we answer that question—one that our forebears understood—community foundations, private foundations, and 501(c) groups are immaterial. Philanthropos is the love of mankind rooted in the…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 20, 2021

Green Watch
Climate Change Regulations in Pennsylvania: No Discernable Benefits
What happens next in Pennsylvania’s legal and legislative battles over proposed climate change regulations will largely depend on who controls the narrative about carbon dioxide emissions and their impact. Since…
by Kevin Mooney on September 10, 2021

Green Watch
Climate Change Regulations in Pennsylvania: Disputing the Official Findings and Data
In July 2021, the CO2 Coalition, a Virginia-based nonprofit of roughly 70 scientists, released a new report that disputes the findings of Pennsylvania’s 2018 Climate Action Report, which Gov. Wolf…
by Kevin Mooney on September 10, 2021

Green Watch
Climate Change Regulations in Pennsylvania: Green Activism in Pennsylvania
What exactly is the point of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) if it’s not going to impact the climate? The answers involve political influence, government power, well-endowed special interests,…
by Kevin Mooney on September 10, 2021

Green Watch
Climate Change Regulations in Pennsylvania: Carbon Taxes and Constitutional Questions
A political and state constitutional fight is brewing over Pennsylvania's entry into Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. One line of argument is that the governor and the regulatory commission do not…
by Kevin Mooney on September 10, 2021

Green Watch
Far-Left Activists Disinter FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps . . . for Global Warming?
At a time when the Left is reclassifying almost everything as “infrastructure” it should come as no surprise that someone would recall President Franklin Roosevelt’s public work relief program, the…
by Hayden Ludwig on June 25, 2021

Green Watch
The Left’s War on Coal: Why Coal Matters
“Go green”—and go broke. President Biden is in the White House and radical environmentalists are in the driver’s seat, with global warming taking a central role in every department and…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 17, 2021

Green Watch
The Left’s War on Coal: The Hawaiian Model
In 2017, Hawaii’s biggest utility provider announced it was shutting down AES Hawaii on Oahu, the state’s last coal-fired plant, in order to replace it with renewables in 2022, part…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 17, 2021

Green Watch
The Left’s War on Coal: Global Warming Is Great for Business
Two decades after the Enron collapse, the parallels between cronyism and activism are striking. Far from their traditional role as the bogeymen of the eco-Left, Big Oil and Gas are…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 17, 2021

Green Watch
The Left’s War on Coal: “Green” Activism Inc.
The environmental Left doesn’t merely want to replace coal; it hates it. Far-left Greenpeace believes that “ending our addiction to coal should be non-negotiable.” Coal survived the Obama years, but…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 17, 2021