Over the last seven years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has carried out what the Wall Street Journal calls “a regulatory spree unprecedented in human history.” And while this regulatory initiative would damage the overall American economy, Texas—the nation’s energy powerhouse—sits in the crosshairs of the EPA’s crusade. Below are some of the regulatory attacks on Texas that, in addition to the Clean Power Plan, are negatively affecting the welfare of Texans.
Can We Power the EPA’s EV Fantasy?
The overhaul of electrical grids and distribution would require labor and resources we don’t have. The futurists at the Environmental Protection Agency are confident that electric vehicles will soon become cheap, reliable and easy to fuel. That’s the main bet in the agency’s new standard for carbon-dioxide emissions, released last week. Critics have rightly called...