Plugged In

The team sits down with Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, to discuss the current state of energy development on public lands and what policies are needed to unleash America's energy potential. Links: • More about the Western Energy Alliance: https://www.westernenergyalliance.org/ • More from Kathleen on this issue: https://www.westernenergyalliance.org/blog/public-lands-en...

The team sits down with Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services & Chairman of Liberty Resources, to discuss the direct link of how hydrocarbons lift people out of poverty. Links: • More about Chris and Liberty Oilfield Services: http://www.libertyfrac.com/about-us/ • Deforestation on Hispaniola: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hati-deforestation.jpg

The team sits down with Jason Hayes, of the Mackinac Center, and Issac Orr, of the Center of the American Experiment, to discuss the polar vortex in the Midwest and what energy policies are making the situation worse for consumers. Links: More from Jason Hayes on this issue: https://www.mackinac.org/26245 Jason Hayes on Michigan's renewable energy: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-california-billion...

The team talks with IER Board of Directors member professor Steven Hayward about the "Green New Deal" and why he thinks the environment is too important to be left to the environmentalists. Read more from Hayward here: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/author/steven More on the "Green New Deal" here: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/flaws-with-a-green-new-deal-part-1-of-2/

The team sits down with Marian Tupy, a senior policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, to discuss the work of the late economist Julian Simon and the condition of human progress. Links: • More from Marian on human flourishing: https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/population-growth-leads-abundant-resources • Lean more about the Cato Institute: www.cat...

The IER team discusses changes to management of federal lands proposed by the Bureau of Land Management and the possible impacts to the greater sage grouse and American energy production. Read more: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/regulation/are-we-finally-free-of-fowl-folly-and-frog-foolery/

IER's policy team discusses the causes of the Yellow Vest protests across France and the possible impacts the popular uprising could have on the global climate change movement. Read more on the protests here: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/international-issues/macrons-carbon-tax-disaster/

Alex and Jordan sit down with economist and former Trump advisor Stephen Moore to discuss his new book "Trumponomics" as well as pressing issues in trade and energy. Links: • Get a copy of "Trumponomics": https://www.amazon.com/Trumponomics-Inside-America-Revive-Economy/dp/1250193710 • Moore's latest from the Heritage Foundation: https://www.heritage.org/staff/stephen-moore

Alex sits down with Colin Grabow, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, to discuss problems with the Jones Act and the law's impact on American energy. Links: • More from Colin on issues surrounding the Jones Act: https://www.cato.org/blog/jones-act-isnt-working-just-ask-its-supporters • Details about Cato's upcoming event on the Jones Act: ht...

Alex and Jordan sit down with Don Watkins, the Director of Education at the Center for Industrial Progress, to discuss the "anti-human" attitudes of the green movement and the importance of ideas in the energy debate. Links: • The official summary of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, edited by Don Watkins: http://industrialprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MCFF-two_sheet_20170315.pdf • Lean m...

Alex and Jordan sit down with Isaac Orr, a policy fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, to discuss energy policy in Minnesota and the trend of premature retirement of coal fired power plants across the country. Links: • More from Isaac on premature retiring of coal plants: https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/how-to-prevent-the-premature-retirement-of-coal-fired...

Alex and Jordan sit down with Krisztina Pusok, Director of Policy and Research at the American Consumer Institute, to discuss the Trump administration's plans to replace the Obama-era Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Links: • SAFE: A Sane Approach to U.S. Consumer Vehicle Safety, written by Krisztina Pusok https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2018/10/11/safe_a_sane_approach_to_...

Alex and Jordan sit down with Todd Myers, the Director of the Center for the Environment at the Washington Policy Center, to discuss the Washington State ballot initiative to impose a carbon tax on the state. Links: • A Citizens' Guide to Initiative 1631: to impose a state carbon tax on energy use in Washington state, written by Todd Meyers https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/citi...

Kelly Sloan, Energy and Environment Fellow at the Centennial Institute, joins the Plugged In podcast to break down a measure on Colorado’s ballot in November impacting the state’s oil and gas industry. Sloan discusses the impact this measure would have on the state and why even those outside of Colorado should be watching this proposition as it would have far-reaching consequences.

We sit down with Paul Driessen, a senior policy advisor with the Center For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)and with Defense of Free Enterprise, to discuss the impending corporate scandal surrounding Bloom Energy. Links: • Paul Driessen's latest on Bloom Energy https://townhall.com/columnists/pauldriessen/2018/09/22/bloom-energys-tangled-web-n2521444 • Full video of the recent Heritage Foundation p...

IER's policy team discusses problems with the the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)and the potential for reform. Learn more about NEPA here: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/regulation/delays-lawsuits-and-immigration-controls-the-many-abuses-of-nepa/

Alex and Jordan sit down with IER’s Senior Economist Dr. Robert Murphy to discuss carbon taxes. Links • Robert Murphy on IPCC data https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/climate-change/using-ipcc-defeat-un-climate-agenda/ • The Case Against a U.S. Carbon Tax https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/case-against-us-carbon-tax • Robert Murphy on climate insurance https://www.institutefo...

IER's policy team discusses possible impacts of recently proposed changes to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.

IER's director of policy, Kenny Stein, discusses key rulings issued by Brett Kavanaugh and what his appointment to the Supreme Court would mean for the energy sector.