Democrat policies and new regulations hiked California’s gas prices on Tuesday, and a slew of green energy initiatives has led to refinery closures and lofty gas prices in the Golden…
Category: Climate Economics
Solar Farms Paid To Switch Off
Zonal pricing will no doubt be a good way for Octopus to charge higher prices. But the real solution is not to rearrange the deckchairs. It is to stop building…
Dr. Matthew Wielicki Torches the $7 Trillion Fossil Fuel Subsidy Myth
Let this article be Exhibit A in the case against climate policy by fiat. And remember: when someone tells you fossil fuels are living off your tax dollars, ask them…
Solar Tax Credits: 1978–2025 (never enough)
The first solar energy incentives were created in 1978 by Jimmy Carter’s Administration. They’ve even enjoyed bipartisan support and been renewed by Republican administrations! Here’s a high-level history of solar…
‘Outright Massacre’: Senate GOP Takes Sledgehammer To Biden’s Green Energy Subsidies
The Senate dealt a series of blows to solar and wind energy in the latest version of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill — taking a page out of House Republicans’…
Wind Power’s Subsidy Sham: Grumet’s Plea Ignores 40 Years of Unreliability
“It is ironic that Jason Grumet of the American Clean Power Association argues for continued taxpayer subsidies for wind power…. In 1986, a predecessor organization to ACPA, the American Wind…
BBC Celebrates Sales of Heat Pumps Rising From Near Zero to Near Zero!
It would take 650 years to get every home in the country fitted with a heat pump at that rate!
Australia’s Net Zero Grid to Face Strict Government Price Controls
I wonder what happens next, when a government imposes more price fixing in the middle of a supply and affordability crisis?
How Much Does The UK Govt Spend On Net Zero
We looked at the new Spending Review, which has allocated £45.1 billion to Mad Miliband’s DESNZ to spend in the next four years. I thought I would also try to…
DESNZ Spending Budget To Rise To £12.6 Billion A Year
The already bloated DESNZ has just been handed an astonishing real terms increase of 15.6% in its budget for the next five years in Rachel Reeves’ latest Spending Review:
CNN’s Climate Photo Op Exposed: Environmental Damage Isn’t All Climate Change’s Fault
In short, CNN’s article and the exhibit it promotes are nothing more than an elaborate photo-op dressed up as climate advocacy. The images shown may evoke sympathy, but they do…
Sunnova Declares Bankruptcy
Sunnova was all hat, no cattle. All sizzle, no steak. Long on DEI, short on profits. Long on government, short on consumer value.
Gas Only Explains A Small Part Of Electricity Price Rise
To summarise, the retail value of electricity has increased from £56 billion to £83 billion. Of this £27 billion increase, only £4 billion is due to gas.
Trump’s Tariffs Might Be the Green Policy Nobody Saw Coming
For all the buzz about “going green,” much of the technology touted by the Green Left to move our nation to “Net Zero” — specifically solar panels and EV batteries…
Financials Shift from ‘Green’ Agenda to Greenbacks
In a slow but steady retreat, the world’s most powerful financial institutions are abandoning their once-lauded climate pledges in the beginning of a long-overdue correction.
Billions In Green Projects Up in Smoke as Trump, GOP Slice Up Dems’ Climate Largesse
More than $14 billion in green energy projects have been delayed or canceled so far in 2025 as the Trump administration and its allies move to roll back former President…
EU’s ETS-2 Climate Tax: A Costly Green Nightmare Hits in 2027
Going green in Europe means going expensive – and unfree. The EU’s new climate tax, ETS-2, set to begin in 2027, will expand the existing ETS-1 system, which requires heavy…
The “Big Beautiful Bill” — Climate And Energy Provisions
Somewhat to my surprise, the BBB as passed by the House appears to repeal and rescind essentially all of the green energy handouts from the IRA. The IRA had added…
Argentina’s Bold Climate Rebellion: Milei Ditches Alarmism for Prosperity
“The grand opportunity is not only to leave climate alarmism and forced energy transformation in the dust. It is also to elevate the private and public wealth of Argentina with…
Dutch Wind Woes: Offshore Auction Scrapped as Bidders Bail Without Subsidies
The government said it was still looking into ways to reintroduce subsidies in its tenders for offshore wind farms, as prospective bidders are backing out of the current “zero subsidy”…
Claim: “Throw Away” Conventional Economics to Become a Renewable Superpower
“… productivity … has deluded far too many of the economics profession’s conventional thinkers.”
Sunnova Hype pre-Bankruptcy
Unprofitable companies try to chalk up moral victories, while hiding the bottom lines and the analysis behind them. Enron was great at that–so was Berger’s Sunnova.
Dale Vince Says Ecotricity Has Received ‘Net Zero’ in State Subsidies, but His Definition of ‘Subsidies’ is a Little Narrow
He claimed I had been confused by the money paid by the government to reduce gas bills in the wake of the Ukraine invasion. This money was paid to energy…
Los Angeles Slaps Climate Alarmists with Budget Reality — Cue the Outrage Meltdown
Los Angeles—yes, that Los Angeles—just committed what the climate faithful might call a mortal sin: budget cuts to the climate bureaucracy. The horror!
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