Articles
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Budget & Tax, Energy
It’s Time to Repeal Wind-Energy Tax Incentives
Due to the issue of global warming, or climate change, or catastrophic weather—that is, the claim this real-or-not phenomenon has resulted from mankind’s production of carbon dioxide and the resultant increase in that trace gas’s concentration in the atmosphere—the federal government and many states have encouraged investment in wind-powered electricity generation.Byron Schlomach, Ph.D. | January 1, 2017
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Budget & Tax, Energy
Free Market Friday: Decimating wind subsidies
In a report from the state of Oklahoma Incentive Evaluation Commission on the tax credit for zero-emission facilities, the commission made clear that state subsidies for wind power generation in Oklahoma are decimating the state budget.Jonathan Small | November 4, 2016
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Energy
Sustainability: The Left’s New Façade
The Sooner State suffers less from eco-apocalypticism than most, but it isn’t immune to environmental groupthink. Look no further than the college campus, where ill-conceived ideologies flourish under the innocent-sounding label of “sustainability.”Rachelle Peterson | June 1, 2016
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Energy
Free Market Friday: Winded by subsidies
Fiscal calamity is brewing and Oklahomans will be hurt without decisive action. State policymakers must end the state’s wind subsidies and other detrimental policies regarding wind energy production.Jonathan Small | February 20, 2016
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Energy
Free Market Friday: Enough with the solar subsidies
Last year, the Oklahoma Legislature agreed – with overwhelming support from both political parties – that one group of electricity customers should not be forced to subsidize another group of customers. Now that principle, not to mention state law, is threatened by special interests bent on protecting their unfair advantage.Jonathan Small | January 22, 2016
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Energy
Oklahoma’s Private-Sector Rebound?
If we truly care about empowering the most vulnerable Oklahomans, we will work to build a strong and diverse economy. This provides the best opportunity for all to achieve their full potential.Jonathan Small, J. Scott Moody & Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | December 22, 2015
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Energy
Debunking big fracking myths
There remain fears about hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling (techniques used to reach shale oil and gas). However, the four primary myths used by fracking opponents to create paranoia and fear can be easily debunked.Lauren Aragon | October 16, 2014
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Energy
Free Market Friday: Fuel for employment
The exhaustive amounts of data analyzed in the book reveal that a state’s public policies on taxes, energy and worker freedom have a huge effect on its growth and the opportunity afforded its residents.Michael Carnuccio | September 19, 2014
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Budget & Tax, Energy
Myths and facts: Are Oklahoma energy producers paying their ‘fair share’ in state taxes? They’re paying an awful lot
Myth: Oklahoma businesses, both large and small, that drill wells for oil and natural gas within the state are not currently paying their “fair share” of state taxes to benefit Oklahoma citizens.Jonathan Small & Dave Bond | May 20, 2014
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Budget & Tax, Energy
Myths and facts: Is Oklahoma’s one-percent tax on horizontal drilling a subsidy that created a state government budget shortfall? The answer is no
Myth: Oklahoma’s current gross production tax rate of 1 percent on horizontal and deep oil and natural gas wells is a “subsidy” for the energy industry that has caused a budget shortfall for state government.Jonathan Small & Dave Bond | May 19, 2014