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.
energy
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
The Senate’s Surprisingly Populist Permitting Reform Deal
A bipartisan bill could lower electricity costs and speed the green energy transition by targeting utilities.
Posted inPolitics
War on Renewable Energy: MAGA Ideology Over Economics
By gutting the Inflation Reduction Act and kneecapping clean energy, congressional Republicans are choosing MAGA ideology over jobs, investment, and lower energy costs.
Posted inPolitics
DeSantis Loves Stepping on Florida Municipalities, Thwarting the Popular Will
But now Florida Democrats are finding a way to fight back against his preemption.
Posted inPolitics
Why Liberals Should Embrace Permitting Reform
Joe Manchin’s plan to speed fossil fuel development could also help expand green energy.
Posted inEconomy
The Truth About Inflation
Saudi Arabia and Russia fueled inflation, but Biden’s relief plan probably didn’t, and there are hopeful signs even with high prices likely to continue into 2023.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Trump Administration is Inviting Another Deepwater Horizon Event
The government is removing the protections against another huge marine oil spill.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Begin By Ending Cooperation in the Yemen War
The Saudis need to be punished, and there is some bipartisan consensus that we can begin by stopping our assistance with their bombing of Yemen.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Basket Cases
In his first year on the Court [Clarence Thomas] scarcely ever left the Supreme Court Building on foot, and that was fortunate, in one way, because it meant that he probably never saw the boldly lettered [graffiti] on a Capitol Hill sidewalk across the street. It said, “Anita Told the Truth.” —“The Burden of Clarence […]
Posted inEducation, K-12
Schools Lead the Way to Zero-Energy Buildings, and Use Them for Student Learning
Finding “vampires,” angling solar panels, tracking cafeteria waste – all become lessons
