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EPA Climate Regulations Expected to Hit Manufacturing Sector Especially Hard
A short paper recently released by the Heritage Foundation takes a look at the expected manufacturing job losses as a result of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan.
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Natural Gas: Saving More and Emitting Less
Earlier this week, the American Gas Association released its 2015 Playbook. The report shows that natural gas continues to deliver safe, affordable, and reliable energy, while also providing environmental…
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More Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Woes
This week the Department of Energy announced plans to pull funding from the FutureGen 2.0 project in western Illinois. FutureGen is a coal-fired power plant currently under construction that…
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West Virginia Becomes First State to Repeal RPS
Earlier this week West Virginia’s Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed House Bill 2001, making the state the first in the nation to repeal its alternative energy mandate. The…
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Atlantic Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration May Soon Be a Reality
Big news today out of the Interior Department: much of the Atlantic coastline from Virginia to South Carolina will soon be opened up for oil and natural gas…
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New York’s Minimum Wage Increase: The Wrong Way to Ring in the New Year | RedState
This appeared on RedState.com on January 1, 2015. Last night, as shivering tourists gathered in Times Square to watch the New Year’s Eve Ball…
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Do Skyrocketing Electricity Rates in New England Foretell Consequences of Clean Power Plan?
The New York Times ran an interesting article a few days ago discussing the skyrocketing electricity prices residents of New England are being forced to pay even before the…
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ALEC Weighs in on Proposed “Clean Power Plan”
Earlier today, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) submitted a public comment expressing significant concerns with EPA’s plan to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing stationary sources under §111(d)…
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EPA Proposes Its Most Expensive Regulation to Date
The strategy of publicly releasing bad news late on a Friday afternoon in order to avoid significant media scrutiny is well established and commonly employed by a variety of institutions.
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EPA’s MATS Rule Headed to Supreme Court
Today the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule limiting mercury and other pollutants (e.g., arsenic and metals) emitted from coal-fired power…
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New Report Assigns Dollar Values to Recent EPA Regulations
Ever since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Clean Power Plan proposal this past June, a number of analyses have been conducted to try and determine the…
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State Factor: States are Engaging EPA on Clean Power Plan
Much has been written in this space recently about the impacts of EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan. There are, of course, financial concerns about the effects of the Plan…
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ALEC Weighs in on Proposed “Waters of the U.S.” Rule
Earlier today, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) submitted a public comment expressing significant concerns with a proposed redefinition of “waters of the United States.” On April 21, 2014,…
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NERC Report Highlights Potential Reliability Impacts of EPA’s Clean Power Plan
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a non-profit international regulatory authority whose mission is to ensure the reliability of the electric grid and power supply in North…
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Like Your Cell Phone? That’ll Be An Extra 17 Percent
Since Americans have become more mobile the demand for wireless access has increased. However, high tax burdens on wireless services have made it increasingly difficult for consumers to pay their…
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Lawsuits Filed in Response to Fracking Ban in Denton, TX
In what many pundits have described as a “wave election,” many candidates who embraced and campaigned on the principles of free-markets and limited government saw great success this past…
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Right-to-Work Will Continue to Benefit Indiana’s Economy
Update: Research and Legislative Analyst Ben Wilterdink recently appeared on the Tony Katz Radio Show to discuss this topic. Listen to his interview below, http://alec.org/docs/Ben-Wilterdink-Tony-Katz-11-7-14.mp3…
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Fracking in Illinois
Big news today out of Illinois: fracking can soon begin. Today, the 12-member Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules adopted regulations that govern hydraulic fracturing within the state,…
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I Don’t Want a Shirt, I Want a Share: Local Investors and Business Start-Ups Could Benefit From Equity Crowdfunding
Kickstarter, IndieGoGo and GoFundME. Chances are you’ve heard of at least one of these popular websites that allow people to participate in crowdfunding – raising small donations over a large…
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Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Public Sector Labor Unions – Problems and Solutions for Reform
According to U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 14.5 million Americans belong to a union. 35.3 percent of government employees are unionized. Because these individuals are on the public’s…