Tag: renewable energy

  • International Energy Agency Wrong to Forecast Coal’s Demise

    International Energy Agency Wrong to Forecast Coal’s Demise

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    by Tom Harris, ©2026 (May 14, 2026) — Environmentalists would have us believe that coal is a dying energy source. But, thankfully for American coal states such as West Virginia and Canadian provinces Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia, all of which use millions of tonnes of coal every year to generate electricity, that is not even…

  • Will Spanberger and Dems Ever Demonstrate Moderation or Rational Thinking?

    Will Spanberger and Dems Ever Demonstrate Moderation or Rational Thinking?

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    by Paul Driessen, ©2026 (Jan. 24, 2026) — After four years of Republican Executive Branch rule, Democrats again control Virginia’s Executive Branch and its Senate and House of Delegates. What can Virginians expect? Governor Abigail Spanberger campaigned as a moderate and said energy efficiency and affordability would be central to her first legislative session. Democratic…

  • Destroying Countrysides to Save Earth from a Climate Non-Crisis

    Destroying Countrysides to Save Earth from a Climate Non-Crisis

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    by Paul Driessen, ©2025 (Dec. 24, 2025) — Energy analyst Robert Bryce maintains a database showing that, as of November 2025, local communities have rejected or restricted 595 wind, 475 solar and (more recently) 72 large-scale battery projects. Many don’t want the installations blanketing wildlife habitats, scenic vistas, croplands or their backyard viewsheds; especially when…

  • Climate Censorship and Integrity at COP30 and Beyond

    Climate Censorship and Integrity at COP30 and Beyond

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    by Paul Driessen, ©2025 (Dec. 1, 2025) — The Roman god Janus had two faces: for comings and goings, beginnings and endings, the interim between war and peace, and transitions both tangible and abstract. Climate Cultists might hail him for presiding over the demise of fossil fuels and advent of wind, solar and battery power;…

  • China’s Climate Confidence Trick

    China’s Climate Confidence Trick

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    by Tom Harris, Executive Director, ICSC, ©2025 (Sep. 6, 2025) — China is pulling a fast one on western nations and it is about time we called them on it. For example, on July 24th, representatives from the EU and China met at a summit in Beijing to discuss their plans to reduce greenhouse gas…

  • Spain’s Impossible Dream of ‘Green’ Electricity

    Spain’s Impossible Dream of ‘Green’ Electricity

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    by Paul Driessen, ©2025 (Jun. 16, 2025) — Updated Man of La Mancha lyrics could read: “To dream the impossible dream of clean, green, net-zero electricity, to fight the unbeatable foe of manmade climate cataclysms, we must run where the brave dare not go.” Don Quixote saw windmills as malevolent and dangerous dragons. Spain’s governing…

  • Green Aluminium? Tell Albo He’s Dreaming

    Green Aluminium? Tell Albo He’s Dreaming

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    by John Mikkelsen, ©2025  (Jan. 21, 2025) — A famous line in an Australian film almost three decades old is the first thought that came to mind when I heard Labor’s latest renewable energy pipe dream – $2 billion to subsidise “green aluminium” production. “Tell him he’s dreaming” was uttered by Darryl Kerrigan’s main character in The…

  • Greens Detest ‘Little Guys’ who Get in Their Way

    Greens Detest ‘Little Guys’ who Get in Their Way

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    by Paul Driessen, ©2024  (Oct. 31, 2024) — Environmentalists insist they love “little guys.” At least in the abstract, until those folks get in the way, raise inconvenient questions, or try to block “renewable energy” projects intended to “save the planet” from “manmade climate cataclysms.” Then the little folks learn the environmentalists are really working…

  • State Courts Should not be Writing US Climate Laws

    State Courts Should not be Writing US Climate Laws

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    by Paul Driessen, CFACT, ©2024 (Sep. 29, 2024) — Earth’s climate has changed numerous times over the past half-billion years. But activists claim any recent or future changes result from fossil fuel use and agricultural practices. Those activities raise still minuscule levels of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide (0.04, 0.0002 and 0.00003 percent of…

  • Mining the Planet for Renewable Energy

    Mining the Planet for Renewable Energy

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    by Paul Driessen, CFACT, ©2024 (Jun. 30, 2024) — This election year, several critical issues dominate voter concerns. Illegal immigration across unsecured borders by migrants, criminals, sex traffickers and terrorists. Anti-police policies, reduced prosecution of criminals and rising crime. Unprecedented prices for food, clothing, housing and other necessities. Parental roles in education and sex changes…

  • Beyond Mad Max with Dystopian AI

    Beyond Mad Max with Dystopian AI

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    by John Mikkelsen, ©2024 (Jun. 8, 2024) — The dystopian future predicted in the Mad Max movie franchise may be closer than ever and it won’t take World War 3 to make it a reality. To me the only ones worth watching were the original and its sequel starring homegrown hero Mel Gibson. Those drab…

  • The Net Zero Lemmings Rush

    The Net Zero Lemmings Rush

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    by Viv Forbes, Executive Director, The Saltbush Club, ©2023 (Nov. 24, 2023) — Australia’s ALP/Green government and their media mates are using subsidies, taxes and propaganda in a suicidal attempt to move the whole country to 82% “renewable” energy by 2030 and “Net Zero Emissions by 2050”. Canny Aussies are buying diesel generators. If they…

  • Climate Justice, Nonsense on Steroids

    Climate Justice, Nonsense on Steroids

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    by Kathleen Marquardt, American Policy Center, ©2023 (Nov. 18, 2023) — According to the Center for Climate Justice (CCJ), Climate Justice is the remedy for the faux fact that there is a “disproportionate impact of climate change on low-income communities of color around the world, the people and places least responsible for the problem”. Yep,…

  • Virginia – Don’t Follow Net-Zero Lemmings over the Energy Cliff

    Virginia – Don’t Follow Net-Zero Lemmings over the Energy Cliff

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    by Paul Driessen, CFACT, ©2023 (Oct. 27, 2023) — Seventeen states – including Virginia – tie their vehicle emission standards and electric vehicle sale mandates to California, the most climate-centric state in the Union. Unless current laws change, by 2035 all their new cars, pickups and SUVs must be electric (or hydrogen-powered). In further obeisance…

  • Ottawa’s Reliance On Batteries To Back Up Wind And Solar Power  

    Ottawa’s Reliance On Batteries To Back Up Wind And Solar Power  

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    by Tom Harris with contributions from Mary-Jean Harris, ©2023 (Jul. 29, 2023) — As demonstrated in the report issued by the International Climate Science Coalition – Canada, the City of Ottawa’s Climate Change Master Plan is costly, infeasible and ultimately dangerous to the public. Arguably its most insane element is the plan to introduce batteries…

  • Legalized Climate Grifting

    Legalized Climate Grifting

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    by Paul Driessen, CFACT, ©2023  (Mar. 20, 2023) — Grifters have long fascinated us. Operating outside accepted moral standards, they excel at persuading their “marks” to hand valuables over willingly. If they ever represented a “distinctly American ethos,” they’ve been supplanted by con artists seeking bank accounts for funds abandoned by Nigerian princes. Their artful…

  • Don’t Look Up!

    Don’t Look Up!

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    by Paul Driessen, CFACT, ©2022 (Apr. 10, 2022) — In the Netflix movie, Washington politicians “Don’t Look Up” because they prefer to remain oblivious to a special effects meteor that’s about to obliterate Planet Earth. Not surprisingly, the film is really about our refusal to recognize the “existential threat” of “manmade climate change.” Director Adam…

  • House Democrats Cancel Looming Embarrassment  

    House Democrats Cancel Looming Embarrassment  

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    by Paul Driessen, CFACT, ©2022  (Mar. 13, 2022) — Mike Tyson once observed, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. March 8 was to be anti-oil Democrats’ big day. Having pilloried Big Oil executives during two previous hearings over supposed climate change prevention failures, House Oversight Committee leaders had planned to…

  • Lethal Carbon-Imperialism in Glasgow and DC

    Lethal Carbon-Imperialism in Glasgow and DC

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    by Paul Driessen, CFACT, ©2021 (Nov. 7, 2021) — Days before the twenty-sixth Conference of Parties in Glasgow, Scotland. Pope Francis and President Biden met in Rome to discuss “efforts grounded in respect for fundamental human dignity,” including “tackling the climate crisis and caring for the poor.” They should have read Climate Change: The Facts…

  • Woke Companies Must Wake Up on ESG

    Woke Companies Must Wake Up on ESG

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    by Paul Driessen, CFACT, ©2021                                                                       (Sep. 4, 2021) — Growing numbers of companies, banks, universities and investment houses are adopting Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards and disclosure rules. They’re pressured to do so by activists, legislators and regulators. Many expect to get rich via taxpayer-subsidized “renewable” energy projects. Nearly all hope to “greenwash” their…