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Lack of Easy Data Access Comes Back to FERC

In October 2008, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a groundbreaking order—Order No. 719—designed to ...
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Public Input from the R Street Institute on the Reconsideration of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

October 30, 2025 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA Docket Center – Mail Code 28221T 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: Are we on track for a climate disaster or not?

Bill Gates recently released a memo calling for a shift in the way climate hawks discuss climate change. He argued that ...
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Safer Solutions: When will the facts about tobacco harm reduction trickle down to veterans?

While veterans’ smoking rates have declined, smoking remains a persistent, deadly issue: About 22 percent of veterans are ...
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The Tobacco/Nicotine Industrial Complex: The Impact of Revenue on Tobacco Harm Reduction Policies

A complex web of economic forces heavily influenced by divergent state tax policies across the United States sustains the traditional cigarette industry’s dominance despite the rise of reduced-risk ...
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Safer Solutions: Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Doesn’t Swap One Drug for Another

About 50 percent of Americans used a prescription medication in the past 30 days—from short-term antibiotics to emergency ...
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In defiance of history, states consider insurance price controls

There is nothing new under the sun,” according to the book of Ecclesiastes, and that’s especially true for bad public policy.
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Confronting the Women’s Incarceration Crisis: Reentry and Long-Term Success

This is part of the “Confronting the Women’s Incarceration Crisis” series, where we examine what is driving more women into the system and explore ways to reverse the trend. Read the introduction and ...
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California’s Debt Crisis Is Brewing Again

California hasn’t turned the corner on its growing government debt problems — and it’s not even really trying. It’s been 13 ...
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The Digital Services Act Could Kill AI Overviews in the EU and Damage American Companies

Last month, a coalition of European media companies filed a formal complaint against Google’s AI Overviews—which summarize ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: Why don’t we have electric airplanes?

A commonly proposed solution to the carbon emissions problem is to replace as much fossil fuel use as possible with electric ...
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Sewer politics degrade presidential dignity

On a recent flight back from Washington D.C., I killed some time by watching cable news—something I almost never do unless I am on a plane—and one segment centered around President Donald Trump’s ...