The Washington Favor Factory never sleeps. Further proof of that fact arrived last week when Congress slapped together and passed two measures: a $1.4 trillion must-pass government spending bill and a $900 billion Covid-relief bill.

California is a First World province that depends on a Third World electric grid. Blackouts are so common that thousands of Californians have bought small generators to assure reliable power.

Oil prices are down and bans on automobiles powered by internal combustion engines (ICE) are up – way up. But don’t be fooled; there is plenty of life left in the ICE.

Nuclear energy must grow – and grow rapidly – if the countries of the world are to have any hope of limiting the growth of carbon dioxide emissions.

As a candidate, Joe Biden pledged to overhaul America’s electric grid so that it relies solely on “clean” electricity by 2035. As president, Biden will find that overhauling our most important and most complex…

California has some of America’s most aggressive climate change policies. But those policies are facing fierce opposition – not from big business or the oil and gas sector – but from the state’s Latino community.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in demand for everything from hand sanitizer and face masks to lumber and toilet paper. It has also led to the soaring use of telehealth services…

The antitrust lawsuit filed yesterday against Google GOOG +2.4% by the U.S. Justice Department and 11 states, is a landmark in the effort to restrain the power of the world’s biggest technology companies…

Policymakers must work to ensure that decarbonization doesn’t harm low- and middle-income Americans.

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The sharpest criticism of California’s policies on electric vehicles and climate change isn’t coming from Republicans or groups funded by the oil and gas business. Instead, it’s coming…

Book reviews are the literary equivalent of visiting a buffet line that features 30 different dishes, but only being allowed to fill one small soup bowl, with no second helpings. There’s no good way…

Electoral and energy realities caught up with Joe Biden last week. On Monday, in a speech in Pittsburgh, the Democratic presidential nominee said “I am not banning fracking…

Last month, the Democratic Party came out in favor of nuclear energy for the first time in five decades. The party’s platform said the “urgent need” to decarbonize the electric grid requires…