Sam Thernstrom

Stephan Thernstrom, Leading Critic of Affirmative Action, Dies at 90 A prizewinning historian, he, along and his wife, Abigail, was a conservative opponent of racial preferences, favoring school choice and voucher programs instead.

I first met Steve and Abby (Thernstrom) in 1985. He was a reserved Swede from Battle Creek, Mich.; she was a spicy Jewish New Yorker. What a marvelous couple. They were smart and brave -- and so kind to me. What a privilege to know them. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...

A New, Better, and Legal Path for Power Plant Emissions Reductions Electricity is increasingly central to Americans, powering not only our homes and businesses but also our cars, our digital life, and countless other essential aspects of modern life. The grid that de

“Enacting a CES with a structure that allows states to choose between the new regulatory regime or the old one would be a way of preserving the traditional federalist structure of our national energy policy, while also fast-tracking the energy transition.”

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If EPA’s latest power plant rules seem familiar, don’t get fooled again! The power plant rule that EPA announced on April 25 closely resembles Obama’s Clean Power Plan in key respects — and it will almost certainly suffer the same fate.

Climate policy is hard and complex; to address it, we need well-designed policies enacted on a bipartisan basis, not continued efforts to apply outdated laws to novel problems.

More of my thoughts on the decarbonization pathway for the power sector:

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EIRP Working Paper – Clean Energy Standards - Energy Innovation Reform Project Innovation and deployment incentives are essential for cost-effective decarbonization of the electric power sector—but are they sufficient? Will the combination of clean energy tax credits and EPA reg...

Now that EPA’s 111 rule is final, can we consider what’s next?The rule won’t survive; it’s a “major question” & CCS isn’t adequately demonstrated. Only legislation can decarbonize the power sector.

I make the case for restarting the clean energy standards conversation: shorturl.at/eltuO