The EPA’s latest decrees are set to raise Americans’ energy prices while possibly increasing worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, but most troubling is the agency’s exercise of power that is plainly legislative in nature, despite the Constitution’s having vested all federal legislative power in Congress.
National Review, June 2, 2014While biofuel companies benefit from EPA decrees requiring that more ethanol be used in our gas, the rest of America pays the price in engine damage, lower gas mileage, higher grocery bills, lost grasslands, and dirtier air.
The Hill, May 7, 2014By fighting Obamacare’s slush fund, the Export-Import Bank, the ethanol mandate, and other examples of cronyism, Republicans can show they stand for fair competition and against corporatism.
Washington Examiner, May 9, 2014![Wind_turbines[1]](http://2017project.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Wind_turbines1-140x130.jpg)
The negative effects of taxpayer-subsidized wind energy continue to outweigh any proclaimed good.
Roll Call, April 3, 2014
No thanks to President Obama, the U.S. is now the world’s leading producer of hydrocarbons, which is driving job-creation in an otherwise stagnant economy.
Washington Examiner, February 25, 2014![Bald_eagle_head_frontal[1]](http://2017project.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Bald_eagle_head_frontal1-140x130.jpg)
The Obama administration is catering to Big Wind at the expense of the national bird, granting a pass to kill eagles for 30 years and giving conservatives a chance to show who really cares about conservation.
National Review, December 9, 2013
Evidence shows that natural-gas fracking is generally greener and more sustainable than President Obama’s pet energy projects, as fracking has little effect on air, water, land, or wildlife.
New York Post, December 4, 2013
President Obama’s politically motivated, science-eschewing ethanol mandates ravage the environment in America’s heartland and the Gulf of Mexico while enabling the well-connected to reap windfall profits.
Real Clear Politics, November 12, 2013
To make the most out of America's energy revolution, Washington lawmakers would do well to embrace three policy recommendations.
Investor’s Business Daily, November 18, 2013
The deaths of bald eagles and the justifiable complaints of local residents suggest that wind farms don’t improve the environment; they ruin it.
The Weekly Standard, September 30, 2013President Obama advances his radical energy agenda by skirting the lawmaking process, abusing his regulatory power, circumventing the checks and balances, and avoiding transparency and debate.
National Affairs, Summer 2012