Two new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that are currently being finalized will leverage the EPA’s authority to regulate emissions in order to force both America’s electricity network and America’s automotive industry to shift production to wind, solar, and electric vehicles (EVs). However, new EPA initiatives targeting America’s fossil fuel industry will face legal challenges…

Commentary If the term “consumer sovereignty” is unfamiliar to you, don’t feel bad; you have lots of company. Writing seven or eight decades ago, the great Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) used the phrase “consumer sovereignty” as a synonym for “free enterprise” or “free-market economy.” In some ways, “consumer sovereignty” is superior to its…

The Senate passed a resolution on Wednesday to overturn a heavy-duty engines emissions rule implemented by President Joe Biden’s administration after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) broke ranks with his fellow Democrats and instead joined Republicans in opposition to the emissions rule. In December, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the new “Control of Air Pollution…

As President Joe Biden issues an executive order for all federal agencies to pursue what he calls “climate justice” and simultaneously advances regulations to force Americans to transition to wind and solar energy and electric vehicles (EVs), critics say that these same policies also foster child labor in Africa, feature enormous wealth transfers from the…

News analysis As President Joe Biden issues an executive order for all federal agencies to pursue what he calls “climate justice” and simultaneously advances regulations to force Americans to transition to wind and solar energy and electric vehicles (EVs), critics say that these same policies also foster child labor in Africa, feature enormous wealth transfers…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will likely face more legal challenges over its latest emissions standards, which are projected to lead to two-thirds of new car sales being all-electric vehicles by 2032. “Once it’s published as a final rule, it will undoubtedly be challenged again, just like the last set of rules was challenged,” Steven…

Commentary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is using shaky science to tighten regulations on ambient levels of tiny particulate matter in the air—from dust to fireplace smoke to car exhaust—in other words, essential byproducts of industrial activity and daily life. If the final rule, which is expected in the coming months, is anything like the proposed rule, the EPA…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last month it will loan Poseidon Water $170 million to upgrade its Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Southern California. The funds will be used to upgrade the desalination plant’s seawater intake and discharge systems to meet California’s so-called Ocean Plan standards for protecting marine life, according…

Commentary The Biden administration on Wednesday announced plans to make cars more expensive for Americans, curb U.S. energy jobs, and make Chinese battery manufacturers richer. The new proposed regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would require new car sales to be 60 percent battery-powered electric by 2030 and 67 percent by 2032 in order…

President Joe Biden further accelerated the nation’s switch to electric vehicles by announcing two proposed federal rule changes aimed at reducing greenhouse gasses and other pollutants in motor vehicle emissions. The changes, announced April 12, would affect virtually all gasoline-powered vehicles on U.S. highways, would save consumers an estimated $12,000 in fuel and maintenance costs…