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.

Study: If you want to go Green, stick with fossil fuels

By contrast, intermittent and land-intensive wind and solar power contribute nothing to agricultural productivity while leaving behind an environmental footprint that dwarfs that of fossil fuels.

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|2022-09-19T07:47:43-04:00September 20th, 2022|Comments Off on Study: If you want to go Green, stick with fossil fuels

Plan pushes “Rewilding the American West” — Why stop at the West?

Cattle ranchers who have grazing allotments on federal land may come to see themselves as the “troublesome nonnative species” who must be removed.

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|2022-09-14T10:58:59-04:00September 16th, 2022|Comments Off on Plan pushes “Rewilding the American West” — Why stop at the West?

Green Raw Deal: NC unleashes eminent domain on homes and businesses to make way for EV factory

NC will use eminent domain to buy and destroy 27 homes, five businesses, and will move a Baptist church to clear a path for a Vietnamese EV startup, VinFast.

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|2022-09-06T11:25:09-04:00September 5th, 2022|Comments Off on Green Raw Deal: NC unleashes eminent domain on homes and businesses to make way for EV factory

What is really behind the climate agenda?

Power and money.

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Giant Idaho wind project encounters stiff local resistance

“I have not heard one person in the community support the project.”

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|2022-08-22T11:17:04-04:00August 19th, 2022|Comments Off on Giant Idaho wind project encounters stiff local resistance

Green energy projects in Nevada encounter flak from Green activists

Standing in the way of construction of a state-of-the-art geothermal energy plant in central Nevada is none other than the renowned Dixie Valley toad.

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|2022-08-05T15:32:32-04:00August 3rd, 2022|Comments Off on Green energy projects in Nevada encounter flak from Green activists

Judge throws monkey wrench into Gov. Wolf’s rush into RGGI

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) ploy to circumvent the Legislature and force the Keystone State to become a member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) suffered a setback July 8, when a judge issued a temporary injunction against the move.

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|2022-07-26T17:00:47-04:00July 23rd, 2022|Comments Off on Judge throws monkey wrench into Gov. Wolf’s rush into RGGI

Biden’s Transportation Department targets CO2 emissions of cars on highways to push EVs

One week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency could not regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants because the agency lacks congressional authorization to do so, the Biden Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed a rule targeting CO2 emissions from highway vehicles, for which DOT also has no legal authority.

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|2022-07-11T15:51:16-04:00July 11th, 2022|Comments Off on Biden’s Transportation Department targets CO2 emissions of cars on highways to push EVs

Amendment to block EPA WOTUS rule blocked in House—SCOTUS decision looms

In Sackett v. EPA arguments will be heard in October, and a ruling is expected early next year.

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|2022-07-08T18:51:45-04:00July 6th, 2022|Comments Off on Amendment to block EPA WOTUS rule blocked in House—SCOTUS decision looms

On the road with Sen. Debbie Stabenow and her taxpayer-subsidized EV

Her message: Rubes still driving conventionally-powered vehicles shouldn’t sweat having to dig deeper and deeper to pay for gasoline or diesel, all they have to do is purchase a snazzy EV.

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|2022-06-15T10:39:00-04:00June 15th, 2022|Comments Off on On the road with Sen. Debbie Stabenow and her taxpayer-subsidized EV

SEC’s “Climate-related disclosures” would put farmers and ranchers in regulatory cross-hairs

Not to worry, though. The crowd that brought you the baby formula shortage is on top of it.

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|2022-06-13T13:02:52-04:00June 9th, 2022|Comments Off on SEC’s “Climate-related disclosures” would put farmers and ranchers in regulatory cross-hairs

Biden’s rollback of NEPA reforms may haunt Green energy projects

The NEPA process is notorious for its red tape and litigation, which put many projects on hold indefinitely and led to the abandonment of numerous others.

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|2022-06-03T09:51:09-04:00June 2nd, 2022|Comments Off on Biden’s rollback of NEPA reforms may haunt Green energy projects

Oklahoma enacts law to counter ESG policies targeting fossil fuels

Oklahoma has adopted legislation that will require the Sooner State to divest from any financial company that boycotts the fossil fuel industry.

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|2022-05-24T10:40:27-04:00May 19th, 2022|Comments Off on Oklahoma enacts law to counter ESG policies targeting fossil fuels

Biden recycles Obama’s Antiquities Act abuse to shut down North Atlantic fishery

What’s a sure-fire way to drive up the cost of food? Limit its supply.

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|2022-05-05T16:05:03-04:00May 4th, 2022|Comments Off on Biden recycles Obama’s Antiquities Act abuse to shut down North Atlantic fishery

Ranchers in climate crosshairs as food prices soar

If Biden climate policies targeting financial institutions’ lending practices to farmers, ranchers, and oil and natural gas producers remain in place, rising prices for food and energy will be the inevitable result.

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|2022-04-12T10:17:54-04:00April 12th, 2022|Comments Off on Ranchers in climate crosshairs as food prices soar
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