renewables
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Get ready for needlessly increased energy costs for local governments and the public in this era of the coronavirus.
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Environment/Energy
It’s Time for California to Follow Mexico and Pull the Plug on Renewables
by Ronald Stein June 3, 2020The only things ‘inevitable’ about the ‘transition’ to wind and solar are rocketing electricity prices and unstable power grids.
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Endless subsides for intermittent electricity are no longer in Mexico’s budget.
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Beyond the energy stability needed in hospital settings, the products produced from petroleum are what enables the heroic healthcare workforce needed today.
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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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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyFeatured
Germany’s Green Transition Has Hit a Brick Wall
by Oddvar Lundseng, Hans Johnsen, and Stein Bergsmark December 21, 2018Even worse, its growing problems with wind and solar spell trouble all over the globe.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyRegulation
Indiana Utility Seeks 12 Percent Rate Hike to Shut Down Coal Power
by James Taylor December 4, 2018Under a renewable energy proposal from Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), Indiana consumers would face a 12 percent electricity rate hike, which will cost the average household more than $100 per year in additional electricity costs.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyScience
Watching Weather Waves, but Missing Climate Tides
by Viv Forbes July 19, 2018Earth’s climate is never still – it is always changing, with long-term trends, medium-term reversals and minor oscillations.
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Ex-Grassley aide will now help Big Corn and Big Biodiesel retain their mandates and subsidies.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyGovernmentScience
Why Climate Alarmist Reports Should Be Ignored Where They Use Bad Methodology and Data
by Alan Carlin August 10, 2017Like other liberal news outlets, the New York Times has been busy printing unapproved internal Trump Administration material this year. On August 8, 2017 they printed a Draft Report as part of a new National Climate Assessment.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
The Hillary Treatment for Climate Fraudsters?
by Paul Driessen July 18, 2016This past March, seventeen attorneys general launched a coordinated effort to investigate, pursue and prosecute companies, think tanks and other organizations who say there is little credible evidence that human “greenhouse gas” emissions are causing “dangerous” or “catastrophic” manmade climate change.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Obama’s Green Energy Plans Kill Jobs, Hurt Consumers, and Cost Taxpayers
by Marita Noon June 24, 2016Proponents of green energy like to point out how the costs have come down—and they have. Though renewable energy, such as wind and solar, are not expected to equal fossil fuel costs anytime in the near future and recent growth has been propped up by mandates and tax incentives. But there are other, subtler aspects of the Obama Administration’s efforts that have had negative impacts that are not felt for years after the policies are implemented. By then, it will be too late to do much about them.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Millennials Are Well-Meaning but Misguided on Energy Policy
by Isaac Orr February 16, 2016A recent USA Today/Rock the Vote survey of millennials shows 80 percent of millennials support transitioning to “mostly clean” or renewable energy by 2030. Although their hearts may be in the right place, few millennials appear to realize how much energy their lifestyle actually consumes, where this energy comes from, and how much it would cost to transition to a nation that’s powered predominantly by renewables by 2030.