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No Room for Spending Cuts? How About Government Employee Trips to the Caribbean?
Buccaneer Hotel (Camilla Zenz/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom) If government employees can enjoy a stay in a luxury hotel made famous on The Bachelor, then surely Congress could find somewhere to make spending cuts....
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License to Kill: Unintended Consequences of Picking Winners in Energy
Alyson Fligg/Sipa USA/Newscom The Department of Interior (DOI) on Monday published a final rule extending the time period energy companies can be permitted to kill, injure, or otherwise disturb eagles...
View ArticleH.R. 3766 Wrong Approach to Global Commercial Nuclear Growth
Last week Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R–FL) introduced H.R. 3766, resurrecting the supposed “gold standard” for commercial nuclear trade. However, the bill discourages the very behavior that...
View ArticleThe Video That Explains the Desperate Need for Agriculture Policy Reform
As part of their Downsizing Government project, the Cato Institute recently released a video which handily sums up the sorry state of agriculture policy and the desperate need for reform. Agriculture...
View ArticleNuclear Trade Agreements: Not All That Glitters Is Gold
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held an important hearing on 123 agreements—that is, agreements the U.S. makes with other countries that govern the exchange of components used in commercial...
View ArticleUSDA’s New Climate Hubs Repackage Old Micromanagement
Everything old is new again when it comes to federal agriculture policy. The federal condescension that has become characteristic of many a farm bill’s agriculture programs has found new expression in...
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Did Climate Change Cause the California Drought? Or Big Government?
Pete Souza While scientists continue to debate global warming, it’s undeniable that the federal government has had an active hand in exacerbating California’s drought. President Obama flew to Fresno,...
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Obama Shouldn’t Decide Your Truck’s Gas Mileage
Tom Pennington/Getty Images It shouldn’t be President Obama calling the shots on the range for gas mileage for trucks. The President has instructed his Administration to foist a management decision on...
View ArticleMoniz Finalizes Nuclear Loan Guarantee Subsidy
Continuing the subsidy-first mentality of today’s energy policy, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced the finalization of a $6.5 billion loan guarantee to Georgia Power and its partners, with...
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School Lunch Program Results Show Why Government Shouldn’t Dictate What Kids Eat
Photo credit: Redding Record Searchlight/ZUMAPRESS.com 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 the pep...
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6 Environmental Truths the Left Conveniently Ignores
According to a March Gallup poll, 50 percent of respondents thought the quality of the environment in the U.S., as a whole, is getting worse. But the reality is very different. Heritage hosted an Earth...
View ArticleFY 2015: Yucca Mountain Circus Continues
Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee to defend their budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2015 this week, putting on display one...
View ArticleTax Extenders: Extend the Wind PTC Expiration Permanently
Yesterday the Senate decided to take up legislation to extend a package of tax breaks that expired last year. The task before Senators now is deliberating how much they want to pad Warren Buffett’s...
View ArticleDOE Can’t Collect Fees for Not Managing Nuclear Waste
The commercial nuclear power industry has for over 30 years been paying billions of dollars for a nonexistent government waste management program—until today. As of today, the Department of Energy...
View ArticleEPA Gives Grants for Global Warming Poverty
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy announced yesterday nearly $9 million in university research grants to study cleaner cookstoves and fuels that “improve air quality,...
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The Obama Administration’s Hypocritical Environmental Policy
Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images Congress and the federal government have enacted policies and made decisions in the name of protecting the environment. The problem is, now those decisions have...
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