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.

Solar farm runoff pollutes property, couple awarded $135 million

A federal jury has awarded a couple in southwest Georgia $135.5 million after runoff from “Lumpkin Solar” severely polluted waters and soils on their rural property.

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|2023-06-05T09:40:28-04:00June 6th, 2023|Comments Off on Solar farm runoff pollutes property, couple awarded $135 million

EPA’s WOTUS scheme deep-sixed by Supreme Court

In one of the most consequential judicial decisions in recent memory, the Supreme Court significantly limited EPA's authority to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

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|2023-06-02T16:01:33-04:00June 2nd, 2023|Comments Off on EPA’s WOTUS scheme deep-sixed by Supreme Court

Climate Czar Kerry: Emissions from agriculture must be “front and center”

Netherlands and Sri Lanka show what happens when people who know nothing about agriculture impose policies on farmers.

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|2023-05-22T08:17:01-04:00May 24th, 2023|Comments Off on Climate Czar Kerry: Emissions from agriculture must be “front and center”

Small fish could mean big trouble for Feds

A rule issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that would charge commercial herring vessels up to $700 a day to monitor catches has triggered a lawsuit that poses a direct threat to agencies’ discretionary power.

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|2023-05-13T19:21:19-04:00May 17th, 2023|Comments Off on Small fish could mean big trouble for Feds

Comments to EPA on the proposed mercury and air toxics (MATS) rule

Today’s proposal is on even shakier legal ground that the 2012 MATS rulemaking the Supreme Court struck down.

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|2024-01-26T15:11:18-05:00May 14th, 2023|Comments Off on Comments to EPA on the proposed mercury and air toxics (MATS) rule

Giant solar array set to go up in rural Virginia county

The Board of Supervisors in Central Virginia’s Albemarle County unanimously approved a massive solar array project in an area otherwise dotted by farms, forests and vineyards.

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|2023-04-24T10:29:55-04:00April 25th, 2023|Comments Off on Giant solar array set to go up in rural Virginia county

Federal judge blocks Biden WOTUS rule in 24 states

"The volume of litigation that has generated from the Clean Water Act over the last decades from the federal district courts, the federal courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States reveals nothing but chaos and uncertainty.”

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|2023-04-18T19:19:41-04:00April 22nd, 2023|Comments Off on Federal judge blocks Biden WOTUS rule in 24 states

JP Morgan CEO calls on governments to seize land for wind and solar

“We may even need to invoke eminent domain – we are simply not getting the added investments fast enough for grid, solar, wind, and pipeline investments.”

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|2023-04-11T14:43:58-04:00April 11th, 2023|Comments Off on JP Morgan CEO calls on governments to seize land for wind and solar

Supreme Court rules in favor of landowners in major property rights case

“The decision reaffirms that property rights are among the most important civil rights."

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|2023-04-01T15:24:12-04:00April 3rd, 2023|Comments Off on Supreme Court rules in favor of landowners in major property rights case

Coastal Oregon wind projects seen as threat to fisheries, marine ecosystem

As the debate continues to rage along the East Coast over offshore wind development’s impact on Atlantic whales and other marine life, a similar controversy has erupted on the West Coast, where plans for floating wind turbines are encountering growing opposition.

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|2023-03-28T09:18:31-04:00March 29th, 2023|Comments Off on Coastal Oregon wind projects seen as threat to fisheries, marine ecosystem

Oregon Supreme Court ignores rural pleas and greenlights giant wind power line

The $1.8 billion project has been held up by resistance from the STOP B2H Coalition, whose over 1,000 members fear the power line will irreversibly blight the picturesque countryside.

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|2023-03-21T23:22:05-04:00March 22nd, 2023|Comments Off on Oregon Supreme Court ignores rural pleas and greenlights giant wind power line

Illinois town nixes solar desert

To add insult to injury, the owner of the 49-acre property, where the thousands of solar panels were to be installed, changed his mind and came out in opposition to the project.

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|2023-03-10T11:18:05-05:00March 11th, 2023|Comments Off on Illinois town nixes solar desert

Giant Idaho wind project runs into turbulence

Known as Lava Ridge, the wind project is part of the Biden administration’s goal of producing 25 gigawatts of renewable energy on federal land by 2025.

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|2023-02-28T17:06:55-05:00March 4th, 2023|Comments Off on Giant Idaho wind project runs into turbulence

Greens try lawsuits to thwart Nevada lithium mine

No lithium no electric vehicles.

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|2023-02-27T09:41:12-05:00February 28th, 2023|Comments Off on Greens try lawsuits to thwart Nevada lithium mine

Concerns grow over listing lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act

Listing a plant or animal under the ESA – either as threatened or endangered – triggers strict land-use restrictions that could have devastating economic consequences.

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|2023-02-13T13:11:35-05:00February 14th, 2023|Comments Off on Concerns grow over listing lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act
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