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Environment/EnergyFeatured
THORNER: RUSSIA TAKES THE LEAD AT IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS
by Nancy Thorner March 10, 2022President Joe Biden’s impending agreement to restore the Iran nuclear deal offers the regime access to $90 billion in foreign currency reserves and sanctions relief to some of the world’s worst terrorists.
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Climate ChangeConstitutionEnvironment/EnergyGovernmentPolitics
Two Nuclear Options
by Paul Driessen January 27, 2021One threatens our democracy, the other promises hope for economy, environment and country
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Environment/Energy
Russia Continues to Influence America’s Energy Sources
by Ronald Stein April 6, 2020America has known for years that Vladimir Putin of Russia has been influencing the source of America’s energy consumption through his efforts to halt fracking in America.
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Environment/Energy
Gen IV Nuclear Energy is Clean, Efficient and Plentiful – Why the Fear?
by Nancy Thorner October 8, 2019Mark Schneider is a nuclear futurist and the president of Gen IV Nuclear, Inc. He has a bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology and spent twenty years working with advanced,…
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedPodcastRegulationTaxes
In The Tank (ep191) – CHERNOBYL! Loan Shark Prevention, and GoT’s Libertarian Ending?
by Donald Kendal May 17, 2019Heartland’s Donald Kendal, and Justin Haskins are joined by Isaac Orr in episode #191 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s episode features work from Environmental Progress, The Heartland Institute, the Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation.
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Environment/Energy
Power Grid Serving 65 Million May be at Risk in East, Midwest
by Bud Weinstein March 22, 2019Electricity is the most important and convenient way to consume energy. Without it, we’d literally be living in the “Dark Ages.” However, we often forget that it takes energy to make energy.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Renewable Power Mandate Could Add $2,000 To Nevadans’ Annual Energy Bills
by James Taylor November 6, 2018Nevadans enjoy some of the lowest electricity prices in the nation. However, Question 6 on the Nevada ballot could put that in peril.
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Environment/Energy
100 Percent Renewables—Poor Policy for Ratepayers
by Steve Goreham October 29, 2018Two states and more than 80 cities and counties have now announced a goal of receiving 100 percent of their electricity from renewable sources.
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Environment/Energy
We Must Eliminate Renewable Energy Subsidies to Ensure Reliable, Affordable Electricity
by Isaac Orr December 1, 2017Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives recently took a step toward ensuring Americans have access to affordable electricity at the flip of a switch.
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Croplands, habitats, taxes, family budgets, safety sacrificed to enrich politically connected few?
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Pittsburgh’s Democratic Mayor Bill Peduto recently claimed that despite Trump leaving Paris, the city is still committed to renewable energy.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Advice to Bill McKibben: Nuke Up or Shut Up
by Isaac Orr February 16, 2017Energy and climate realists must hold alarmists like McKibben to their own standards. If the alarmists want to be taken seriously, they must nuke up or shut up.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Questioning “The Secret Dirty War to Stop Solar Power”
by James H. Rust June 27, 2016There are many disadvantages to solar energy because it is unavailable most of the day—availability is expressed as capacity factor defined as the fraction of total annual solar energy produced compared to a facility operating 24-hours daily, 365 days per year. Capacity factors of solar plants in Southwest desert areas are 0.19 compared to capacity factors of 0.9 or greater for nuclear and fossil-fueled electricity plants.