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.
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.”
By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.|2024-03-01T09:46:06-05:00March 3rd, 2024|Comments Off on Biden White House readies national Net-Zero emissions building initiative
Europe's farmers are in open revolt, will the U.S. be next?
By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.|2024-02-22T10:00:46-05:00February 22nd, 2024|Comments Off on Biden’s Net-Zero agenda spells trouble down on the farm and supermarket
Troubling commitments by banks that target farmers, ranchers, and agriculture producers.
By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.|2024-02-05T10:27:08-05:00February 5th, 2024|Comments Off on Agricultural officials raise concerns over big banks’ ESG & climate agendas
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.
By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.|2024-01-29T10:07:49-05:00January 31st, 2024|Comments Off on Texas landowners before the Supreme Court in major takings case
“Natural Asset Companies” are a mistake waiting to happen.
By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.|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
The SEC should not sanction non-use over optimal use of resources.
By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.|2024-01-20T12:30:45-05:00January 18th, 2024|Comments Off on Victory! SEC drops “natural asset companies.” Read our official submission
The Endangered Species Act has failed at recovering species.
By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.|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 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.
By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.|2023-11-06T08:53:17-05:00November 6th, 2023|Comments Off on Court derails Keystone State’s membership in RGGI
Portland ignores its decay but goes all-in on useless wealth redistribution.
By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.|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