Biden's dictatorial instincts lose in court again By  David T. Stevenson  (pictured) Center for Energy & Environmental Policy February 14, 2022     President Biden seems to misunderstand the power of his office. A stream of executive orders in the first days of his administration attempted to instantly override various laws and regulations. An increasing number have been overturned by various courts. In the latest example, his order establishing how cost/benefit analysis woul

Governor Carney's Missed Opportunity By  Charlie Copeland , Director (pictured)  Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending February 4, 2022 (Also, published on 2/11/2022 by Delaware State News as a Commentary )     With a billion dollars in the American Rescue Plan Act funds and a Federal Reserve-stoked budget surplus in the hundreds of millions of dollars, Governor John Carney had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for boldness. He played "small ball," an

Delaware Climate Plan misses on facts and policy path By David T. Stevenson  (pictured) Center for Energy & Environmental Policy February 2, 2022     Every written comment on Delaware's Climate Action Plan starts out repeating the same unsupported "facts" and ends promoting the same poor policy choices. Action plan statements are corrected below, followed by a discussion of better policy choices.   Temperatures have risen 2 degrees Fahrenheit since 1895 ( 56.75° to 58.65° i

Virginia, your 'green new deal' price tag is showing   By David T. Stevenson , Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy January 18, 2022     (Note: this release is a companion piece to a recent article about Delaware's real and proven negatives of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon tax that causes less in-state power generation, higher consumer/industrial electricity rates, large industrial electricity users moving out of state, and loss of high-pa

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Imagine Delaware with no in-state electric power generation By David T. Stevenson, Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy December 21, 2021 (updated January 11, 2022)     Delaware generated 78% of its electricity in-state a decade ago, but it will likely be down to 33% this year.  By 2023 it may be close to zero!  That means lost jobs, lost state and local tax revenues, higher electric rates, and possibly lower power reliability for Delaware. The demand for electri

Hybrid vehicles a better option than full battery powered vehicles By David T. Stevenson, Director Center for Energy and Environmental Policy December 14, 2021     Let's assume you want to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions with your choice of the vehicle you drive.  Below is a comparison of hybrid vehicles compared to full battery powered electric vehicles, or EVs for short.  The EVs offer essentially no emission savings while the hybrid vehicles do, along with signific

Healthcare in Delaware can be improved By C.D. Casscells, MD   (pictured) Director of the Center for Health Policy (Originally published on Sunday, December 12, 2021 by Delaware State News.)     For multiple decades the people of Delaware have had limited access to healthcare at an expensive cost , with quality outcomes below the national average. According to a 2019 Health Affairs article published by former secretary of health and social services for the state of Delaware,

As documented by the Caesar Rodney Institute using U.S. Department of Justice data on convictions of state and local public officials, corruption is a growing problem in Delaware. The historical and research evidence is clear that corruption undermines economic growth. The Governor through an executive order and the legislature through a recent bill have taken a huge step forward to reducing government corruption in the First State. The simplest and most effective way to red

Multistate carbon tax scheme on gasoline collapses By David T. Stevenson Director of the Center for Energy & Environmental Policy November 19, 2021     A dozen states have been considering a tax on carbon dioxide emissions from gasoline and diesel fuel, starting at about 10 cents a gallon and rising to perhaps 40 cents over time. The idea was higher prices would discourage driving, and the revenue would be used to promote electric vehicles (EV) and public transportation. Last