The rare‑earth crisis is becoming a structural element of the global environment, shaping the resilience of the American technological and defense system. In the logic of the Yankee angle, the…
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How China Dominates the World’s Critical Minerals Production
For the West, securing critical mineral supply without reliance on China requires more than just sourcing mines in friendly countries. It requires alternative processing capacity, substantial long-term supply agreements, and…
BlackRock CEO Abandons Climate Delusion for Investor Needs
After years of climate-driven experimentation – forced by deluded or dishonest politicians and business titans – the failures became too many and too consequential to be ignored. Little wonder that…
US Energy Realism Pays Off in Iran Crisis
What the current crisis proves is simple: Energy security resides in the ability to secure physical molecules – oil, gas, coal and uranium – when geopolitical storms hit. Europe, and…
Chinese Communist Party Using Nonprofit Networks to Attack American Energy, Report Suggests
A Chinese Communist Party connected organization gave millions of dollars to an environmental law non-profit that targets energy projects in Louisiana.
Al Jazeera: USA is Pressuring Vanuatu into Dropping ICJ Climate Claims
Al Jazeera claims to have seen a leaked memo detailing the USA’s “strong objections” to Vanuatu’s actions. But there is a lot more to this story.
Trump’s Withdrawal from Collapsing Climate Narrative
The curtain is falling on the world’s most expensive soap opera. For decades, a cast of unelected bureaucrats and subsidized academics fought to keep the production alive, but the audience…
Honeywell CEO Vimal Kapur: Powering Data Centers with Renewables is “Against Physics”
“Even after 3 or 5 years more innovation?” “It’s against physics”.
Eye-rolling climate science from China
From the “central committee told me to pay lip-service to China’s net-zero pathway” department …
Claim: Trump Providing Free Military Support to Greenland will Alleviate Climate Concerns
Activists seem keen for the USA to go back to subsidising Europe’s defence budget.
Dismantlement of South Africa’s Ferrochrome Industry
South African leaders must pivot to an energy agenda that accepts the present reality: Coal and natural gas are indispensable for industrial competitiveness – at least until affordable, reliable, on-demand…
Global Warming Sustained a Naval Power That Dwarfed Vikings
The story of the Chola Empire is a record of what human ingenuity can achieve when the climate cooperates. Their ships sailed on prosperity sustained by a warm, fertile planet.…
Asia Is Going Nuclear and the United States Should Help
Asia is the fastest growing region for nuclear energy production, and the most consequential for major-power competition.
Bill McKibben: “Trump … assault on environmental norms is more shrill than confident”
“… When historians look back at 2025, … the story they will tell is … the U.S. … surrendered … primacy to its … adversary …”
Climate Change Weekly # 565— Foreign Elites, China Fund American Climate Alarm
IN THIS ISSUE: Foreign Elites, China Fund American Climate Alarm Wyoming Wind Development Blocked New U.S National Security Strategy Touts Importance of Energy Dominance
Claim: The USA Securing Critical Mineral Supply Chains Threatens the Global Climate
Apparently the USA has to stay dependent on China for Rare Earths, otherwise the planet will suffer a climate catastrophe.
As China launches an AI Manhattan Project, US AI Support is buckling under High Energy Prices
“… While American AI researchers struggle with a fragile power grid, Chinese developers now treat energy availability as a solved problem. …”
American-Japanese Pact Signals Ascent of Energy Realism
The U.S. and Japan are shedding the paralysis of irrational climate policies with a strategic pact covering rare-earth minerals, critical components for semiconductors and next-generation nuclear reactors.
Reuters: “They [China] will lose” if the World Retreats from Renewable Energy
“… China is acting as a guarantor … They invested a lot on the green economy. If there’s any kind of involution, they will lose. …”
U.S. and China Are Headed for an AI Collision
Given the economic importance of AI to countries throughout the world, the competition between the United States and China is regrettable. But it’s probably also inevitable. China is not abiding…