The IBEW opposes a bill awaiting signature by Gov. Kathy Hochul that would put a moratorium on new fossil fuel power plants for the crypto industry.
Energy & the Environment
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden’s New Favorite Industrial-Policy Tool Isn’t Funded
The DPA has become the president’s pet executive authority, and could kick-start American energy manufacturing. But funding is scant and largely controlled by the Pentagon.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Biden Uses Suspect Authority to Maintain Chinese Dominance of Solar Manufacturing
It invokes a 1930 trade law—questionably—to nullify a Commerce Department investigation into trade violations.
Posted inTAP
The Case for Price Controls
Today on TAP: And it’s not just that they beat cozying up to Saudi Arabia.
Posted inPolitics
Competence Meets Chaos in Maine Governor’s Race
Do Mainers want a governor to do the job or a petty chief executive to wreck the place again?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Inflation Isn’t So Different Between the U.S. and Europe
This should lead Federal Reserve officials to hesitate before blindly hacking away at the economy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
After Hyper-Globalization
What should the next trading system be? Can we restore the capacity of the U.S. to produce—and of all nations to regulate capitalism?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
After Ukraine, Voters Want Climate Solutions
New polling shows a bolstered desire for a rapid transition to green energy.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Biden’s Main Legislative Accomplishment Is in One Man’s Hands
Mitch Landrieu is overseeing the bipartisan infrastructure law. His record does not inspire confidence in how that might be handled.
Posted inAmerica and the World
What We Have at Stake in Ukraine
A war to prevent the past from becoming our future
