German parliament approves climate protection plan

From DW Germany’s parliament voted on Friday to formally accept most of a climate protection packet. The legislation aims to cut Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions to 55% of the 1990…

Germany’s Giant Windmills Are Wildly Unpopular

From Bloomberg Local politics are a bigger problem for renewable energy growth than competition from fossil fuels. By Leonid Bershidsky October 31, 2019, 12:00 AM EDT Despite their surging popularity…

Collapse of Wind Power Threatens Germany’s Green Energy Transition

From Die Welt Via The GWPF Hardly any new wind turbines were built in Germany in the first half of the year. Turbine makers call it a “punch in the…

Can wind and solar replace fossil fuels?

By Richard D. Patton Statements implying that wind and solar can provide 50% of the power to the grid are not difficult to find on the internet. For example, Andrew…

Germany’s green transition has hit a brick wall

Even worse, its growing problems with wind and solar spell trouble all over the globe Oddvar Lundseng, Hans Johnsen and Stein Bergsmark More people are finally beginning to realize that…

Environmental Groups Claim Coal Killed 7,600 People in Europe in 2016… Can’t Name Any of the Victims.

Guest commentary by David Middleton Groups target Europe’s coal companies over harmful emissions   By FRANK JORDANS | November 20, 2018 BERLIN (AP) — Environmental groups claimed Tuesday that 10…

Reasons For Optimism About Climate Hysteria

From Manhattan Contrarian September 22, 2017/ Francis Menton Large numbers of my friends and acquaintances are climate skeptics, and many of them spend a good deal of their time feeling…

Germany Probably Won’t Meet Its Global Warming Goal, Despite Shelling Out $800 Billion For Green Energy

Energy From The Daily Caller Michael Bastasch  2:50 PM 09/22/2017 A recent report claims Germany is not on track to meet its goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions 40 percent…

The Kaiser Has No Clothes

Examining the Energiewende The Kaiser Has No Clothes From The American Interest After President Donald Trump announced his decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord on June 1st,…