Ben Lieberman is a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute specializing in environmental policy.
View all authorsSupporters of the just-passed stimulus bill have called it a lot of things, but one thing they can’t yet call it is a success. Only… Read More
A key argument in favor of the stimulus package is that it contains several measures that are not only good for the environment but will… Read More
Largely ignored amid the presidential and congressional races on Nov. 4 was the fact that several environmental ballot initiatives faired poorly. In California, no less… Read More
Perhaps the oddest reaction to the financial meltdown and looming recession comes from environmental activists and bureaucrats who see it as a rationale to transform… Read More
Bad energy policy usually involves repeating the mistakes made from 1970 to 1980 — windfall profits taxes, federally subsidized alternative energy sources, price controls, and… Read More
Is it too much to ask for an energy bill to actually have some energy in it? Apparently it is, judging by the latest offshore… Read More
The problem with too many of Washington’s energy bills is that the only energy they contain is in the title. That was the case with… Read More
Twenty-five percent of America’s oil production and a significant amount of onshore refining capacity and pipeline infrastructure is located in the hurricane-prone central and western… Read More
The Democratic National Convention in Denver endeavored to be “the most environmentally sustainable political convention in modern American history,” according to the convention’s Director of… Read More
Sometimes the common sense of the American people bursts onto the political scene and changes the conventional wisdom in Washington. Such is the case with… Read More
