AEI.Org: Scholar: Kenneth P. Green

Cash Sequestration

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Alberta's funding of carbon-capture technology is taxpayer-funded publicity for private companies.

Energy Independence, Security? How about Energy Realism?

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Even with major increases in efficiency and conservation efforts, the world must triple its energy supplies over the next forty years.

Why Is the Party in Power So Fearful of Copenhagen?

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Democrats pushing hardest for the Waxman-Markey climate change bill are determined to have it signed into law before the Copenhagen climate conference in December.

The Master Researcher

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

AEI resident scholar Kenneth P. Green's interview on The Reef Tank about his contributions to climate change education.

People Know Politics When They See It

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Five reasons people might not accept the catastrophic modeling exercises and horror stories that have been presented as actual climate change data.

The Intractable Flaws of Cap-and-Trade Scheme

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Congress should ditch cap-and-trade and consider a revenue-neutral carbon tax accompanied by the elimination of the crazy-quilt of energy regulations that distort energy markets.

When the Cap Isn't a Cap, the Trades Are a Charade

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Many analysts have written about the innumerable problems with cap-and-trade, and most of the problems that have been predicted have found their way into the current cap-and-trade law working its way through Congress.

Who Should "Go First" on Greenhouse Gas Control?

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The argument that the developed world should be the first to cut greenhouse gas emissions is illogical when viewing climate change as the long-term challenge it is purported to be.

That First Step Is a Doozy

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Obama administration is finding that greenhouse gas control is hard in practice, especially the very first step.

The Worst Option on Greenhouse Gases

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Eighty-five percent of everything Americans do with energy might soon be regulated by the EPA.

"Green" Illusions

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty has run afoul of two fallacies with his new Green Energy Act.

Obama's Green Team

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

We can expect a proliferation of new regulations that will reach into every area of American life and commerce.

Will President-elect Barack Obama's Energy Plan Work?

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Could Obama's energy plan actually work?

Stop the Green Carjacking

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Will environmentalists be permitted to transform the Detroit bailout? If so, automakers and taxpayers will suffer.

Why Obama's

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Barack Obama's "green jobs" plan would indeed create jobs, but it would do so by killing other jobs. Is that really what Americans want?

The Ethanol Delusion

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Contrary to popular belief, vastly expanding our use of ethanol fuel would increase food prices, greenhouse gas emissions, and local air and water pollution.

Taking the Iran Nuke Tour

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Iran makes it clear that they are willing to use human shields to protect their nuclear facilities.

Bear Necessities

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

It was foolish of the Bush administration to designate the polar bear as an endangered species.

Are Polar Bears Really an Endangered Species?

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The Bush administration must decide on whether toadd polar bears to theendangered species listby May 16. Its answer may have serious consequences for the U.S. energy economy.

Polar Bear Risk Claims on Thin Ice

Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Polar bear populations are not declining, which throws cold water on environmentalists' claims that we need to leave the Arctic untouched.

Bear Necessities

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Should the polar bear be protected under the Endangered Species Act?

Climate Policy Analyst Answers a Student's Global Warming Questions

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Global warming and greenhouse gases are affecting the earth's climate, but it is also part of a historical trend.

The New Dissidents

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

A new book by Lawrence Solomon profiles nearly three dozen top scientists who have resisted the pull of climate alarmism.

To Stop Global Warming, End Eco-Extremism

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

We need apragmatic middle ground that seeks solutions to environmental problems that are compatible with democratic capitalism.

It's Not Easy Being Green

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

The three presidential candidates have different goals for making the United States more environmentally considerate.

What Lies Beneath

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Despite what many believe, it is impossible togain energy independence.

Behind the Green Door

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Ed Begley Jr.'s book Living Like Ed illustrates the sacrifices inherent in eco-friendly living.

How Not to Address Climate Change

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Adopting cap-and-trade in the United States will cause economic harm without producing any environmental or climate-protective benefits.

The Climate Gap and the 2008 Presidential Campaign

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Republican candidates need to find policy approaches that embrace environmental values but are compatible with fiscal responsibility, limited government, free markets, and personal responsibility.

Nobel in Alarm, Ignoble in Solution

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Al Gore identified the problem, but his cure is worse than the disease.

Ontario's Coal Shut-Down Is Good Politics, but Bad Policy

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100

An assessment of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's decision to shut down Ontario's four remaining coal power plants.

How Should the United States Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Part III

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The conclusion of adebate over policy responses to greenhouse gas emissions.

How Should the United States Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Part II

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A continuing debate over policy responses to greenhouse gas emissions.

How Should the United States Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A debate over policy responses to greenhouse gas emissions.

The Road to Energy Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

While perhaps well intentioned, energy subsidies undermine strong energy markets.

Gas Prices: Breaking Records and Bucking Trends

Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

What is to blame for high gas prices?

Is Canada's Shift on Climate Change Part of a Larger Trend?

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Canada recently announced a move away from Kyoto's binding emissions targets.

Climate of Coercion

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Mostof Gore's plan to reduce the effects of global warmingis aimed at forcing his favored lifestyle choices on consumers and businesses.

Misplaced Priorities

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The government should be spending more on deep sea research than on deep space research.

Green Supremes

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The Supreme Court's ruling in Massachusetts v. EPAcould prove very costly.

Optimist by a Landslide

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100

There are many reasons to be optimistic about environmental improvement.

Scenes from the Climate Inquisition

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Green and Hayward respond to the chilling effect of the global warming consensus.

The Best Policy on Subsidies Is to Simply Ditch Them

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The right thing to do is to strike all energy subsidies, tax the environmental harms that energy demonstrably creates, and let the market sort it out.

Question & Answer

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100

To help elucidate the mysteries of climate change, an environmentalist answers fourteen questions that separate hard fact from speculation.

Things Worth Investigating

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

When it comes to fossil fuels, the political class (mostly, but not entirely, on the left) has developed a case of "investigitis."

A Different Inconvenient Truth

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The inconvenient truth is that greenhouse gas reduction is not simply a matter of plugging in compact fluorescent bulbs or driving hybrid cars.

Vegan-Organic Lifestyle Doesn't Help Earth, Isn't Necessarily Best

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100

There might be reasons to go vegan or organic, whether for ethical or individual metabolic reasons, but saving the Earth isn't among them.

Science and Politics, Heat and Light

Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Are greenhouse gas controls a step backward regarding environmental policy?

Carbon's Kindergarten Cop

Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Is Governor Schwarzenegger doing all he can to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in California?

Clouds of Global-Warming Hysteria

Mon, 08 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Alarmist climate scientists are increasingly the object of derision by people with enough power to reach even the general public.

Do 1,700 Torontonians Really Die Each Year from Air Pollution?

Sun, 01 Aug 2004 01:00:00 +0100

Are there 1,700 autopsies declaring air pollution as the cause of death? Are 6,000 people admitted to hospital each year with a diagnosis of “air pollution” as the cause?

Food Safety Regulations: Will More Regulation Make Us Safer?

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:30:00 +0100

Science and Technology in the Balance? Food Security, Precaution, and the Pesticide Debate

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Rebuilding the Ark: New Perspectives on ESA Reform

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Sarbanes-Oxley and the Financial Crisis

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:30:00 +0100

Toward a Low-Cost, Clean Energy Policy

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:00:00 +0100

Regulation of Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:00:00 +0100

A Changing Climate for Tariffs?

Thu, 21 May 2009 13:00:00 +0100

Deregulation under Bush 43: Myths and Realities

Wed, 06 May 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Energy Transitions: The Time Factor

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0100

The New Greening of America

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:00:00 +0100

Energy Lessons from Brazil

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:00:00 +0100

Was Malthus Right? Was Today's Global Food Crisis Inevitable?

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:15:00 +0100

Will Polar Bear Protection Mean Ever-Higher Energy Costs?

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0100

Tax Policy Lessons from the 2000s

Fri, 30 May 2008 08:50:00 +0100

Energy Independence: Good Goal or Muddled Myth?

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:00:00 +0100

Environmental Forecasting and the Policy Process

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:00:00 +0100

Gaining Ground: New Reforms from Old Europe

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Do Fossil Fuels Have a Future?

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:30:00 +0100

Has the Supreme Court Seen Green? The Ramifications of Mass. v. EPA

Mon, 07 May 2007 14:00:00 +0100

Do We Tax Energy Enough?

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:30:00 +0100

What Lies Beneath? U.S. Foreign and Domestic Policy after the 2006 Elections

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:00:00 +0100

Ethanol: Boon or Boondoggle?

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:30:00 +0100

Is Nuclear Power a Solution to Global Warming and Rising Energy Prices?

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:00:00 +0100

Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity

Tue, 23 May 2006 16:00:00 +0100

Climate Change Legislation

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Cap-and-trade is an inappropriate policy tool for the control of greenhouse gases that will cause significant economic harm with little or no environmental benefit.

Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

To build resilience to the impact of global warming, the United States should incorporate an adaptation agenda as well as advance technologies that allow the removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

Building U.S. Resilience to Global Warming Impacts

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

How can we best build U.S. resilience to the impact of global warming?

Drought, Flooding, and Refugees

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Instead of seeking greenhouse gas reductions, we need to foster resilience: the ability to withstand changes and bounce back from them.

Comments for 2009 Symposium "Security and Energy Security: Global Challenges"

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Kenneth P. Green discusses the limits of renewable and alternative fuels for providing energy security, or energy independence.

In Favor of Affordable, Abundant Energy

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Renewables have their uses, but they are a distraction from our goal that should be to expand our supply of affordable energy.

Hearing on Scientific Integrity and Transparency Reforms at the EPA

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The same level of openness, transparency, and consultation in the scientific elements of the decision-making process should infuse every element of the public policy development process.

A Green Economy, or a Sea of Red Ink?

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

If green technology is profitable, why does the private sector need government subsidies to pursue it?

A Green Economy, or a Sea of Red Ink?

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

If green technology is profitable, why does the private sector need government subsidies to pursue it?

Green Jobs Created by Global Warming Initiatives

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Do global warming initiatives create jobs?

Oil, Climate Change, and Security: A Bipartisan Approach

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0100

It's time to look past mitigation and explore what adaptation to climate change means.

The Environmental State of Canada

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Canadians care deeply about the quality of the environment and the protection of nature.

Climate Change: The Resilience Option

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Contrary to current policy approaches that focus on mitigating GHG emissions to the exclusion of everything else, resilience should be considered the default climate strategy.

Waxman-Markey: An Exercise in Unreality

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Waxman-Markey is a bundle of contradictions.

Indirect Energy and Your Wallet

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The average household spends nearly as much on the consumption of indirect energy as it does on direct energy consumption.

Measuring and Reducing Americans' Indirect Energy Use

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The good news for those who want to reduce energy consumption but cannot make major lifestyle changes is that there are unexplored options for reducing energy use.

Incoherent at Best

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Voters will have trouble finding clarity or rationality in Barack Obama's and John McCain's energy policies.

Ethanol and the Environment

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Contrary to popular belief, ethanol fuel will do little or nothing to increase our energy security or stabilize fuel prices.

Is the Polar Bear Endangered, or Just Conveniently Charismatic?

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The Bush administration should seriously consider the evidence before designating polar bears as a threatened species.

Politics Posing as Science

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The IPCC moves too slowly and its reports omit too much recent evidence on key climate variables to provide up-to-date input into climate policy debates.

Climate Change: Caps vs. Taxes

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Which climate policy approach will succeed the Kyoto Protocol: cap-and-trade or a carbon tax?

Climate Policy

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Rumor has it that the Bush administration is considering a new policy that will “change the whole nature of the discussion” regarding energy and climate policy.

Bringing Down Gas and Oil Prices

Mon, 08 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Politicians are scrambling to find ways to reduce the pain of highenergyprices, but the United States needs to increase its supplies of oil, not demonize oil companies.

The Auto Industry's Future

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Democrats in Congress have asked the "Big Three" domestic automakers to provide a plan by early December that would return the auto industry to profitability.

Obama's "Green Jobs" Plan Will Not Work

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Barack Obama's "green jobs" plan would create jobs at the expense of other jobs.

Scenes from the Climate Inquisition

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A growing worldwide effort to stifle anyone with doubts about the proposed causes of global warming is proving to be very troubling.