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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
"New Nuclear's Potential" with George P. Shultz and James O. Ellis, Jr.
Former Secretary of State George Shultz and retired Navy Admiral James Ellis in a conversation about small modular nuclear reactors: why people are interested again today and how they might measure up to the rest of the American energy landscape in terms of security, economics, and the environment.
Area 45: James Sweeney On California’s Electricity Woes
Why can’t the world’s fifth-largest economy keep its lights on?
Woolsey Wants to `Destroy' Oil's Monopoly as Motor Fuel
Former Central Intelligence Agency Director James Woolsey talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about his view that U.S. reliance on foreign oil is a national security issue...
Area 45: California: Back In Blackouts Again?
James Sweeney explains the differences between crises present and past, and suggests ways California can better balance population and environmental concerns.
Saved by the Drill
“Drill, baby, drill” was derided as a political punch line—until it worked.
Bay Area and state warm up to solar energy, survey says
Spreading one rooftop at a time, solar panels in California are finally generating serious power...
Putting an end to oil dependency
Big Government As The New Terminator
Social observers from Aristotle and Juvenal to James Madison and George Orwell have all warned of the dangers of out-of-control government. Lately, we have seen plenty of proof that they were frighteningly correct.
How the West Was Wired
California’s electrical power capacity is bottled up by an inefficient regional network. Here’s a bright idea: fix that grid.
Iran’s Oil Muscle Weakened By US Energy Dominance
America has emerged as a force in the world energy markets and that means geopolitical risks are not what they used to be for commodities despite tensions with Iran bubbling up again.
Redefining Energy Security: Blueprint For America
The United States is close to achieving energy independence for the first time in decades, but it should go further to achieve energy security.
As oil spill damages Gulf, will U.S. change energy use?
The Gulf oil spill has triggered a crisis of confidence, shaking Americans' views about BP, the oil industry, technology and President Barack Obama and slowing a planned expansion of domestic offshore oil drilling...
Oil Economics
I had been meaning to write a post about oil prices and the economy. Now this article in the New Yorker by James Surowiecki has beat me to it--and done it well. It's not that long and so I recommend reading it. I'll hit one highlight and then add a couple of my own thoughts.
Obama Orders Fuel Efficiency
On Monday morning, President Barack Obama signed executive orders that could speed the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles by improving fuel economy and setting stricter emissions standards...
Task Force on Energy Policy Members Shultz and Sweeney Make Recommendations for Reducing California’s Dependency on Oil
George Shultz, the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution and member of the Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy, and James Sweeney, member of the Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy, are also members of the California Secure Transportation Energy Partnership (CalSTEP), formed in 2005 to resolve transportation energy issues for California. CalSTEP members recently released a report with several recommendations for reducing California’s dependency on oil. Click here to view the full report.
GoodFellows: One Nation Under A Groove
In the final episode of the series for 2020, Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster, and John Cochrane reflect on lessons learned from the pandemic, Donald Trump’s future, the ruinous state of the Golden State, how society will differ in 2021, plus what gets them through their daily routines—a mixtape of UK punk, Philly-brand funk, and the soothing sounds of “Sweet Baby James” Taylor.
Hoover Institution Energy Efficiency Reports Big Benefits From Americans’ Wiser Use Of Energy
The Hoover Institution Press, in conjunction with the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, released Energy Efficiency: Building a Clean, Secure Economy, by James Sweeney, which shows how the United States has quietly but steadily learned to use energy far more efficiently virtually everywhere.
Hoover Institution Releases Essay Series On Reinventing Nuclear Power
The Hoover Institution today released an essay series by the Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy that lays out a thought-provoking approach to reinventing nuclear power.
How Green Is My Folly
European lawmakers want to protect their favorite regulations—effective or not, now and forever. By James Huffman.
Keeping The Lights On At America’S Nuclear Power Plants: The Cornerstone Of America’s Central Position In The Global Nuclear Enterprise
As President Trump recently announced efforts to revive nuclear energy, the Hoover Institution Press released Keeping the Lights on at America’s Nuclear Power Plants, which examines nuclear power plant closures in America during a period of economic instability and fundamental policy challenges.