Thomas Catenacci on March 18, 2021 Senate Banking Committee Republicans led by Ranking Member Pat Toomey urged Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell not to pursue environmental policies in a letter Thursday. Toomey and the other Republican committee members warned that the Federal Reserve potentially using regulatory authority to push an environmental agenda would be beyond…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Wind energy isn’t nearly as environmentally friendly as most green groups claim, journalist Matt Ridley wrote in The Spectator Friday. Ridley notes wind turbines generate far less energy than environmentalists like to claim. “You may have got the impression from announcements like that, and from the obligatory pictures of wind…
By Chris White Norway has decided to prohibit the selling of all gasoline-powered cars by 2025, according to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv. The ban, which has received support from political parties on the left and the right, is pegged to be the most aggressive anti-gasoline energy policies of its kind in the world – the…
By Michael Bastasch New car prices fell rapidly during the 2000s until President Barack Obama imposed strict fuel economy standards as part of his global warming agenda. Since then, new car prices have dramatically increased. A recent report by the conservative Heritage Foundation confirms what economists predicted for years: top-down regulations on fuel economy have…