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Manufacturing Unemployment

By Ben Lieberman December 16, 2010

For most Americans, persistently high unemployment is a new development — but employment in the manufacturing sector has been taking a beating for decades. Painful as that is, it’s not ...

A 4/19 Mindset on Energy

By Ben Lieberman June 16, 2010

The Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil leak occurred on April 20th. So why is President Obama pushing his April 19th global-warming agenda as a solution to it? By now everyone has ...

Exploring for New Supplies of Votes

By Ben Lieberman March 31, 2010

President Obama’s announcement that he would support a limited expansion of offshore drilling might sound like a step in the right direction. In reality, it tightens the noose on domestic ...

Corporate Support for Global-Warming Measures Won’t Make It Any Cheaper for the Rest of Us

By Ben Lieberman October 19, 2009

One of the myths of environmental-policy battles is that they pit environmentalists on one side and industry on the other. In truth, it is unusual for affected ...

Politics & Policy

This week, the Senate debates America’s Climate Security Act (S. 2191), sponsored by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I., Conn.) and John Warner (R., Va). The Lieberman-Warner bill (LW) would restrict energy ...

Politics & Policy

No Toilets Left Behind

By Ben Lieberman December 21, 2007

Want to see what’s wrong with the newly enacted energy bill? Just take a look at your toilet. If it’s a low-flush toilet, that is. These water-stingy models were mandated under ...

Politics & Policy

A Whole New World?

By Ben Lieberman September 28, 2007

Global warming is a complex issue to figure out, but one thing about it is actually quite simple — discerning which side dominates the debate right now. For the past ...

Politics & Policy

Chumps At The Pump

By Ben Lieberman April 18, 2005

Gasoline is already more than $2.20 per gallon and climbing, and we’re still months away from the high-demand summer vacation season. So why has the U.S. Senate introduced two bills ...

Politics & Policy

Congress Battles Itself Over Affordable Energy

By Ben Lieberman January 13, 2003

Two congressional events held last Wednesday — a news conference supporting more federal funding to help the poor pay their winter energy bills and a Senate hearing on a bill ...