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…
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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I don’t mean to be overly optimistic, but I’ll make this prediction: If the EF is rescinded with a well-reasoned regulatory action, the courts will have little to no ability…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…
Trump Reportedly Mulling Exec Order To Shield Americans’ Gas Stoves From Bureaucrats
“It speaks volumes when an order from the White House is needed to stop our own government from banning natural gas furnaces and water heaters,” Karen Harbert, president of the…
The Climate Agenda’s March Through the Institutions: Can It Be Stopped?
The corruption of global institutions has, in turn, led to significant opposition that is becoming apparent. There is the prospect of an incoming Trump administration that is avowedly sceptical of…
Clean Energy Benchmark Is Natural Gas: Today and for the Future
Much has been said in recent months about America’s energy production and consumption. Specifically, which types of energy are optimal for today and — perhaps more importantly — for our needs…
More Reasons for Cautious Optimism About the Demise of The Green Energy Fantasy
And as I look around at developments since the election, I see a number of other reasons to reinforce my cautious optimism. Maybe it’s that the political environment has changed,…
Leveraging the Defense Production Act to Stockpile Minerals
The Trump Administration could use any of the Defense Production Act’s $1 billion in unobligated funds for stockpiling minerals. Depending on the final defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2025, the incoming…
International and state interference in US energy policy must end
Climate fearmongers think voters and consumers are powerless to stop this, since the process is playing out in state courts, where climate realist views and votes don’t count.
China Begins Ban of Rare Earth Minerals to the US
The escalating tit-for-tat economic measures by Washington and Beijing come weeks before the swearing in of President-elect Donald Trump for his second term. During his first term, Trump launched a…
Automakers may rue choosing bureaucrats over customers
It remains to be seen just how the incoming Trump Administration will impact the BEV marketplace. Trump keeps saying that BEVs have a role while disparaging automakers now venturing into hydrogen-based fueling…
National Journal on Possible Trump Submission of Paris Climate Treaty to Senate
“Any claim that Paris compels U.S. action or inaction would now confront doubt that a U.S. commitment to Paris was anything but a political commitment,”
The Ruby Mountains Gambit: Sabotaging America’s Energy Future for Political Games
In the waning days of Biden’s presidency—or more accurately, in the waning days of an administration largely piloted by climate-obsessed staffers—the White House has ensured that its progressive priorities will…