There is a growing interest in tolling as part of the solution to under-investment in America’s highway system. But getting to “yes” on using this powerful financing tool will depend on a far more carefully drafted policy than most advocates are now talking about. Brookings Institution analysts Joseph Kane, Patrick...
The attacks keep coming. The Iowa Farm Bureau, in its press release on EPA’s new WOTUS rule, says, “This rule and the definitions laid out in this rule suggest expansion, not contraction or clarity.” The Illinois Farm Bureau president claims EPA’s new Clean Water Act Rule “…will create a flood of unnecessary...
By Paul Driessen and Tom TamarkinA recent NOAA article is just what Doctor Doom ordered. It claims the 18-year “hiatus” in rising planetary temperatures isn’t really happening. (The “pause” followed a 20-year modest temperature increase, which followed a prolonged cooling period.) The article states: “Here we present an updated global...
The Thomas Jefferson Institute’s Business Leaders Roundtable on Virginia’s Economic Future, held June 22 at George Mason University, gathered together some of the top analysts to review the outlook for Virginia’s economy, an analysis of the state’s key industries, the obstacles standing in the way of growth, and the policy...
A new study by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy shows that Virginia is in a position to capture a substantial share of the international nuclear power market. We are in a position to offer the technology, the engineering and the expertise to build safe and environmentally friendly nuclear...
As the global epicenter of technology innovation, Silicon Valley creates a massive amount of wealth — but the housing supply, hemmed in by geography and zoning regulations, is incredibly restricted. The resulting housing crunch is so severe that Millennials are hard pressed to live there. The median income for Millennials in the...
Taking a look at worker productivity growth could shed some light on what the Federal Reserve might do with interest rates. The faster the rate of productivity growth, the faster the Fed can let the economy grow without inflation picking up. But productivity is slow right now compared to historical...
EPA published its new rule regulating Waters of the United States last week. Response was instantaneous and vicious. Speaker of the House Boehner spoke for many in agriculture and those who own property when he said, “The Administration’s decree to unilaterally expand federal authority is a raw and tyrannical power...
The White House finally appears ready to announce conclusions and policy recommendations from the Pollinator Task Force it appointed a year ago. Environmentalist groups eagerly await the decision. After clamoring and campaigning for years for government action, they hope to get tough restrictions on using innovative new insecticides called neonicotinoids....
Virginia currently imports more than 50 percent of its power needs, second only to California, and will need an additional 4,000 megawatts by 2021. Safe nuclear power has the potential not only to cut that dependency significantly, but to make Virginia a major supplier to the international market.
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