The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it will finalize a sweeping new regulation, the Clean Power Plan (CPP), to fight climate change–yet, the EPA admits the CPP will have no measurable impact on global temperatures. The main effect on major regions across the country will be either steeply rising electricity rates or potentially catastrophic shortages of electricity.
Energy & Environment
The costs of carbon taxes are real — and crippling
As The Hill reported last week, two House Republicans have introduced a resolution condemning the idea of a carbon tax. Such a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, say Majority Whip Steve Scalise and West Virginia Rep. David McKinley, would “be detrimental to American families and businesses, and is not in the best interest of the United States.” They’re right, but...
May 4, 2018