Andrew Cuomo wants to ban plastic bags across New York
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday proposed a blanket ban on thin plastic bags at store checkouts, attracting criticism from business groups and environmentalists alike.
Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Green New Deal’ would avert a ‘barely detectable’ amount of global warming
Democrats are increasingly lining up behind New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s call for a “Green New Deal,” but few, if any, have talked about its actual impact on global warming.
Bernie Sanders said climate change was our ‘biggest crisis,’ but was silent when asked about private jets
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who might run for president in 2020, called climate change our “biggest crisis of all” in a response to President Donald Trump’s border wall speech Tuesday night.
Taxing the rich isn’t enough to fund Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal
If Ocasio-Cortez’s call for “60 or 70 percent” top tax rates won’t pay for a “Green New Deal,” Democrats will likely have to come up with other ways, including a possible carbon tax, to pay for it.
Carbon regulation sneaking in under the radar in Vermont
The carbon tax hasn’t gained significant traction in the climate-conscious state of Vermont, but environmental activists have new approaches that could see progress in 2019.
US Supreme Court rejects Exxon’s plea to hear global warming case
The court declined to hear Exxon Mobil’s appeal of a Massachusetts high court decision allowing the state’s attorney general to continue her investigation into whether the oil giant misled people about the risks global warming regulations pose to its operations.
Green New Deal is a trojan horse for socialism
It shouldn’t be a surprise that the avowed “democratic socialist” went with the predictable “tax the rich” formula in order to pay for a massive government program to combat climate change. But it would hardly be good news for most Americans if Ocasio-Cortez got her way.
Ocasio-Cortez wants to fund Green New Deal by taxing people at the ‘tippy tops’ at 70 percent
New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a self-identified Democratic socialist, claimed the U.S. can implement her environmental agenda if the government taxes the very wealthy by as much as 70 percent.
Plastic straw bans are about progressive virtue signaling, not practical solutions
As the anti-straw crusade appears to gain steam, it’s worth stopping for a moment to examine why such a seemingly trivial matter has become such a big deal.
Opinion: Unplug electric vehicle subsidies and let consumers decide
Families should be empowered to purchase the car they want without nudging from Washington and the financial help of their fellow taxpayers.
Why coal and nuclear bailouts aren’t needed
The federal government is not responsible for leading the coal and nuclear industries out of the doldrums. Nor is it able to — experience shows that subsidizing industry only dulls the effects of bad policy only as long as the subsidies last.
Green Mountain Power doubles down on climate change rhetoric
Only weeks after Green Mountain Power issued a press release that featured a meteorologist blaming a snowstorm on climate change, CEO Mary Powell echoed the same alarmist rhetoric, this time for the company’s energy plan.