About Duggan Flanakin

Duggan Flanakin is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr. Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. A brief history of his multifaceted career appears in his book, "Infinite Galaxies: Poems from the Dugout."

A tale of two Johns as SPECs

Kerry may have gotten a lot of headlines, but Podesta has used the power of the purse to impact the business and diplomatic communities far more effectively.

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|2024-03-11T13:17:28-04:00March 13th, 2024|0 Comments

They should have stuck with trolleys!

Not long after electrical power was first harnessed, trolley cars began carrying passengers, getting their electric power from overhead wires. The trolley’s pantograph makes contact with the electrified wire to send power to the motor that turns its wheels. By the 1920s, 17,000 miles of wire-linked electric streetcar lines ran through American cities. Today, the noble trolley is largely a curious memento of a bygone era – before automobiles and big, mobile buses began crowding urban streets. In the interim, once-profitable trolleys were absorbed by conglomerates, and local governments began dictating trolley routes, fares, and times of service. Many eschewed the [...]

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|2024-03-08T08:16:21-05:00March 10th, 2024|0 Comments

Microreactor designs fit for a Green future

You can’t significantly reduce carbon emissions (if that's your thing) without nuclear power.

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|2024-03-07T08:33:09-05:00March 8th, 2024|0 Comments

As China builds Yugos, EVs may be the new Edsels

The electric vehicles that European, American, and other Western governments have been subsidizing are “the wrong car for the wrong market at the wrong time.”

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|2024-02-29T08:54:26-05:00March 2nd, 2024|0 Comments

A climate of facts, not fear

Isn’t it time to demand the real-world costs of imposing the “renewables” agenda?

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|2024-02-16T10:03:44-05:00February 19th, 2024|0 Comments

Mr. Bean was right about EVs and so was Toyota

When Rowan Atkinson wrote that there are “sound environmental reasons” why “keeping your old petrol car may be better than buying an EV,” he was vilified as an eco-traitor.

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|2024-02-15T10:41:56-05:00February 17th, 2024|0 Comments

Europe’s Green nightmare may soon be over

Elections for the European Parliament will be held in June, and big changes appear on the horizon

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|2024-02-04T17:52:16-05:00February 7th, 2024|0 Comments

A New Year brings a new start for Crypto regulations

In 2023 the industry “found itself in the crosshairs” of regulators, led by the SEC and lawmakers.

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|2024-02-05T10:52:44-05:00February 4th, 2024|0 Comments

Indonesia’s presidential election matters – Here’s why

It's the largest economy in Southeast Asia, it’s also strategically important to the United States and China as they compete for influence over the region.

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|2024-02-02T10:19:32-05:00February 2nd, 2024|0 Comments

There Ain’t Nothing Like a “DAME”

Biden’s eco-tax on crypto is a bad idea.

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|2024-01-30T10:26:13-05:00January 30th, 2024|0 Comments

Nuclear revival needs a new regulatory framework

Sixty nuclear facilities are being constructed in 17 countries. The U.S. is building one.

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Want more biodiversity? Leave it to the beavers

The anti-carbon crowd’s newest villain is Castor canadensis, otherwise known as the North American beaver

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|2024-01-18T11:05:32-05:00January 9th, 2024|Comments Off on Want more biodiversity? Leave it to the beavers

Nobody wants a glorified golf cart

Sorry President Biden, people aren't buying your EV pitch.

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|2024-01-05T10:22:55-05:00January 5th, 2024|Comments Off on Nobody wants a glorified golf cart

Was COP 28 climate imperialism’s last gasp?

Will Azerbaijan consent to the destruction of its economy?

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|2023-12-27T21:36:44-05:00December 29th, 2023|Comments Off on Was COP 28 climate imperialism’s last gasp?

Which way for South Africa? BRICS, AGOA, or both?

It has been quite a season for the Republic of South Africa’s diplomatic corps. 

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|2023-12-22T11:30:00-05:00December 24th, 2023|Comments Off on Which way for South Africa? BRICS, AGOA, or both?
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