solar power
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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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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyFeatured
Destroying the Environment to Save It
by Paul Driessen June 1, 2020Pseudo-green energy will wreak devastation on the environment while pretending to prevent exaggerated climate harm.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Are Rolling Blackouts in New England’s Future? Yes, if They Rely on Solar and Wind
by Joe Bast March 3, 2018“Looking ahead seven years, ‘the study found that rolling blackouts would be needed in 19 out of the 23 scenarios’.”
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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
Any Way You Slice It, Wind and Solar Cost More and Deliver Less than Traditional Electric Power Sources
by H. Sterling Burnett December 3, 2017Renewables receive much more support than fossil fuel-sourced electricity. Indeed, fossil fuels receive no direct subsidies or government support for the electric power they provide.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedScience
Heartland Takes on Nat Geo’s Coal Science Fiction Show
by H. Sterling Burnett October 15, 2017A few months before the Trump administration announced an end to the federal government’s war on electricity generated by coal when it rescinded the Clean Power Plan, the National Geographic (Nat Geo) channel, supposedly a bastion of science journalism excellence, ran a biased, anti-coal propaganda piece, From the Ashes, falsely claiming coal is causing everything from health problems to climate change. A short “viewer’s guide” by James Rust and Edward Hudgins, released by The Heartland Institute, effectively falsifies many of the claims made in Nat Geo’s docuganda.
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Croplands, habitats, taxes, family budgets, safety sacrificed to enrich politically connected few?
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Environment/Energy
Nevada’s New Net-Metering Policy Just Another Handout for Solar Power
by Isaac Orr July 12, 2017Electricity prices for people without solar panels are likely to increase in Nevada following Gov. Brian Sandoval’s decision to sign a bill that guarantees owners of rooftop solar systems will receive 95 percent of the retail rate for the electricity they sell back to the grid.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Renewable Jobs Claims Based on Deception, False Comparisons
by James Taylor May 27, 2017Public policy officials, do not be duped. The next time somebody claims wind and solar power create more jobs than natural gas and other conventional energy sources, ask them for specific definitions and parameters of the job numbers cited.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
Europe Chooses Energy Reality Over Climate Hype
by H. Sterling Burnett February 26, 2017In the choice between reliable energy, economic progress and shivering in the dark or sweltering in the heat weather out of fear of climate changes 100 years from now, Europe is increasingly choosing to keep keep the lights on with coal.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyMedia
Wind and Solar Energy Require Always-ready Fossil Fuel Backup
by Roger H. Bezdek January 30, 2017Renewable and dispersed generation such as wind and solar are intermittent and cannot be depended on as reliable sources of supply.
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For decades now, global warming scaremongers have been stealing energy from the environment using windmills, solar collectors and biofuels, force-fed by carbon taxes and emission trading schemes.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/Energy
Trump wins, Wind and Solar Stocks Enter Freefall
by H. Sterling Burnett November 21, 2016Stocks of wind and solar companies plunged in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory in the November election, demonstrating how dependent wind and solar power companies are on continued government largesse.
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EconomicsEnvironment/Energy
Clean Energy Standard: Environmentally Worthless, Economically Punitive
by Timothy Benson November 3, 2016For New Yorkers, renewable-energy mandates such as CES force expensive, heavily subsidized electricity on ratepayers and taxpayers while providing few, if any, net environmental benefits.