DUB TAYLOR JOINS ADVISORY BOARD OF CONSERVATIVE TEXANS FOR ENERGY INNOVATION
Former Head of Texas Energy Conservation Office Brings Decades of Clean Energy Expertise AUSTIN, TEXAS (April 6, 2020) . . . Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation (CTEI) announced today that Dub Taylor has joined the organization’s Advisory Board. For more than 25 years, Dub Taylor has helped advance cost-effective, clean energy technology and policy through […]
Wind Turbines: Killing the market or just a few deals?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Overview •Market overview: what does wind production look like in the U.S. and Texas? •Future of wind production: should we expect wind turbine graveyards? •Contract structures: what to look for? •Land values: killing the market or just killing a couple deals? •Separating wind rights from surface rights: does it make sense?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is […]
Commentary: Here comes the Texas sun
By Matt Welch, For the Express-News Published 4:00 pm CST, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 A new Texas energy source is figuratively (and literally) just over the horizon. We are all too familiar with the hot Texas sun that can easily fry an egg on the sidewalk and sends us running into air conditioning. But that […]
It’s Time for Conservatives to Own the Climate-Change Issue
By DAN CRENSHAW March 3, 2020 11:58 AM My proposal resists the flawed reasoning of the radical Left while embracing market-based solutions to reduce carbon emissions. There is an interesting political tactic often employed by the Left, and it follows a predictable pattern. First, identify a problem most of us can agree on. Second, elevate […]
A Way to Halt Natural Gas Flaring Arrives on the Back of a Truck
Anna Shiryaevskaya and Naureen Malik Bloomberg January 31, 2020 (Bloomberg) — Perched on the back of a semi-trailer is the latest weapon in tackling the problem of wasted natural gas that oil producers often vent into the air or even burn off at the wellhead. Cryobox takes fuel directly from wells and turns it into […]
Houston Republican Dan Crenshaw says conservatives can’t afford to ignore climate change
Taylor Goldenstein Jan. 22, 2020 Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw said Wednesday that conservatives can’t afford to ignore the topic of climate change. “We can make fun of the left’s sort of alarmist views on climate change — and we should, to an extent — but we can’t ignore it completely,” Crenshaw said during a keynote […]
Opinion: America, we are losing the 2nd nuclear race
By Harry Anthony and Matt Welch, For the Express-News December 13, 2019 We may have won the original nuclear race in the late 20th century, but we are now in danger of failing to even qualify for the rematch against Russia and China. Nuclear power plants across the U.S. are rapidly closing and we are […]
Wind and Solar Power Have Become Amazingly Affordable
Costs are falling so fast, it can make more sense to build new renewable capacity than to run old coal plants. By Peter R. Orszag In the midst of otherwise depressing developments in the progress of climate change, one bit of good news shines through: The economics of renewable energy have been improving fast — especially […]
Don’t mess with the Texas electricity market
By Matt Welch Oct. 24, 2019 Opinion // Outlook Given the rhetoric centered around electricity in Texas this summer, one could be forgiven for thinking that the sky, or at least the power lines, were literally falling down. So far, the Texas electricity grid has been described as communist, drunk and a game of chance, […]
You Don’t Need To Be A Scientist To Be Legitimately Skeptical Of Climate Alarmism
An ambiguous, unverifiable crisis that only the state has the means or authority to combat is a blank check to power. By David Breitenbeck OCTOBER 11, 2019 I am not a scientist. I have no scientific background beyond what I’ve picked up from reading things written by and about actual scientists. So I am, therefore, […]
