McKenzie Holmes is the Operations & Editorial Manager at the Independent Women's Forum. She covers a range of topics including energy policy and regulation, renewable energy, and economic policy, with a focus on the intersections of finance, business, and health. McKenzie’s insights and expertise have been featured in various publications, including the Independent Women's Forum.
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By: Carrie Sheffield
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently laid out a sweeping vision for regulating children’s access to social media. Drawing on a report from a special EU panel on child safety online, she called for a “phased and gradual access” model: no screens at all for children under three, time-limited and supervised access for kids under 13, and gradual, “age-appropriate” access for teenagers.
This post is part of Back-to-School Week at the Center for Economic Opportunity. Each day, we feature commentary and analysis on affordability and other issues for families preparing for the new school year.
By: Patrice Onwuka
This post is part of Back-to-School Week at the Center for Economic Opportunity. Each day, we feature commentary and analysis on affordability and other issues for families preparing for the new school year.
By: Sarah Montalbano
The media is rife with claims that wind and solar are cheaper than natural gas, coal, and nuclear generation. Supporting numbers almost always trace back to Lazard, a Wall Street financial advisory firm, and its levelized cost of energy report, which has been published almost every year since 2007.
By: Mckenzie Holmes
Back-to-school season brings the usual mix of excitement—and, of course, shopping lists: new notebooks, new backpacks, new clothes, etc., and, often, pressure to buy the latest laptop, tablet, or “smart” learning device
Back-to-school season is seeing record-high spending despite high gas prices and economic concerns.
By: Sarah Montalbano
The U.S. Department of Energy announced this week that five states—Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Idaho—are being considered as hosts for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses, sites meant to “modernize the nation’s full nuclear fuel cycle.” Federal sites to manage spent nuclear fuel—or nuclear fuel removed from a reactor—could finally break a four-decade-old problem and encourage this source of reliable, emissions-free baseload generation.
By: Sarah Montalbano
This month, New York gained the unenviable distinction of being the first state to put a moratorium on new data center construction. It’s a predictable impulse as voters search for something to blame for rising electricity costs—but Ms. Hochul would be wiser to look closer to home.
By: Mckenzie Holmes
Too many schools have grown less safe because adults surrendered authority, and no gun bill can restore the order they abandoned.
Last week, newly released national employment data showed that the U.S. lost 23,000 jobs in July. However, despite the slowdown […]
