About Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

Bonner R. Cohen is a senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, where he concentrates on energy, natural resources, and international relations. He also serves as a senior policy adviser with the Heartland Institute, senior policy analyst with the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, and as adjunct scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Articles by Dr. Cohen have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, New York Post, Washington Times, National Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, Detroit News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Miami Herald, and dozens of other newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. He has been interviewed on Fox News, CNN, Fox Business Channel, BBC, BBC Worldwide Television, NBC, NPR, N 24 (German language news channel), Voice of Russia, and scores of radio stations in the U.S. Dr. Cohen has testified before the U.S. Senate committees on Energy & Natural Resources and Environment & Public Works as well as the U.S. House committees on Natural Resources and Judiciary. He has spoken at conferences in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Bangladesh. Dr. Cohen is the author of two books, The Green Wave: Environmentalism and its Consequences (Washington: Capital Research Center, 2006) and Marshall, Mao und Chiang: Die amerikanischen Vermittlungsbemuehungen im chinesischen Buergerkrieg (Marshall, Mao and Chiang: The American Mediations Effort in the Chinese Civil War) (Munich: Tuduv Verlag, 1984). Dr. Cohen received his B.A. from the University of Georgia and his Ph.D. – summa cum laude – from the University of Munich.

Biden Admin could bring its Net-Zero emissions fantasy to another key sector

They're coming for the places you work, shop and live.

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Biden White House readies national Net-Zero emissions building initiative

Residential and commercial buildings throughout the United States are in the bull’s eye of a White House plan “intended to help move the building sector to net-zero emissions.”

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Biden’s Net-Zero agenda spells trouble down on the farm and supermarket

Europe's farmers are in open revolt, will the U.S. be next?

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|2024-02-22T10:00:46-05:00February 22nd, 2024|0 Comments

Agricultural officials raise concerns over big banks’ ESG & climate agendas

Troubling commitments by banks that target farmers, ranchers, and agriculture producers.

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Texas landowners before the Supreme Court in major takings case

Whether the landowners qualify for “just compensation” under the Fifth Amendment will set a significant precedent for other takings cases to be litigated in the years to come.

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|2024-01-29T10:07:49-05:00January 31st, 2024|0 Comments

NYSE withdraws Biden-backed rule that would stymie development on millions of acres

“Natural Asset Companies” are a mistake waiting to happen.

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|2024-01-23T10:58:01-05:00January 23rd, 2024|Comments Off on NYSE withdraws Biden-backed rule that would stymie development on millions of acres

Judge orders wind farm dismantled in win for tribal sovereignty

The wind farm failed to obtain a lease from the Osage nation.

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|2024-01-20T11:31:39-05:00January 22nd, 2024|Comments Off on Judge orders wind farm dismantled in win for tribal sovereignty

Victory! SEC drops “natural asset companies.” Read our official submission

The SEC should not sanction non-use over optimal use of resources.

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|2024-01-20T12:30:45-05:00January 18th, 2024|Comments Off on Victory! SEC drops “natural asset companies.” Read our official submission

This landmark conservation bill has been an abject failure for fifty years

The Endangered Species Act has failed at recovering species.

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|2023-12-26T09:05:17-05:00December 26th, 2023|Comments Off on This landmark conservation bill has been an abject failure for fifty years

The COP 28 threat to global food production

Livestock have joined SUVs, 18-wheelers, gas stoves, and gas furnaces on the ever-growing list of climate culprits.

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|2023-12-10T12:41:17-05:00December 10th, 2023|Comments Off on The COP 28 threat to global food production

COP 28: The money machine

The UN climate conference is crawling with private-sector investors and "philanthropists" licking their chops over the deals they hope to close.

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|2023-12-04T13:37:24-05:00December 4th, 2023|Comments Off on COP 28: The money machine

Southwestern tribes in uproar over wind energy transmission lines

Work on the $10 billion SunZia transmission project was halted over concerns about the project’s impact on religious and cultural sites.

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Court derails Keystone State’s membership in RGGI

The court found the DEP did not have the constitutional authority to collect revenue from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auctions, and only the legislature can levy taxes.

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|2023-11-06T08:53:17-05:00November 6th, 2023|Comments Off on Court derails Keystone State’s membership in RGGI

Biden’s Climate Corps resurrection garners congressional pushback

Will the President's attempt to create by executive order what Congress rejected hold up?

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|2023-10-17T11:17:29-04:00October 19th, 2023|Comments Off on Biden’s Climate Corps resurrection garners congressional pushback

Biden NEPA rule faces stiff legal challenges

NEPA’s procedures have become so time-consuming that they have tied up infrastructure and other projects for years.

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|2023-10-11T09:30:06-04:00October 11th, 2023|Comments Off on Biden NEPA rule faces stiff legal challenges
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