About Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

Bonner R. Cohen is a senior fellow at the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, where he concentrates on energy, natural resources, and international relations. He also serves as a senior policy adviser with the Heartland Institute, senior policy advisor at National Center for Public Policy Research, 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.

Chinese-owned wind farm in Devils River, Texas threatens power grid and more

Houston-based GH America Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chinese Guanghui Industry Investment Group.

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|2020-08-18T12:58:09-04:00August 18th, 2020|Comments Off on Chinese-owned wind farm in Devils River, Texas threatens power grid and more

Alaska’s Pebble Mine no threat to salmon

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), reversed an Obama-era finding, and concluded that the project “would not be expected to have a measurable effect on fish numbers” in the Bristol Bay watershed.

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|2020-07-27T09:12:51-04:00July 27th, 2020|Comments Off on Alaska’s Pebble Mine no threat to salmon

CFACT submission on reform of regulations on migratory birds

The U.S. is ready to adopt consistent and more sensible standards on the incidental loss of migratory birds. Read CFACT's official submission in support of this reform.

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|2020-07-21T23:37:07-04:00July 21st, 2020|Comments Off on CFACT submission on reform of regulations on migratory birds

Dallas-to-Houston bullet train: A Texas-sized boondoggle

A group of hustlers in Texas is eager to add to their misery by having taxpayers nationwide bail out a high-speed rail project in the Lone Star State that has already gone off the tracks.

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|2020-07-14T14:26:00-04:00July 17th, 2020|Comments Off on Dallas-to-Houston bullet train: A Texas-sized boondoggle

Court rejects effort to block ranchers killing grizzly bears

Some 1,700 grizzlies roam the Lower 48, while another 32,000 make their home in Alaska, where they are not protected. Another 21,000 reside in Canada.

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|2020-07-08T08:15:16-04:00July 8th, 2020|Comments Off on Court rejects effort to block ranchers killing grizzly bears

Lake Erie wind turbines lethal threat to migratory birds

The Icebreaker Wind project is situated on a north-south flyway for millions of birds that migrate over Lake Erie every spring and fall.

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|2020-07-02T07:54:45-04:00July 3rd, 2020|Comments Off on Lake Erie wind turbines lethal threat to migratory birds

Supreme Court deals blow to opponents of Atlantic Coast Pipeline

The 7-2 ruling, handed down June 15, removes the biggest legal obstacle to the 600-mile pipeline, which would carry up to 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale basin in West Virginia to customers in Virginia and North Carolina.

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|2020-06-15T22:04:33-04:00June 15th, 2020|Comments Off on Supreme Court deals blow to opponents of Atlantic Coast Pipeline

The “Great American Outdoors Act” is a federal land grab slush fund

In a display of bipartisanship that is as rare as it is frightening, Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are joining forces to impose their own brand of socialism on rural America.

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|2020-06-11T07:59:23-04:00June 13th, 2020|Comments Off on The “Great American Outdoors Act” is a federal land grab slush fund

Trump rolls back Obama’s North Atlantic monument fishing ban

In a proclamation issued June 5, President Trump lifted a fishing ban on 4,000 miles of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument, located about 130 miles off the New England coast.

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|2020-06-10T21:41:25-04:00June 11th, 2020|Comments Off on Trump rolls back Obama’s North Atlantic monument fishing ban

Colorado River water woes are real — But not climate

Human’s may have a hand in the Colorado’s troubles, but not in the way the two USGA scientists claim. And the main problem isn’t “evaporation” but rather “evapotranspiration.

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|2020-05-27T15:09:00-04:00May 29th, 2020|Comments Off on Colorado River water woes are real — But not climate

Climate alarmism and Covid-19 don’t mix

It didn’t take long for the Climate Industrial Complex to come up with a slapdash study linking COVID-19 to fossil-fuel-induced climate change.

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|2020-05-18T22:42:05-04:00May 20th, 2020|Comments Off on Climate alarmism and Covid-19 don’t mix

Hudson Valley couple takes Green cabal to court to save their land

The cabal coveting their land took a piece-meal approach, using lawsuits and harassment to gobble up chunks of their dream.

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|2020-05-14T18:17:11-04:00May 5th, 2020|Comments Off on Hudson Valley couple takes Green cabal to court to save their land

Imperiled Monarch Butterfly benefits from private conservation plan

Cooperation Instead of Coercion

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|2020-04-22T19:39:29-04:00April 24th, 2020|Comments Off on Imperiled Monarch Butterfly benefits from private conservation plan

Federal judge deals setback to Dakota Access Pipeline

Not good news when the eco-nihilists hamstring the economy

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|2020-04-08T18:23:22-04:00April 9th, 2020|Comments Off on Federal judge deals setback to Dakota Access Pipeline

Trump Administration dumps Obama-era fuel-efficiency standards

The rules will require U.S. cars to improve fuel efficiency by 1.5% per year for the model years 2021 through 2026, compared to a nearly 5% annual increase mandated by the Obama administration in 2012.

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|2020-04-03T16:31:28-04:00April 2nd, 2020|Comments Off on Trump Administration dumps Obama-era fuel-efficiency standards
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