H. Sterling Burnett
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Climate Change
Trump’s Climate Modeling Reform Scorches His Critics
by H. Sterling Burnett July 3, 2019In an effort to improve the science used by regulatory agencies, the Trump administration has made, and is still making, adjustments in the way the EPA works.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyGovernment
Oregon Senate Republicans Fought The Law—And The Public, Not The Law, Won
by H. Sterling Burnett June 28, 2019In a small victory (for sanity) in the ongoing climate wars, Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney (D-Salem) admitted defeat in his and Gov. Kate Brown’s attempt to force unwilling Republicans to vote on a controversial cap-and-trade bill.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
Around the World Backlash Increases Against Climate Change Policies
by H. Sterling Burnett June 13, 2019From Alberta to Australia, from Finland to France, and beyond, voters are increasingly showing their displeasure with expensive energy policies imposed by politicians in an inane effort to purportedly fight human-caused climate change.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
The Russian Collusion Hypocrisy of Northeast Democrats
by H. Sterling Burnett May 8, 2019The Mueller report is in, and one thing couldn’t be clearer: Mueller’s team, despite its best (or worst) efforts, found no evidence Donald Trump or anyone on his campaign team colluded with Russia to undermine the 2016 U.S. election.
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Environment/Energy
Indiana’s Republicans Put Ratepayers’ Needs Above Utility’s Greed
by H. Sterling Burnett May 8, 2019Republicans in the Indiana House are attempting to block Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s (NIPSCO) plan to prematurely shutter two large coal power plants and replace them largely with renewable energy sources.
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Environment/Energy
Russia Is Polluting Energy and Climate Politics in Western Democracies
by H. Sterling Burnett April 15, 2019Russia is once again actively trying to influence the policies of foreign governments, though this time, the target is Europe, not the United States.
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Environment/Energy
Coloradans’ Votes Don’t Matter to State’s Democratic Leaders
by H. Sterling Burnett April 10, 2019Empowered by their recent sweep of the state Legislature and governor’s mansion, Colorado Democrats are showing their true stripes.
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Uncategorized
Finally, There Will Be an Objective Federal Climate Commission
by H. Sterling Burnett April 10, 2019A PCCS is long overdue, and award-winning physicist William Happer, Ph.D., the administration’s senior director of the National Security Council office for emerging technologies, is the perfect person to run it.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
The Green New Deal’s Electric Power Transformation is An Impossible Nightmare
by H. Sterling Burnett March 7, 2019In the end, even if GND were logistically possible, is it highly undesirable.
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Environment/Energy
Electric Buses Don’t Save Money or the Environment
by H. Sterling Burnett March 6, 2019From Chicago to San Francisco, several cities across the nation have started to replace some or all their diesel bus fleets with rechargeable battery-powered buses.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
Climate Policy Objections Heat Up Down Under
by H. Sterling Burnett February 22, 2019The Saltbush Club, an Australian group whose members include scientists, scholars, environmentalists, farmers, and business people, among others from a variety of disciplines and walks of life, was formed out of concern the Australian government’s energy policies and its participation in the Paris climate agreement were harming people and the economy, and is calling on Australia’s prime-minister to follow U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead and withdraw Australia from the Paris agreement.
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Budgets/TaxesEnvironment/Energy
Don’t Buy The Carbon Dioxide Tax Myth – It Just Means More Government Control
by H. Sterling Burnett February 14, 2019The carbon dioxide tax is like the Hydra of myth.
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Climate ChangeEconomicsEnvironment/Energy
In China, Coal, Not Solar or Wind, is the New (Old) Power Source of Choice
by H. Sterling Burnett January 28, 2019China has backtracked on policies implemented to increase solar power, announcing it would not approve any wind and solar power projects unless they can compete with coal power plants strictly on the basis of price.