The Rise of ESG, Replacing Profits with Paternalism, and Strategy with Standards
“It seems likely that any standardized framework will be based on the UN’s postulates when all is said and done, and this will have all transpired in front of our eyes and by use of our own pocketbooks.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson
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How the Supreme Court Changed the Calculus for Hyperregulation
“The administrative state’s cynical calculus has been upended. It can no longer count on courts to bless their claims of discovering hitherto unnoticed devastating powers tucked away in ‘gap filler’ statutory language.” ~ Jon Sanders
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Is the Inflation Reduction Act Really a Climate Policy Game-Changer?
“On the actual policy level, the gains appear to be much more marginal than revolutionary. That’s not because of the oil lease mandates, but because of the marginal nature of the policies themselves.” ~ James E. Hanley
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Bug Off and Let People Enjoy Their Food
“The problem isn’t us having a ‘yuck factor’ to dignified mealworms and astounding fly larvae. The problem is them declaring such things ‘the future of food’ and telling us that our disgust is a threat to the world.” ~ Jon Sanders
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ESGs: Social Credit for Corporations? | Liberty Curious (Video)
“Robert Wright and Kate Wand discuss Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives and how they distort markets by directing companies to focus on Woke objectives rather than profits.” ~ AIER
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A Cooler Assessment of Heatwave Deaths
“Chasing after sensational headlines predicting doom and gloom do us a disservice. It hides the progress we have made historically and prevents us from using this history to guide public discussions.” ~ Vincent Geloso
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Zero Impact’s Grim Cost
“Once a big bill comes due—in terms of dollars, standard of living, and geopolitical security—people’s commitment to maintaining the planet in a state of Edenic purity begins to wane rapidly.” ~ Richard Morrison
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If You Want To Get Climate Serious, Get Nuclear Serious
“Utilities are having to produce more electricity while giving up coal and gas to do it. Nuclear is the strong third leg of the future electricity stool.” ~ Llewellyn King
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Peter C. Earle on Sri Lanka’s Collapse (Video)
“AIER Research Faculty Peter C. Earle joins Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News to discuss the protests and economic collapse in Sri Lanka.” ~ AIER
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Is Biomass “Green” Energy?
“Level field, no favor is a pro-consumer, taxpayer-neutral approach to energy policy. Voluntary transactions between consenting adults within a rule-of-law framework can be expected to arrive at efficient solutions.” ~ Richard W. Fulmer & Robert L. Bradley Jr.
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SCOTUS to Congress: On Environmental Policy, Do Your Job
“‘This is a win for the climate and constitutional democracy,’ says Drew Bond, president of Conservative Coalition for Climate (C3) Solutions. ‘Any serious person knows that innovation, not overregulation, is the solution to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.’” ~ Chris Woodward
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The “Unlivable” World of Global Warming Is Much Wealthier Than Today
“If one truly believes the very existence of humanity is at stake, no regulation goes too far, and no social control is too strict, in order to save our species. And that is a price none of us should have to pay.” ~ James E. Hanley
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