Politics

Transmission Unplugged

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In May, Michael Polsky, the CEO of Chicago-based Invenergy, appeared on Fox Business to announce that his company was awarding some $1.7 billion in contracts to build the long-delayed Grain Belt Express transmission project.  read more »

The Next Californias

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Not long ago, Colorado, Washington, and Oregon were widely hailed as states with bright futures. For decades, they attracted scores of out-of-state migrants  read more »

The Case for Defanging Ottawa

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When globalism was hot, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau tried to be hotter by deciding that Canada has “no core identity, no mainstream,” and suggesting Canada had become a “post-national  read more »

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Gavin Newsom, the Chameleon Who Destroyed California

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Gavin Newsom may be saddled with an awful record. But the California governor is rapidly emerging as a leading bet – even a frontrunner in some polls – in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028. How is this possible?  read more »

Wind Brake

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During more than 15 years of reporting on the opposition to solar and wind projects, I’ve never seen anything like the opposition to the Lava Ridge wind project.  read more »

California Net-zero Leaders Want to Shutter its only Zero-emissions Electricity-generating Plant

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Over the years, the so-called forward-thinking policymakers in California have achieved questionable results:  read more »

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Elite liberal Yimbys are Killing off the Family Home

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Housing is now as hot an issue in politics as the shape of Sydney Sweeney’s jeans (or genes). The socialist Zohran Mamdani’s stunning primary win in New York came largely off the back of concerns about housing affordability.  read more »

Democrats Are Not Backing Away from the Green New Deal

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As they contend with their lowest approval ratings in recent memory, Democrats may wish to reconsider some of their least popular positions. Some even suggest the party is preparing to jettison Joe Biden’s “Green New Deal” — once central to his floundering economic agenda.  read more »

Mamdani Doesn’t Care about CO2 Emissions

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In answer to critics of his proposal for free bus transit, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani posted  read more »

Why the South is Winning

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For much of America’s history, the South has been a laggard, a poor region weighed down by intense racism and reactionary politics, lacking both  read more »