Merrill Matthews

Merrill Matthews is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation in Dallas, Texas.

Natural gas drops greenhouse emissions

April 30, 2020 Merrill Matthews

Increased natural gas consumption helped bring down U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, according to a recent report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Chances are you haven’t heard. That’s because the mainstream media and environmentalists insist on condemning the Trump administration for championing fossil fuels, even though the United States is doing a better…

New Green Deal Democrats are looking for a piggy bank

July 25, 2019 Merrill Matthews

Washington governor and Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee plans to make climate change the primary focus of his campaign. When asked if transitioning to all renewable energy would require raising taxes, Inslee replied “not necessarily.” He claims one source of funding is to “remove the giant subsidies from the oil and gas companies.” The oil…

Time to roll back the CAFE standards

June 6, 2019 Merrill Matthews

The Trump administration is trying to strike a blow for rational and honest government, so you know it’s getting a lot of pushback. President Trump wants to roll back unattainable Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards imposed by President Obama, and it wants those revised fuel efficiency ratings to apply nationwide, including California. But the…