August 28, 2009
Waxman-Markey's Effect on Gas Prices in Your State
By Nick Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2598)
The Waxman–Markey energy bill, which would restrict greenhouse gas emissions by creating a cap-and-trade system, was passed by the House in June and will likely ...

August 6, 2009
Heritage Analysis of Waxman-Markey Hits Where Others Miss
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2580)
The Waxman-Markey bill forces a bad deal on a generation that does not have the option to turn it down.

August 6, 2009
The Economic Consequences of Waxman-Markey: An Analysis of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., William W. Beach, Ben Lieberman, and Nicolas D. Loris
(Center for Data Analysis Report #09-04)
The Waxman-Markey bill proposes a new national tax of historic proportions. Though levied directly on carbon-based energy, the tax's impact spreads through the economy, increasing ...

August 3, 2009
National Security Not a Good Argument for Global Warming Legislation
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2572)
The Waxman-Markey bill's supporters are increasingly making the case that creating a new law is a national security imperative. They are wrong.

July 27, 2009
The PERI Report on Clean Energy: The Wrong Question and a Misleading Result
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #2303)
The PERI report does not estimate the economic impact of any policy currently being debated, and the job number finding is not the overall impact ...

July 21, 2009
Waxman-Markey: Homeowners, Small Businesses, and Farmers Hit the Hardest
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2553)
The Heritage Foundation calculates that, by 2035, America would be $9.4 trillion poorer with Waxman-Markey than without it. This is a tremendous burden and one ...

July 20, 2009
Cap and Trade: A Comparison of Cost Estimates
By Nicolas D. Loris
(WebMemo #2550)
Three major analyses of the Waxman-Markey climate bill confirm that cap and trade will produce an economy that will perform well under its potential.

July 10, 2009
The European Experience with Cap and Trade
By Ben Lieberman
(Testimony )
The economic realities of cap and trade are becoming clear in Europe. If we adopt a similar approach here, expect considerable economic pain for minimal ...

July 8, 2009
Cap and Trade Sold under False Pretenses
By Nicolas Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2528)
Cap and trade is nothing more than a massive energy tax, which is why it has been sold under false pretenses.

June 26, 2009
The Economic Impact of the Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Bill
By Ben Lieberman
(Testimony )
It is clear that cap and trade is very expensive and amounts to nothing more than an energy tax in disguise. The bottom line is ...

June 25, 2009
Waxman-Markey Global Warming Bill: Economic Impact by Congressional District
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., and David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2504)
It has become quite clear over the past several months that placing a cap on carbon emission will have major implications for the American economy ...

June 24, 2009
The High Cost of Cap and Trade: Why the EPA and CBO Are Wrong
By heritage.org
(Fact Sheet #34)
Proponents of cap and trade point to the low cost estimates by the EPA and CBO as a reason to pass Waxman-Markey.  However these estimates ...

June 23, 2009
The Waxman-Markey Global Warming Bill: Is the Economic Pain Justified by the Environmental Gain?
By Ben Lieberman
(Testimony )
My name is Ben Lieberman and I'm the Senior Policy Analyst for Energy and Environment at The Heritage Foundation. I'll be discussing the economics of ...

June 16, 2009
Energy Cap and Trade Threatens American Prosperity
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2488)
Policymakers should maintain the integrity and freedom of global markets as a means to transfer clean technologies, keep international investment flowing, and promote economic growth ...

June 11, 2009
The American Energy Act: An Energy Bill with Some Real Energy in It
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2479)
The American Energy Act seeks to undo many of the mistakes in our current domestic energy policy and allow the free market to provide more ...

June 10, 2009
Cap and Trade: A Handout for Corporations and a Huge Tax on Consumers
By Nicolas Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2476)
Waxman-Markey has evolved into a corporate welfare program for businesses interested in protecting their bottom lines, making it that much more painful for the energy ...

June 10, 2009
The American Energy Act Puts Nuclear on the Fast Track
By Jack Spencer
(WebMemo #2477)
The American Energy Act puts forth a pro-market agenda that allows nuclear energy to compete based on its merits, such as being affordable, domestic, and ...

June 9, 2009
Response to the NRDC Critique of The Heritage Foundation's Analysis of the Waxman-Markey Bill
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., William W. Beach, and Ben Lieberman
(Center for Data Analysis Report #09-03)
Recently, Dr. Laurie T. Johnson of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) critiqued The Heritage Foundation's analysis of the Waxman–Markey bill (H.R. 2454, "American Clean ...

June 8, 2009
Questions on EPA's Cost Estimates for Waxman-Markey Climate Change Legislation
By David Kreutzer, Ph.D., and Nicolas Loris
(WebMemo #2470)
The EPA's conclusion that Americans will be better shielded from the pain of capping carbon by Waxman-Markey draft legislation is fantasy. Two major independent model ...

May 20, 2009
Waxman-Markey Global Warming Tax Kills More Jobs and Kills the Economy
By heritage.org
(Fact Sheet #28)
The cap-and-trade tax proposed by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Edward Markey (D-MA) is disguised as environmental legislation when it would have little impact on ...

May 18, 2009
Son of Waxman-Markey: More Politics Makes for a More Costly Bill
By William W. Beach, David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2450)
The Waxman-Markey bill is a massive energy tax in disguise that promises job losses, income cuts, and a sharp left turn toward big government.

May 14, 2009
Capping Carbon Emissions Is Bad, No Matter How You Slice the Revenue
By Nicolas Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2443)
Cap and trade or any variant thereof would be a drag on the U.S. economy at a time when it can afford it the least. ...

May 13, 2009
The Economic Impact of Waxman–Markey
By William W. Beach, David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2438)
The Waxman-Markey bill would have little impact on world temperatures, it is a massive energy tax in disguise that promises job losses, income cuts, and ...

May 12, 2009
Waxman-Markey Global Warming Proposal's Other Problematic Provisions
By Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2436)
The main focus of debate over the proposed Waxman-Markey bill has been its cap and trade program. But there are other measures in the proposal ...

May 7, 2009
The Economic Impact of Cap and Trade
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D.
(Testimony )
Carbon dioxide is not a toxin, is not directly harmful to human health, and is not projected to become so--even without legislative or regulatory action. ...

May 5, 2009
The National and Local Economic Impacts of Cap and Trade
By Ben Lieberman
(Testimony )
We all know that the Waxman-Markey cap and trade proposal will be very expensive and amounts to nothing more than a massive energy tax.

April 2, 2009
The 2009 Energy Bill: Anti-Market and Anti-Consumer
By Nicolas Loris and Ben Lieberman
(WebMemo #2378)
The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 offers nothing more than subsidies and mandates for unsuccessful, unproven energy sources coupled with taxes on ...