Special Earth Day Edition!
What to know: It’s the 55th annual Earth Day, a holiday started in 1970, when many scientists were predicting a fast-approaching ice age. The theme this year is “Our Power, Our Planet.”
The TPPF take: The flawed thinking of the environmentalists have led to some perverse outcomes.
“One of the most baffling examples of our energy mismanagement is New England’s reliance on imported liquefied natural gas,” says TPPF’s Chuck DeVore. “Despite sitting just a few hundred miles from the abundant natural gas reserves of Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale, New England has struggled to access this cheap, domestic energy source. Why? Because environmental activists and politicians in New York have blocked the construction of new pipelines that would transport affordable natural gas to the region.”
For more on energy policy outcomes, click here.
This Land is Your Land
What to know: The Biden administration’s Bureau of Land Management had a plan to close off thousands of miles of wilderness areas to Jeeps and other off-road vehicles, citing the fragile environment. But some Americans are suing over the new rules.
The TPPF take: President Trump and Congress can reverse the Left’s under-the-radar campaign to close America’s wilderness to humans.
“America’s public lands belong to everyone,” says TPPF’s Matt Miller. “Part of the American Dream is the opportunity to become explorers and adventurers in this nation’s vast and beautiful wildernesses. The ability to take family and friends into the wild for a Jeep trip, dirt bike ride, or extended overlanding journey is cherished by tens of millions of Americans. That is why the Biden administration’s 2023 closure of hundreds of Moab Jeep trails created a national uproar.”
For more on public lands, click here.
New Nukes?
What to know: Environmentalists are rethinking their opposition to nuclear energy, the New Yorker reports: “Fission is in fashion.”
The TPPF take: Texas can and should lead the way on developing new nuclear reactors.
“Using wind, solar, and batteries to meet demand growth over the next decade will raise costs and reduce reliability,” says TPPF’s Brent Bennett. “New nuclear technologies, including small modular reactions, along with more natural gas generation, can provide the reliable and scalable electricity generation capacity that we need.”
For more on small, modular nuclear reactors, click here.