Regulation

About Bad Bunny And Puerto Rico’s Electric Grid

During the Super Bowl LX halftime show, Bad Bunny included a segment dramatizing Puerto Rico’s struggle to generate and transmit electrical power.

Feb 12, 2026

When Less Warming Means More Fear

“Something curious is going on in the world of climate advocacy,” writes scholar and researcher Roger Pielke Jr. “Projected future carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion have been consistently revised downward in recent year, resulting in less projected warming. Yet rather than acknowledge this encouraging development, climate campaigners have shifted the goalposts by lowering the threshold of what they promote as apocalyptic.”

Dec 11, 2025

Climate Policy Should Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A proposed natural gas pipeline to the Northeast faces opposition on climate grounds — but the data suggest added pipeline capacity could both lower emissions and costs by replacing other fuels and reducing reliance on imported LNG.

Oct 30, 2025

Understanding Decarbonization — A New Classroom Series from Roger Pielke Jr.

In his The Honest Broker Substack, Roger Pielke Jr. launches a new “classroom series” to demystify climate policy and explain what decarbonization really means.

Oct 17, 2025

Why the Grid Is Lagging Behind Demand

America’s electricity demand is rising for the first time in decades, but outdated regulations and fragmented oversight have slowed necessary grid expansion. Laws from the 1930s entrenched monopoly utilities and state control and discourage interstate transmission. Without structural reform, the U.S. grid will make electricity more expensive and less reliable.

Oct 14, 2025