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Can a Free Market Innovation Help Jumpstart the U.S. Fracking Boom?
Earlier this week, EOG Resources, Inc., a Houston-based oil and gas exploration company, reported on an earnings call that their engineers had recently used natural gas to successfully extract…
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Energy, Climate and Vulnerable Populations
Last week, the Obama administration released a new report detailing the negative consequences climate change may have on human health in the U.S., with the primary, attention-grabbing headline being…
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Interior Reverses Proposal to Allow Atlantic Offshore Drilling
A little over a year ago, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) made headlines when it announced a new proposal to open waters along the Atlantic coast between…
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The Navajo Nation and the Clean Power Plan
A lot has been written in this space about the potential downsides of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which is currently being litigated in the courts: rising electricity costs,…
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Sunshine Week: Disclosure of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Composition Act
During the first part of the 21st century, some of the greatest examples of American ingenuity and achievement took place in and around the oil and gas patches across the…
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What Can We Learn From Germany’s Energy Policies?
Over the past several years, there has been a growing trend among some U.S. policymakers to look toward Europe – and specifically to Germany – as models for responsible energy…
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ALEC Principles Shine Light on Government Failures
Sunshine Week, running from March 13 to 19, aims to promote transparency in government, which is a fundamental component of the ALEC principles of limited government, free markets and federalism. The private sector can offer superior alternatives to failing public schools, overly complex healthcare services and expensive infrastructure projects. When government services are transferred to the free market, private companies deliver high-quality public services at far less cost to the taxpayer.
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As Clean Power Plan is Litigated, More States are “Putting their Pencils Down”
In early February, the U.S. Supreme Court elected to stay implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP). This recently finalized regulation – the centerpiece…
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Governor Scott Walker Bars Agencies From Preparing for Clean Power Plan
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court made major headlines when it elected to stay implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP). This recently…
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Natural Gas: Promoting Safe, Affordable and Reliable Energy
Recently, the American Gas Association released its 2016 Playbook, a concise description of the tremendous role the natural gas industry currently plays and is poised to continue playing in…
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Supreme Court Outlook: Energy and Environment
With the recent passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, the current 4-4 ideological split on the U.S. Supreme Court could ultimately help benefit President Obama’s energy and environmental policy agenda. Any…
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Nevada PUC Upholds Net Metering Changes
An article that ran last week described what three states – Hawaii, Nevada and California – have done over the past few months to update their net metering programs.
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Net Metering State Updates
One energy-related issue area that has seen particularly significant play in the states over the past few years is net metering reform. For the uninitiated, net metering is a billing system…
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SCOTUS Orders Stay of the Clean Power Plan
In what is undoubtedly one of the most significant blows to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in recent history, the U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote ordered…
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Sue and Settle Once Again Rears its Ugly Head
One of the more sinister trends occurring in the environmental policy realm lately has been the rise of so-called “sue and settle” agreements. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and…
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A Potential New Breakthrough in Lighting Technology
In 2007, Congress passed and President Bush signed into law a new measure that, among other things, changed the nation’s lighting policy. The law created new performance standards for…
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ALEC Members Tour Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Early last month, ALEC convened at the 2015 States and Nation Policy Summit in sunny Scottsdale, AZ. In conjunction with the conference, a handful of ALEC members toured the Palo…
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Lifting the Crude Oil Export Ban – Welcome and Long Overdue
With the discovery of new reserves and the technological advances to extract the oil, the U.S. has become a leading energy producer. The anti-free market oil ban that seemed a sensible response when enacted clearly outlived its usefulness, as ALEC underscored in its model Resolution in Support of Lifting Federal Restrictions on Crude Oil Exports and Resolution for Reform of Counterproductive Export Control Policies.
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DC Circuit Court Upholds MATS Rule
Dedicated readers of the American Legislator may remember brief coverage of the Supreme Court ruling Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency from earlier this summer. In a 5-4 ruling…
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Paris Climate Change Talks: What Might an Agreement Look Like?
The Paris climate convention expected to take place later this year represents the culmination of more than 20 years of work by thousands of international delegates. Since the adoption of…