Don’t extend the electric vehicle tax break; end it
by Peter Roff • Washington Examiner Only in Washington would a congressional committee recommend a one-year extension of the tax credit for electric vehicles (in this case motorcycles) the day…
Oregon to test pay-per-mile idea as replacement for gas tax
Oregon is about to embark on a first-in-the-nation program that aims to charge car owners not for the fuel they use, but for the miles they drive. The program is…
Fuel Freedom: Fuels should be taxed in a fair and equitable way
The US tax code taxes diesel fuel at one rate and taxes the ultra clean burning and domestically produced liquified natural gas at a rate that is 70% higher. This…
New carbon rules will choke economy
Energy prices will rise as large, coal-fired power plants are taken off line without a credible plan to replace them. Eliminating one-third of America’s coal plants is a choice for…
EPA Quietly Signs Off on State Carbon Taxes
The agency didn’t mention it in the new climate rules, but the plan would allow states to place a levy on greenhouse gases. by Ben Geman EPA’s big new draft…
Cap and Trade: Hammering the Poor … Again
by Diana Furchtgott-Roth President Obama has called inequality “the defining challenge of our time.” But on June 2 he will announce new “cap-and-trade” environmental regulations that will make the poor…
A Sadder and Poorer Tax Day
Obama’s tax increases have diminished America’s spirit and prosperity. by Grover Norquist With the arrival and passing of yet another April 15th Tax Day, the federal government will consume 20.5…
A climate monstrosity … and an economic disaster
by the Editorial Board, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review President Obama’s new envirocratic and anti-growth “climate action plan” ignores genuine science, tramples representative government, spells economic ruin and — like so much federal…
Obama Energy Policy Prevents Economic Growth
by U.S. Representative Tom Cole If only President Obama would take his approach to energy production and apply it to the national debt, we’d be down to 2007 levels…
The economy, jobs, and energy and carbon taxes
George Landrith, president of Frontiers of Freedom, issued the following statement: The economy is not some theoretical concept or ivory tower idea. A strong economy means that Americans have…