Energy & Environmental Policy, Author at Independence Institute

Listen! Constitution Posts in Audio Format, read by Rob Natelson 0
- CONSTITUTION
- February 21, 2024
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Notice to Readers from Rob Natelson 0
- CONSTITUTION, Supreme Court
- February 10, 2022
Salon.com issued a defamatory article it has refused to correct.
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The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning in Colorado 0
- Issue Papers, Online Education
- July 17, 2013
Online tools combined with face-to-face instruction create what is known as blended learning. Effective integration of technology can allow more efficient use of instructional time and save schools money. Colorado is well positioned to implement and test blended learning programs on a larger scale. Charter and district public schools have begun to implement blended learning models and have seen promising results.
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Colorado Energy Office’s Economic Hindenburg: The Ballooning Costs of the Hydrogen Transition 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Issue Papers
- June 29, 2024
In October 2023, the Biden Administration awarded $7 billion of taxpayer dollars to kickstart the development of regional hydrogen hubs. These hydrogen hubs will independently explore new ways to lower the cost of producing so-called clean hydrogen and find new and innovative uses for hydrogen fuel. While Colorado’s proposal for a Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub
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Energy & Environmental Policy Center’s Testimony on Bill to Classify Nuclear as ‘Clean Energy’0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Governing Bodies / Agencies
- January 25, 2024
On Wednesday, January 24, 2024, Independence Institute’s Energy and Environmental Policy Analyst Jake Fogleman testified on SB24-039 in the Colorado Senate Transportation & Energy Committee. The bill would have amended the state’s statutory definitions of “clean energy” and “clean energy resources” to include nuclear energy. The committee ultimately voted not to pass the bill at
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Colorado’s Energy Future: The High Cost of 100 Percent Electric Vehicles 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Issue Papers
- September 29, 2023
In August 2022, California became the first jurisdiction anywhere in the world to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles, setting a deadline of 2035 to phase them out completely. Just one week later, the state was forced to call on its residents to avoid charging their electric vehicles because the state’s grid was at imminent
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The Rotten Political Incentives of the Utility Industry 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- August 22, 2023
The monopoly electric utility business model is rife with problems. Chief among them is the regulatory capture it invites. Monopoly utilities tend to reflect the political environment in which they are situated. This is no accident. They know where their bread is buttered and are more than happy to play along with the ambitious energy
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