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."

Papa Pete demands we quit clinging to our cars

Buttigieg could not wait to insult the vast majority of Americans who have expressed little or no desire to trade in reliable gasoline-powered vehicles for an electric vehicle.

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The keys to unleashing Africa’s “cheetahs”

The hope for a prosperous African future requires that young Africans take the “Cheetah pledge” – to seek their wealth in the private sector,

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|2024-04-04T09:33:55-04:00April 5th, 2024|0 Comments

Suppression of Ghana’s “New Force” is backfiring

Government insiders substituting their will for that of the voters.

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|2024-03-22T10:24:55-04:00March 19th, 2024|0 Comments

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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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|Comments Off on Mr. Bean was right about EVs and so was Toyota

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|Comments Off on Europe’s Green nightmare may soon be over

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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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|Comments Off on Indonesia’s presidential election matters – Here’s why

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|Comments Off on There Ain’t Nothing Like a “DAME”

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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|2024-01-16T11:25:00-05:00January 14th, 2024|Comments Off on Nuclear revival needs a new regulatory framework

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
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