Paris climate commitment ‘crippling’ to US growth: White House
US President Donald Trump, who declared an end to the “war on coal”, has said he will make a decision on the Paris agreement on limiting global warming after […]
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China Claims Methane Hydrates Breakthrough May Lead To Global Energy Revolution
An image from Chinese state television shows gas extracted from flammable ice burning in the South China Sea. China is talking up its achievement of mining flammable ice for […]
Wind turbines are neither clean nor green and they provide zero global energy–Matt Ridley
The Global Wind Energy Council recently released its latest report, excitedly boasting that ‘the proliferation of wind energy into the global power market continues at a furious pace, after […]
3 (4) Stories About The “Greens” STUPIDITY (Never ending source!)
Picture: Going Local: ‘Double-dealing, hypocrisy, stupidity and incompetence’ … it’s Argyll and Bute Claim: Unwanted children the “fundamental cause of climate change” Gloria Steinem. By Ms. Foundation for Women […]
Impending US Solar Energy Crash?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Financially troubled solar businesses seem to be hitting the headlines a lot these days. Solar Industry Slowdown Catches Up With SolarCity By Mrinalini Krishna […]
SolarCity’s solar installations crash nearly 40%
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, D-Colo., center, helps as SolarCity employees Jarret Esposito, left, and Jake Torwatzky, install a solar panel on a home in south Denver.AP/Ed Andrieski (Reuters) – […]
Did Australia Just Make Itself Un-investible?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Greens have scored a major coup in Australia, as their PR campaign has apparently just convinced all four of the big Australian banks to […]
Numbers don’t lie: Germany’s Energiewende has had zero impact on emissions – at best
Guest essay by Alberto Z. Comendador As the US weighs whether it should withdraw from the Paris agreement, a critical question is how effective have climate change policies been […]
The ignorance, intolerance, and violence of the “Climate Crusaders”
Using junk science marches, ignorant professors, resistance and violence to drive public policy Guest essay by Paul Driessen As Mark Twain might say, our students are being taught a […]
Look What’s Happening to Gas Supplies in Oil-Rich Socialist Venezuela
The oil-rich socialist hell-hole known as Venezuela is facing domestic oil shortages despite having more crude oil reserves than anywhere else on earth, as the Blaze reported. Deutsche Welle […]
Dean Swift’s foresight – Energy in the 21st century
Guest essay by William York None of these projects are yet brought to perfection The chaos surrounding the management of this nation’s electricity supply had been anticipated back in […]
John Robson: If the elites are wrong about global warming, the damage will be enormous
Mario Hoppmann/AFP/Getty Images If it turns out the science isn’t settled, and global warming is a bust, how much less will people trust ‘the experts’ and ‘the authorities’ on […]
BREAKING : America Inches Closer to Energy Independence as OPEC Falls Apart
As America inches closer to energy independence with help from President Trump’s green light for Dakota and Keystone pipelines, and recent oil discoveries in Alaska, OPEC is crumbling. The low […]
About those ‘devastating’ EPA budget reductions
Guest Blogger 2017 Budget and personnel cuts reflect environmental progress and essential regulatory reforms Guest opinion by Paul Driessen The Trump White House wants significant reductions at the Environmental […]
Green Craziness: Deepening Aussie Energy Crisis
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A combination of green inspired state moratoria on gas exploration, coupled with growing gas export capacity, and politically motivated closures of coal plants, has […]
Science deniers in the wind industry
The human health consequences of manipulated measurements Guest essay by Helen Schwiesow Parker, PhD, LCP Like the tobacco industry before it, the wind industry has spent decades vehemently denying […]
Trump’s Cavalry Opens Entire Gulf of Mexico to Oil & Gas Leasing!
Guest post by David Middleton The Promise Keeper continues to deliver… Secretary Zinke Announces Proposed 73-Million Acre Oil and Natural Gas Lease Sale for Gulf of Mexico OFFICE OF […]
Poland Officially Challenging EU’s Global Warming Scheme
Poland filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the European Union’s (EU) plans to price carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Poland’s environmental ministry argued the EU’s CO2 pricing scheme is not binding […]
End the phony Social Cost of Carbon
Photo by: Mark Schiefelbein FILE – In this Nov. 4, 2015 file photo, a worker monitors coal being carried along conveyor ramps at a coal mine near Ordos in […]
The second coming of American oil shale is preparing to challenge OPEC again
Pump jacks are seen next to a canal in an oil field over the Monterey Shale formation where gas and oil extraction using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is on […]
British Gov’t Enviros ‘Deeply Disappointed’ Power Bills Will Go Down
Concept clean energy with flag of Great Britain fading away from wind turbine. (Shutterstock/Sehenswerk) Environmentalists in the British government are worried the country’s power bills will soon be going down. […]
BREAKING : MORE WINNING! The United States is an OIL EXPORTER
Did you ever think you’d live to see the day that the United States would be known as an “oil exporter?” Probably not, but that’s precisely what’s happening. The […]
Trump Will Issue Executive Orders To Dismantle Obama’s ‘Climate Action Plan’
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 16: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference announcing Alexander Acosta as the new Labor Secretary nominee in the East Room at the […]
Oil – Will we run out?
By Andy May “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future” (old Danish proverb, sometimes attributed to Niels Bohr or Yogi Berra) In November, 2016 the USGS (United States […]
Heads are exploding – Senate confirms Pruitt to Lead EPA
Via The Hill (h/t to ossqss) and the “your free range chickens have come home to roost” department. The Senate voted Friday to confirm Scott Pruitt to lead the […]
U.N. Admits Global Warming Agenda Is Really About Destroying Capitalism
It wasn’t all about saving the world from environmental catastrophe. Like any other closed-door meetings, talks or conventions, there will always be an ulterior motive behind every movement and […]
CNBC Tears Down Elon Musk’s Snarky Response To A Coal CEO
From 2016 Before we get to the article at hand many might ask why we cover political and health issues when our main focus in the stock markets and […]
The “sustainability” ploy
Environmental radicals are circling the wagons to defend “global warming” as a rationale to grant them economic and political power, but they’re having a tough time. Their scientific case […]
The hidden agendas of sustainability illusions
Absurd, impractical sustainability precepts are actually a prescription for government control Guest essay by Paul Driessen As President Trump downgrades the relevance of Obama era climate change and anti-fossil […]
Green Group Urges Activists to Apply for Coal Jobs, to Infiltrate the Carmichael Coal Mine.
Coral not coal protest at India Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Visit to Australia. By Takver from Australia [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons Guest essay by Eric Worrall According […]
Green Energy Is Causing Power Shortages In Europe During An Awful Winter
Wind turbine seen through bushes in winter (Shutterstock/Nerijus Juras) Over-reliance on green energy and freezing winter weather triggered serious power shortages across Europe. European Union nations, including Greece and Hungary, […]
Hilarious: Renewables Won’t Work – Even If Climate Claims are True
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Imagine for a moment that all the wild claims of climate driven future weather disasters will occur as predicted. In this imaginary future climate […]
ERM Power criticised for choosing $123m fine over renewable energy certificates
Greens are outraged that ERM Power, an Australian electricity company, has chosen to pay a penalty for not buying green energy certificates, rather than “supporting” green energy companies. ERM […]
Study: Batteries For Wind And Solar Do ‘More Harm Than Good’ For Environment
Trying to store green energy in a battery does more harm to the environment than good, according to a new study by the University of Texas Energy Institute. Storing […]
This collective act of make-believe is devastating our environment and our budgets
Arlene Foster is at the centre of the RHI scandal Credit: Liam Burney/PA Wire Booker has a round up of our energy policy farce this week: The oddest thing […]
Trump Supporter Tells Trudeau ‘You’re Either A Liar Or Confused’
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media at the end of a two-day cabinet retreat in Calgary, Alberta, Canada January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Bolin – RTSX74S Canadian […]
False Precision – Hottest Year Ever?
NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA-GISS) and NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) issued dramatic press releases that 2016 was the hottest year since instrument measurements began. […]
Trump Greenlights Dakota and Keystone Pipelines
On Tuesday President Trump gave the green light for construction of two oil pipelines, the Keystone XL and the Dakota Access, according to White House officials. Obama stopped the […]
The Trump Climate Dump: Why It Doesn’t Matter if Even 100% of Scientists Agree on Global Warming
Given current technologies, it makes no sense to destroy $100 Trillion in wealth this century for an unmeasurable reduction in warming. Graph: No CO2 effect Everything humans do requires […]
China has giant unused wind farms — thousands of spinning white elephants
Wind farm in Xinjiang viewed from the Lanxin railway. | Image by “Train to Xinjiang Provnice” (sic) The command economy strikes again. China is touted as the renewables leader, […]
Economic Disaster Looms: The £300 Billion Cost of Britain’s Wind Power Debacle
May she see sense before it’s all too late? “…outsourced our carbon emissions to developing countries such as China. Described by the PM’s special adviser as ‘an act of […]
Justin Trudeau confronted by emotional Ontario woman upset over cost of hydro bill
Justin Trudeau was confronted by the tearful pleas of an Ontario woman upset about the cost of her hydro bill during a town hall forum in Peterborough, Ont., as […]
Green energy projects can expect cold shoulder during Trump presidency
WASHINGTON — When an obscure nonprofit group attacked one of California’s signature green-energy projects this summer — warning a congressional panel that the embrace of solar energy would lead […]
Good news for the New Year! Salon explains that the global climate emergency is over.
By Larry Kummer. From the Fabius Maximus website. Summary: A solid leftist writing at a well-known leftist publication has declared an end to the planetary climate emergency! Solar and […]
Is Climate Alarmism Governance at War with the USA?
Guest essay by Leo Goldstein My essay The Command & Control Center of Climate Alarmism discussed the centralized structure of climate alarmism, and introduced the term Climate Alarmism Governance […]
“Heating Empty Buildings”: Billion Pound British Biomass Subsidy Scandal
Inside a Wood Pellet Heater. By H. Raab (User:Vesta) (Own work) [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.0 at], via Wikimedia Commons Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Breitbart – […]
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #253
Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Updated US Climate Change Financing: […]
Aussie Chief Scientist: Renewable Energy Push Hurts the Poor
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel has strongly criticised the impact of renewable energy policies on the poor, working class people and migrants. Renewable energy […]
NY Attorney General: Save the Clean Power Plan, Or Else
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and a coalition of attorneys general, supported by former Vice President Al Gore, vowed on March 29, 2016, to hold fossil fuel companies […]
Californian Climate Madness: Committed to Moving Forward, Ignoring Warnings From Business
Costs are rising for Californian Renewable Energy Consumers Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Breitbart; California has committed to moving forward with its job destroying climate policies, regardless of […]
Another good target for EPA reform
Europe gives Trump Administration excellent tutorials on how not to regulate pesticides Guest essay by Paul Driessen With reform-minded folks in charge of the Executive and Legislative Branches, unelected, […]
The DOE vs. Ugly Reality
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Over at the Washington Post, Chris Mooney and the usual suspects are seriously alarmed by a memo sent out by the Transition Team at […]
Lawrence Solomon: Proof that a new ice age has already started is stronger than ever, and we couldn’t be less prepared
“The New Little Ice Age Has Started.” This is the unambiguous title of a new study from one of the world’s most prestigious scientific institutions, the Russian Academy of […]
Troubled Coal Policies
Guest essay by David Archibald The last remaining credible mainstream media organisation is the Wall Street Journal. But when an article in the WSJ begins by calling carbon dioxide […]
More Fracking Lies from the EPA, Part Deux
Guest post by David Middleton This is the promised sequel to More Fracking Lies from the EPA. The EPA’s new report on fracking can be downloaded here: Hydraulic Fracturing […]
California Climate Secession Threat
Protest against Proposition 23 (2010), calling on California to suspend emissions targets until unemployment dropped below 5.5%. The measure was defeated by a wide margin. Guest essay by Eric […]
Energy Dept. Defends Obama’s Climate Action Plan By Firing Honest Scientist
Department of Energy (DOE) officials withheld information from Congress to advance President Barack Obama’s Climate Action Plan and fired an employee who honestly and thoroughly answered legislative staff’s questions, […]
Snow falls in Sahara Desert – first time in 37 years
Photo by Karim Bouchetata of Meteo Algerie From Wire and Twitter reports: We know the northern hemisphere has been getting colder, for example we reported earlier this week that […]
Outgoing EPA Chief: Trump has “Limited Room to Manoeuvre”
Gina McCarthy by USEPA Environmental-Protection-Agency – Day in the Life – April 4, 2014, Public Domain, Link. Donald Trump by Michael Vadon [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons Guest […]