…if these deals are structured as settlements of claims, they are likely to be much more insulated from judicial interference than mere administrative orders…
Category: Climate Politics
Keystone XL Rebranded as “Keystone Light” in Trump’s Push for North American Energy Security
This project is a leaner, faster, and more litigation-resistant project that reuses idle pipe, threads existing corridors, avoids reservation land, and is racing the clock to lock in steel-in-the-ground before…
Net Zero Parties Annihilated By Trump Aligned Candidates in British and Australian Elections
Turns out the public has higher priorities than ensuring their great grandkids enjoy 0.01ºC lower temperatures in 100 years.
Why electricity costs more than we think…and why, in Germany, solar is about 10x more expensive than coal
What does it actually cost to keep the lights on, reliably, 24/7/365 year after year?
Positive national energy momentum at risk of being swamped by…everything else
Even Ontario’s premier Doug Ford has chastised the federal government to show some respect to Alberta and Saskatchewan, singling them out, an act that has happened exactly never times before.
‘Republican’ Green energy fantasies and casualties
Republicans who court an “all-of-the-above” energy strategy must drop their green virtue-signaling and get on board with the Trump administration and Secretary Wright’s train to prosperity and security. Unleash American…
California’s Climate Overreach
“The Affordable Insurance and Recovery Act (SB 982) would impose liability on fossil fuel companies for ‘climate-attributable damages,’ expected to be assessed in billions of dollars. It would empower California’s attorney…
Hatching a fossil fuel phase out treaty
For now it is more of a show than a threat so it is worth watching with some humor. Planning to achieve the impossible has to be funny.
The Politics of Tumble Dryers
Ed Miliband has decreed that tumble dryers are so dreadful that traditional ones are to be banned, to be replaced with ‘green’ ones which are more expensive and take longer…
Another PTC/ITC Extension for Wind/Solar? Just Say NO
“The continued reliance on ‘clean’ energy tax credits is a political crutch…. Those who have introduced this legislation … should be working to phase out these subsidies more quickly, not…
Democrats Make It Clear That If They Retake Power, U.S. Energy Security Will Once Again Be at Risk
comments from leading Democrats make clear just how quickly the work to protect cost-effective energy can be undone by a simple change of congressional leadership or presidential administrations.
Co-op City: What It Looks Like When Energy Reality Catches Up To You
We are facing the consequences of having ignorant environmental activists and politicians trying to re-design our energy system. Fortunately, Co-op City comes complete with a large bloc of voters who,…
Claim: Only Conservatives who Don’t Like Liberals Oppose Climate Action
“… reducing hostility toward the other side (particularly among conservatives) may facilitate cross-ideological climate coalitions. …”
Federal Power Meets California Resistance in Santa Ynez Oil Restart Battle
President Trump issued a Defense Product Act-based executive order to get oil flowing again off the California coast. State judge basically ruled a previous California court injunction against offshore oil…
Update On New York Climate Act Negotiations: Details Starting To Emerge
We need to force the activists to admit that their proposals don’t work, and the only way to do it is to run right up to the Green Energy Wall.
Activist Yorkshire Councillor Demands the British Government make Fossil Fuel Extraction More Difficult
North Yorkshire councillor and anti-fracking activist Steve Mason has demanded a little known loophole in Britain’s fracking ban be closed.
Giant Yorkshire Gas Field ‘To Mine Bitcoin Instead of Boosting British Energy’
A huge Yorkshire gas field is set to be used for Bitcoin mining instead of helping boost Britain’s energy supply. The Telegraph has more.
Monbiot: Green Energy Advocates are Now Pragmatic Patriots Because of Iran and Trump
“Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution?”
What about Earth’s Threatened and Endangered PEOPLE?
These global zealots want power over poor countries – not power for the countries’ destitute and desperate people. Their morally depraved policies and practices bring death to millions every year.…