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.

Coming attractions: long lines and high gas prices at the pump

While the pipeline is now back up and running, the inconvenience suffered by drivers coping with a shortage of fuel could be a foretaste of things to come.

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|2021-05-21T10:00:13-04:00May 13th, 2021|Comments Off on Coming attractions: long lines and high gas prices at the pump

Biden’s radical 30 X 30 plan will ensure that this land will no longer be your land

Alarmed by what they fear is Washington’s interference in state land-use decisions, governors from 15 states stretching from Alabama to Alaska have signed a letter of protest to the White House.

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|2021-05-08T14:35:09-04:00May 8th, 2021|Comments Off on Biden’s radical 30 X 30 plan will ensure that this land will no longer be your land

CFACT official comment on industrial-scale solar arrays in Klickitat County, Washington

With taxpayer subsidies, Wall Street money, and government mandates behind it, Big Solar, like Big Wind, is a force to be reckoned with. And that’s exactly what Klickitat residents are finding out.

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|2021-05-08T09:13:37-04:00May 8th, 2021|Comments Off on CFACT official comment on industrial-scale solar arrays in Klickitat County, Washington

Train wreck: Taxpayers on the hook for Honolulu transit boondoggle

They've been building it for ages, with cost out of control and no end in sight.

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|2021-04-27T08:54:45-04:00April 27th, 2021|Comments Off on Train wreck: Taxpayers on the hook for Honolulu transit boondoggle

Longleaf pines’ comeback: An environmental success story

For those eager to keep Big Brother at bay, the restoration of the longleaf pine shows that rural communities working with, rather than under the thumb of government, can outperform the ESA.

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|2021-04-16T07:39:11-04:00April 17th, 2021|Comments Off on Longleaf pines’ comeback: An environmental success story

Maglev dream encounters Green nightmare

A futuristic maglev train that will someday take passengers from Washington to New York in one hour is encountering stiff resistance from Green activists.

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|2021-04-07T11:52:14-04:00April 9th, 2021|Comments Off on Maglev dream encounters Green nightmare

Cybersecurity of wind power a growing concern

The prospect of giant wind turbines sprouting up in coastal waters stretching from New England to Florida may further complicate cybersecurity concerns that are already being raised about wind power.

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|2021-04-05T08:00:55-04:00April 5th, 2021|Comments Off on Cybersecurity of wind power a growing concern

Property rights of growers vs. unions at the Supreme Court

A 46-year-old California regulation that requires farmers and packers of agricultural goods to allow union organizers on their property three hours a day for 120 days each year is being challenged.

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|2021-03-29T09:26:23-04:00March 29th, 2021|Comments Off on Property rights of growers vs. unions at the Supreme Court

Biden ready to slip Green New Deal through the back door

They want to go after CO2 under the guise of regulating ozone.

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|2021-03-21T14:50:13-04:00March 23rd, 2021|Comments Off on Biden ready to slip Green New Deal through the back door

Green New Deal backers balk at Biden fracking ban on federal land

Two of the U.S. Senate’s most enthusiastic supporters of the Green New Deal, are having second thoughts about the Biden administration’s determination to go full-speed-ahead into a glorious Green future.

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|2021-03-14T20:38:52-04:00March 16th, 2021|Comments Off on Green New Deal backers balk at Biden fracking ban on federal land

Court upholds Trump’s WOTUS rule against Colorado challenge

At issue is nearly five-decade-old confusion over what constitutes “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the 1972 Clean Water Act (CWA).

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|2021-03-05T22:36:50-05:00March 9th, 2021|Comments Off on Court upholds Trump’s WOTUS rule against Colorado challenge

Breaching Snake River dams riles Pacific Northwest

An Idaho congressman’s push to win congressional and Biden White House approval for removing four dams in the Lower Snake River in order to save dwindling stocks of salmon has ignited a firestorm

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|2021-02-28T14:36:51-05:00March 2nd, 2021|Comments Off on Breaching Snake River dams riles Pacific Northwest

Wyoming Supreme Court overturns ruling using “guidance” to block mining

In a victory for property rights with nationwide implications, the Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled that county regulators cannot restrict people’s conduct based on nonbinding guidance documents.

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|2021-02-21T15:55:41-05:00February 25th, 2021|Comments Off on Wyoming Supreme Court overturns ruling using “guidance” to block mining

Big solar targets rural communities in Washington State

With taxpayer subsidies, Wall Street money, and government mandates behind it, Big Solar, like Big Wind, is a force to be reckoned with. And that’s exactly what Klickitat residents are finding out.

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|2021-02-13T13:48:52-05:00February 12th, 2021|Comments Off on Big solar targets rural communities in Washington State

Woke companies insult their customers to appease the Green

The capture of corporations by the Left confirms the strategy of the “long march through the institutions.’

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|2021-02-01T12:09:13-05:00February 4th, 2021|Comments Off on Woke companies insult their customers to appease the Green
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