Daren Bakst is the director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
View all authorsIf you are a foreign journalist and are thinking of taking a whiskey-soaked trip across Kentucky’s famous Bourbon Trail, you’re in luck: The federal government… Read More
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The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Climate Change Education Partnership, has helped fund a climate-change-related project at Columbia University called FutureCoast. It’s part of… Read More
In a 6–2 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, also known as the Transport Rule. The Clean… Read More
Last month, the President released a climate action plan designed to cut methane emissions. If you are a cow, be afraid. Be very afraid. The… Read More
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may soon be telling you what you should eat to reduce… Read More
Maybe this is crazy, but the number one dietary concern when it comes to school lunches should be that kids actually eat lunch. For all… Read More
The Obama Administration is getting desperate as it clamors for reasons to push comprehensive immigration reform. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack claims… Read More
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to be America’s nutritionist and control what we eat. Last November, the agency published a proposal to ban… Read More
Tomorrow, the Senate will have a chance to address real reform and the needs of the public, or to go with the status quo and… Read More
