Commentaries -- H. Sterling Burnett

Oct 15, 2009

Solar Sticker Shock Hits Washington County

Kittitas County, Washington is experiencing sticker shock as the true cost of solar power is coming in at more than three times the promised price.

In less than one month's time, the cost estimate for a proposed 75 megawatt solar power plant has soared by more than 200 percent.

Sep 08, 2009

New North Dakota Oil Find Could Be a Gusher

Dozens of very productive new wells near North Dakota's Bakken oil field have state officials believing another massive new oil find may be at hand.

Sep 01, 2009

Unwise gun treaty erodes U.S. sovereignty

CIFTA - the 1997 small-arms trafficking treaty drafted with the help of the Clinton administration - is bad as a matter of principle and policy.

Aug 01, 2009

Carbon Offsets: Scam, Not Salvation

In the battle against climate change, most media attention has been paid to "cap-and-trade" schemes, under which countries set upper limits ("caps") on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and allow companies to sell ("trade") unused emissions rights to other firms. However, there is a second path to global warming salvation: Carbon offsets.

Jul 29, 2009

H. Sterling Burnett: Developing shale oil may solve our energy crisis

Politicians lament the fact that the United States imports about 66 percent of its oil -- about 9,000 barrels every minute. Yet Congress has done little to remedy the situation. Instead, it has all too often erected barriers to domestic energy production.

Jul 15, 2009

Waxman-Markey Bill Would Raise Electricity Prices $846 Billion

The Waxman-Markey bill to restrict carbon dioxide emissions would cost $846 billion in the next decade alone, in the form of required payments for emissions allowances, according to a June 5 report from the Congressional Budget Office.

Jun 16, 2009

Climate bill seems pretty dim

It's been called a highly regressive tax, imposing relatively higher costs on the poor. Another agrees that it would impose a larger burden, relative to income, on low-income households than on high-income households. And these are just its advocates.

Jun 12, 2009

Removing the Political Shortage of Water

About 82 percent of Americans receive drinking water via publicly owned water systems, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many of these municipal and regional systems operate at a loss, meaning users' fees don't cover the cost of treating and delivering the water.

Apr 15, 2009

Los Angeles Voters Reject Solar Initiative

In a surprising blow to environmental activists and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union, Los Angeles voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have required the city to install 400 megawatts of solar panels by 2014.

Apr 13, 2009

EPA Considers California Greenhouse Gas Waiver

The National Center for Policy Analysis appreciates the opportunity to comment on the President's request to the EPA to reconsider its previous denial of California's 2005 Waiver of Federal Preemption under Section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act. We would like to take this opportunity to caution EPA Administrator Jackson against reversing the denial of the request made by former EPA Administrator Johnson in 2008.

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