Author: Bonner Cohen

Bonner Cohen: America is "Woefully Unprepared" for Electric Vehicle Mandates

Bonner Cohen: America is “Woefully Unprepared” for Electric Vehicle Mandates

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Is America ready for nationwide electric vehicle mandates? In a piece by Kevin Mooney at The American Spectator, National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen, Ph.D., argues that the Biden administration's "de facto EV mandates" are out of touch with both ...
Bonner Cohen: Biden White House Starts End Run Around Supreme Court WOTUS Ruling

Bonner Cohen: Biden White House Starts End Run Around Supreme Court WOTUS Ruling

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National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen, Ph.D., says the Biden administration has again set its sights on controlling American wetlands, despite the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Sackett v. EPA, “which dramatically reduced federal protections for wetlands in one of ...
Bonner Cohen: Most ‘Green’ States Are Laggards in Economic Growth

Bonner Cohen: Most ‘Green’ States Are Laggards in Economic Growth

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Is the grass greener economically in states where policies are greener? In a commentary published at The Orange County Register, National Center Senior Fellow Dr. Bonner Cohen lined up two recent state rankings -- one examining environmental policies and one ...
Supreme Court

Bonner Cohen: Sackett v. EPA Is a Victory for Property Rights

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Farmers, ranchers and other landowners throughout the country can breathe a sigh of relief now that the Supreme Court has delivered long-overdue clarity in Sackett v. EPA over which bodies of water the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can regulate under the Clean ...
Bonner Cohen: Elites Have Come Up With Their Greatest Excuse Yet To Suppress The Rest Of Us

Bonner Cohen: Elites Have Come Up With Their Greatest Excuse Yet To Suppress The Rest Of Us

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The recent torrent of regulations unleashed by the Biden administration — targeting everything from power plant and automobile tailpipe emissions to gas stoves and other household appliances — confirms that the White House was deadly serious when — in office ...
Bonner Cohen: Schemes to Suck CO2 From the Air Will Reduce Global Food Supply

Bonner Cohen: Schemes to Suck CO2 From the Air Will Reduce Global Food Supply

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The obsession of global elites – in and out of government – with saving the planet from what they insist is a “climate crisis” includes a slew of policies that enrich politically favored purveyors of green energy while disregarding the ...
climate pain at the pump gas prices

It’s Time To Turn The Tables On Our Would-Be Climate Overlords

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American consumers are already reaping the whirlwind from the Biden administration’s deliberate sacrifice of American energy independence on the altar of green energy’s false promises. Whether at the pump or at the supermarket, Americans are seeing their disposable incomes eaten away ...
Frustrated with SCOTUS

SCOTUS Left A Bitter Pill To Swallow In One Of Its Key Rulings. Here’s Why

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The Biden administration’s plan to use the administrative regulatory state to further what the president has called the “incredible transition” to green energy hit a speed bump with the Supreme Court’s June 30 ruling reining in the Environmental Agency’s (EPA) authority to ...
CDC’s Performance During Pandemic Sparks Calls for Reform

CDC’s Performance During Pandemic Sparks Calls for Reform

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The federal government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the urgency of reforming federal health research agencies, say critics. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the CDC’s parent agency, the National Institutes of Health (NIH); and the U.S ...
Radical 30 X 30 Plan Will Ensure That This Land Will No Longer Be Your Land

Radical 30 X 30 Plan Will Ensure That This Land Will No Longer Be Your Land

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Moving rapidly to transition the United States away from fossil fuels in the name of combatting climate change, the Biden administration is employing a mix of executive authority and legislative action to force the transformation. While much attention is focused on ...

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