Plugged In

#83: Tom Pyle testifies on electric vehicles

Mary J. Hutzler, a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Institute for Energy Research, provided testimony before a U.S House Republican forum titled “Biden’s Afghanistan Crisis: Forfeiting U.S. Investment in Critical Minerals to the Taliban.” (10/22/21)

Read her written testimony here:

https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/international-issues/bidens-afghanistan-crisis-forfeiting-u-s-investment-in-critical-minerals-to-the-taliban/

More on this topic from IER:

https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/international-issues/bidens-clean-energy-program-loses-out-on-afghan-lithium/

#81: Todd Myers on unleashing energy innovation

https://www.thecgo.org/research/leapfrogging-smart-meters/

#80: David Stevenson on why offshore wind faces lawsuits by IER

#79: Kenny Stein discusses infrastructure spending (8/3/21)

#78: Jason Hayes on Line 5

Links:

Why Is Gretchen Whitmer Trying to Shut Down an Essential Pipeline? https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/why-is-gretchen-whitmer-trying-to-shut-down-an-essential-pipeline/

Restricting Reliable Energy Sources Is Expensive and Dangerous https://reason.com/2021/05/24/restricting-reliable-energy-sources-is-expensive-and-dangerous/

#77: Dr. Peter Jacobsen on gasoline shortages, population, and the environment (5/19/21)

Links:

Why Politicians, Not Hackers, Are to Blame for the Gasoline Shortage https://fee.org/articles/why-politicians-not-hackers-are-to-blame-for-the-gasoline-shortage/

Is Having Children in 2021 Really ‘Environmental Vandalism’?https://fee.org/articles/is-discouraging-people-from-having-children-environmental-vandalism/

#76: Tom Shepstone on oil and gas in Pennsylvania (5/10/21)

Dr. David Kreutzer's testimony in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs followed by a discussion of green jobs past and present.

Links:

21st Century Communities: Capitalizing on Opportunities in the Clean Energy Economy: https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/21st-century-communities_capitalizing-on-opportunities-in-the-clean-energy-economy

If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try ‘Green Jobs’ Again: https://spectator.org/biden-green-jobs-infrastructure/

Joakim Book on human progress and sensible environmentalism.

Links:

Joakim's work at AIER: https://www.aier.org/staffs/joakim-book/

Climate Catastrophism and a Sensible Environmentalism: https://www.aier.org/article/climate-catastrophism-and-a-sensible-environmentalism/

“Sustainability” Misses the Point: https://www.aier.org/article/sustainability-misses-the-point/

Natural Disasters Claim Fewer Lives Thanks to Human Progress: https://www.humanprogress.org/natural-disasters-claim-fewer-lives/

Joakim on Authory: https://authory.com/JoakimBook

Twitter: https://twitter.com/joakimbook

New article at CapX: https://capx.co/complaints-about-the-generational-divide-obscure-a-much-more-positive-picture/