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’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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|2023-10-05T08:45:32-04:00October 5th, 2023|Comments Off on Portland, Oregon climate slush fund no help in addressing city’s real problems

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The electric buses were plagued with problems as soon as they went into service.

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|2023-09-30T21:39:28-04:00October 3rd, 2023|Comments Off on Electric bus breakdowns cripple Wyoming transit

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|2023-09-21T08:27:10-04:00September 22nd, 2023|Comments Off on Brazil’s big cats latest victims of wind turbines

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|2023-09-18T11:23:50-04:00September 16th, 2023|Comments Off on Looming ESA listing of Dunes Sagebrush Lizard roils desert Southwest

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|2023-09-11T09:30:12-04:00September 12th, 2023|Comments Off on Offshore wind encounters financial turbulence

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|2023-09-04T11:17:52-04:00September 5th, 2023|Comments Off on EPA issues new WOTUS rule after Supreme Court slap down

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Governor Youngkin called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative a "regressive tax."

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|2023-08-29T09:50:53-04:00August 30th, 2023|Comments Off on Greens sue to keep Virginia in RGGI

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|2023-08-09T11:15:27-04:00August 10th, 2023|Comments Off on California sacrifices bald and golden eagles for “Green” energy

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|2023-08-07T10:19:14-04:00August 9th, 2023|Comments Off on North Dakota regulators deny permit for “Green” CO2 pipeline

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|2023-07-31T18:03:02-04:00August 1st, 2023|Comments Off on Biden officials plot next WOTUS move after Supreme Court ruling

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|2023-07-24T11:51:20-04:00July 27th, 2023|Comments Off on Greenland’s past really was green

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|2023-07-17T10:35:42-04:00July 18th, 2023|Comments Off on Fifth Amendment takings case erupts over new Rhode Island beach law

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|2023-06-30T03:30:46-04:00July 3rd, 2023|Comments Off on Offshore wind foes in New Jersey flex muscles
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