Energy & Environment
The Most Overlooked Holiday Miracle: Abundance
The Christmas season is a time to reflect on what we have, which includes the kind of society that has made countless blessings possible. The warmth, security, and generosity that many Americans experience during the holidays…
House advances SPEED Act to overhaul NEPA and speed up project approvals
Real estate developers, energy companies, and federal agencies could soon see project construction times shrink, thanks to a bill that was just passed by the House of Representatives. On Thursday, the House advanced the…
17 ways politicians can make things cheaper, from food to health care and more
"Affordability" is the hot new policy frame in American politics. Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoralty vowing to slash the cost of living with rent freezes, "free" buses, and city-run grocery…
New discovery could curb plastic pollution by turning waste into fuel
A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University of Delaware announced a breakthrough in hydrogenolysis, a chemical reaction that uses hydrogen gas…
Court blocks Trump’s ban on wind power, but other anti-renewable policies remain
President Donald Trump's crusade against renewables was dealt a blow on Monday when a federal judge vacated a January executive order that halted wind energy development on public lands. In May, 17 states and the…
With new cars at $49,766, looser fuel rules could ease prices
Car prices have been climbing for years. In September, Kelly Blue Book reports, the average transaction price of vehicles reached $50,000 for the first time ever. This was partly due to consumers rushing to purchase more…
Populists Left and Right Say America Is Failing. The Facts Don’t.
Spend five minutes listening to the American left's most theatrical tribunes—Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.), or Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.)—and you'll probably hear tales of…
Taxpayers still paying for Hurricane Sandy relief mismanagement 13 years later, new report finds
In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey. The storm would bring severe flooding to the East Coast—particularly New Jersey and New York City—and go down as the fifth-most-expensive tropical…
Three Mile Island can restart without subsidies. The federal government is giving it $1 billion anyway.
The site of America's most notorious nuclear energy incident will soon provide electricity to power Big Tech's AI ambitions. On Tuesday, the Energy Department announced that it will loan the Crane Clean Energy…
30 years of U.N. COP climate meetings haven’t slowed carbon emissions
United Nations' climate change conferences are exercises in futility. That is becoming ever clearer as the 30th conference of the parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)…
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