The next step? Putting wind energy on trial?
The American Tradition Institute (ATI) is taking on renewable energy mandates in Colorado. Economic analyses have shown that renewable energy mandates like Senate Bill 838 passed in Oregon will have...
View ArticleOpening the door for more waste: House passes law to expand offset program
On Wednesday, the Oregon House voted to expand a 1997 law designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. On a 38-17 vote, twelve Republicans joined the chamber’s Democrats to pass the bill. In 1997,...
View ArticleJimmy McMillan is back!
The man that made “The rent is too damn high” a catch phrase in the last election cycle is back…. this time gasoline is the target. Check out the website behind the video here, or the group behind it...
View ArticleMisconceptions, myths and other assertions about renewable energy
Over my almost three years at Cascade Policy Institute, I have noticed that there are many misconceptions, myths and other assertions about renewable energy that need to be cleared up. This blog post...
View ArticleThe Future? Higher Electricity Rates and More Oregonians on Assistance Programs
The Oregon Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue recently passed Senate Bill 863 (SB 863) which allows electric utilities to increase the amount of funds available for low-income assistance programs....
View ArticleClimategate 2: Don’t Give Greenpeace a Chance
By Nick Sibilla The United Nations (UN) has found itself entangled in yet another climate scandal. First, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was involved in “Glaciergate,” where...
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Last chance to see Farmageddon!
Be sure to catch this great movie before it’s out of theatres in Oregon on the 26th! HOLLYWOOD THEATER 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard Portland, OR 97212 (503) 281-4215 To pre-buy tickets:...
View ArticleA Defense of Free Market Environmentalism
By Nick Sibilla On July 30, the Washington Post published my letter to the editor where I argued for the privatization of America’s national parks. In response to an earlier op-ed (which claimed the...
View ArticleRural Freedom Project – Juniper Entrepreneur
Gerard Joseph Lebreque talks with Cascade Policy Institute about his struggles with regulations on juniper and his life in rural Oregon. His work can be found at: http://www.creationsbyjoseph.com/
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This Week in the Capitol: Marijuana, ODOT, and the Energy Trust of Oregon
While much of the media this week focused on gun control bills, Cascade’s John Charles and Steve Buckstein brought attention to government spending, marijuana, and the “Tax That Won’t Die,” aka the...
View ArticleWhen Are Energy-Efficiency Efforts Worth It?
When does “being green” make sense? Perhaps not as often as you think. Todd Myers, director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center, recently noted in a Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleGasoline and Greed
By William B. Conerly, Ph.D. Why have gasoline prices come down so much? Certainly global prices for crude oil have dropped, but why did the local gas station operator drop prices that you and I pay? A...
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