He can try to use a controversial permitting reform bill that way—but energy market conditions, not permits, will dictate the pace of fossil fuel development.
Kainoa Lowman
Kainoa Lowman is an Editor at the Washington Monthly.
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A bipartisan bill could lower electricity costs and speed the green energy transition by targeting utilities.
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Since sweeping to power in 2025, Republicans have waged an all-out war on clean energy. Congress gutted major clean energy and electric vehicle subsidies enacted under Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, killed state-level rules to spur electric vehicle adoption, and blocked legislation to ease permitting for wind power projects. The Trump administration has gone further, […]
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And why they have been able to resist his authoritarian demands while the business world capitulates.
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As insurers flee wildfire risk, the leading candidate for insurance commissioner campaigns on “Natural Disaster Insurance for All,” but even fellow progressives are skeptical.
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How Trump Screwed Rural Americans to Help Musk Become a Trillionaire
His corruption of Biden’s broadband program boosted SpaceX’s historic IPO.
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CMS Takes Aim at Medicare Advantage Fraud
A surprise proposal to rein in insurer upcoding could save billions—and sent Wall Street into a panic.
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Rollback Racket
For decades, mainstream economists insisted that consumers benefit from the dominance of chains like Walmart. New evidence shows otherwise.
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Big Tech platforms and the Gilded Age trusts have something in common: a stifling grip on the fundamentals of commerce.
