Newly-confirmed Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy is already moving to overturn the Biden-Harris administration’s stringent fuel economy standards for vehicles.
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Why Trump Needed to Declare a National Energy Emergency
For the last four years under Biden, the federal government’s foot has been on the brake pad of energy generation. Trump must move it to the accelerator—because cheap and abundant…
Trump Dumps the Paris Agreement: Is it a Big Deal?
President Trump’s executive order for the US to exit the Paris agreement is a huge deal, not least in saving the nation hundreds of millions of dollars which would have…
Trump Truth Bombs ‘Green’ Energy (Five EOs)
Trump’s executive order bomb, followed by Congressional action to limit funds from the IRA and IIJA, promise to gut, or profoundly reshape, the U.S. green energy movement. January 2025 may…
Mine, Baby, Mine!
President Trump is determined to make America not just energy self-sufficient, but energy dominant. The USA already produces more oil and gas than any other nation, and he intends to…
Great News from ‘Bloomberg Green’!
“I terminated the ridiculous and incredibly wasteful Green New Deal — I call it the “Green New Scam”; withdrew from the one-sided Paris climate accord; and ended the insane and…
Free Our Energy Sector From Crippling Regulations and Inflationary Spending on So-Called “Green Energy”
At long last, the new administration can combat the Biden-Harris progressive climate agenda that did nothing but waste American energy potential and burden hardworking Americans, all in the name of…
Confusion grows over offshore wind controls
Bringing offshore wind under control will be a complex process under administrative law, which few people know much about. As a result there is likely to be a lot of…
Climate Change Weekly # 532 — Energy, Climate Top Agenda Items for Trump’s Busy First Days: Pt. 1
With the swearing in of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States, the nation’s environment, energy, and climate policies took a dramatic shift. Trump promised to end…
Live at 1 p.m. Eastern: Making Climate Policy Sane Again – The Climate Realism Show #142
The Heartland Institute’s Anthony Watts, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely are joined by special guest Myron Ebell, who was on President Trump’s EPA Transition Team for his first…
The Endangerment Finding: It Looks Like Trump 2.0 Will Be Much More Fun Than Trump 1.0
I don’t mean to be overly optimistic, but I’ll make this prediction: If the EF is rescinded with a well-reasoned regulatory action, the courts will have little to no ability…
U.S. Climate Policy: Turnaround Time for Trump
Many full-time climate activists need to get real jobs in the private sector producing goods and services that people want rather than engaging in wealth redistribution and net resource loss. A sea…
Election Realities, Progress Ahead
The politics of condescension…. The politics of name-calling…. The politics of gaslighting…. The politics of highhandedness.… The politics of Pollyanna…. The politics of selective fidelity to traditional norms.… The politics of identity over class.
Trump Signs Executive Order Pulling U.S. From Paris Climate Accord
(a) The United States Ambassador to the United Nations shall immediately submit formal written notification of the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention…
Trump Targets the 2009 Endangerment Finding: A Bold Move Toward Restoring Regulatory Sanity
If the endangerment finding is ultimately overturned, it could mark the beginning of a new chapter in American energy policy—one grounded in realism, economic prosperity, and scientific integrity. Industries battered…
Trump’s “Drill, Baby, Drill” Energy Policy Will Enjoy the Enthusiastic Support of the Global South
There’s seven billion people in the world that don’t live lives anything like we do…They want what we have. And of course, they should get what we have. And through…
Will 47 revive the U.S. mining industry?
“While the Biden Administration’s mineral policy ‘heavily features international cooperation’,” Wischer says Trump will likely “significantly prioritize” building more mines, processing facilities, and refineries in the U.S.
A Unified Team for HHS Reform
This collective effort marks more than a policy shift—it is a cultural transformation. By prioritizing transparency, accountability, and public health, the incoming administration aims to restore trust in HHS and…
Biden Uses Last-Minute AI Executive Order To Force More Green Energy Onto The Grid
The executive order is another eleventh-hour move in what appears to be an effort to stymy President-elect Donald Trump’s energy agenda, which is expected to include a vast expansion of…
The Tide of Accountability is Finally Rolling In
Science is not under attack; it’s being rescued—from itself.