Environmental groups, with a little help from the EPA, are trying to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline designed to move crude oil from Alberta (Canada, for the geographically challenged) to refineries in Texas. Nobody’s seriously claiming the $7 billion, 1,700 mile addition to the …
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By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Canada, energy security, EPA, oil | Category: Energy |
 Leave a commentSen. Lisa Murkowski (Rep. from Alaska) has been leading the charge to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s initiative to regulate green gas emissions, and it now looks like she’ll get an up-or-down vote on the issue by early June. We’re not entirely unsympathetic: virtually all supporters … |
Professor Dieter Helm (Oxford) is a very fine fly fisherman, and an even better economist. If you haven’t done so, take a look at his new book “The Carbon Crunch: How We Are Getting Climate Change Wrong — and How to Fix It” for a bit of unconventional wisdom. He argues that politicians and the general public have not shown any real interest in addressing climate change. Helm argues that places like Europe should focus on setting a price for carbon that would cover consumption (and not just production), and that fracking could be a good “bridge” technology for reducing consumption of coal. The book is readable and insightful for those interested in the inside track on climate policy. 
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