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Environment & Energy
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It’s Hot Weather, But Not Man-Made
Opinion -This week the United States experienced the first major heat wave of 2025. Over 160 million people in the Midwest, the South, and the East Coast experienced temperatures approaching 100oF. Many in the media claim that the soaring temperatures are due to human-caused global warming. But a look at history shows that such high temperatures have been experienced many times in the past. -
The Economic Imperative for Nuclear Power
Opinion -This article examines the economic rationale behind the adoption of nuclear power for electricity, with a focus on the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) and Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technologies as catalysts for industrial and economic growth, providing a lifeline out of poverty and instability. -
Supreme Court Nips NEPA – A Good Start
Opinion -County Commissioners there had challenged the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of the 88-mile rail line, proposed by seven Utah counties as a vital transportation connection from the oil-rich region to the national rail network. -
Climate Change Weekly # 548 — Recent Headlines Prove Wind, Solar Still Aren’t Ready for Prime Time
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Climate Change Weekly # 547 — Polar Ice Is Not Following the Climate Crisis Narrative
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Spain’s impossible dream of ‘green’ electricity
Opinion -Editorial -They’ve erected over 22,000 gigantic windmills, to harness the wind and generate electricity. Portugal has nearly 3,000. Together, when conditions are perfect, they can generate almost 38 gigawatts. -
The greatest oxymoron statement of all time: ‘Renewable Energy’
Opinion -Editorial -To date, none of the wind and solar projects around the world have ever been financed with private capital, as there is no return on such investments. -
The Uglier side of Electric Vehicles: disposing of the EV batteries
Opinion -Editorial -Lithium-ion batteries have become a growing concern following wildfires, particularly in California, due to the increasing sales of hybrid and electric cars. It is well publicized that California will require 35% of new vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2026, and all new vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035, However, the State lawmakers totally avoid any discussions about the uglier side of electric vehicles – how to dispose of the batteries from old or burned-out EVs. -
Climate Change Weekly # 546 — New Proof That Urban Heat Islands Bias Surface Temperature Measurements
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
Electrical production needs to be market-driven, not government-directed
Opinion -Editorial -Government is in business with the big companies (subsidies), regulations favor monopolistic dictatorship instead of competitive prices, and the consumer is forced to “take what they can get” and “pay whatever is asked” to stay connected to the life-giving river of electricity. -
Climate Change Weekly # 545 — GAO Questions Biden’s Offshore Wind Effort, Vindicates Critics
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
A billion dollars worth of green groups join State suit to kill Trump’s no wind EO
Opinion -Editorial -Ten so-called environmental groups, including the biggest, have joined the lawsuit filed by a bunch of green States asking the Court to nullify the President’s day-one executive order putting a hold on federal approvals of wind power projects. -
The amount of money wasted on net-zero green policies worldwide is staggering!
Opinion -Editorial -There is no “green” or “Net Zero” product or technology available anywhere in the world today that offers any form of reliable back-up for wind and solar power generation - none! -
Climate Change Weekly # 544 —Regulations May Be REINed in Soon
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
PRESS RELEASE: The Heartland Institute Applauds Climate and Energy Provisions in Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Opinion -Press Release -The budget reconciliation bill that passed the House Thursday morning eliminated the majority of "clean energy" tax credits and rolled back many of the Biden-era climate and energy mandates in the Inflation Reduction Act. -
Intermittent electricity from renewables cannot support AI and data centers
Opinion -Editorial -The growing demand for continuous and uninterruptible electricity is being compounded by the growth of AI and data centers, which are humongous power consumers. -
Newsom Relinquishing Control to China to Meet the Energy Demands of Californians?
Opinion -California’s Governor Newsom has been on this planet for 57 years and has yet to publicly recognize that modern life requires the use of fossil fuels to function. -
Colorado River: The Sky is Falling, Again
Opinion -Every year for the past 25, at least, negotiating teams for the seven states on the Colorado River have worked to overcome a new crisis, invariably driven by two entities: the State of California and the federal Bureau of Reclamation. -
Climate Change Weekly # 543 —Current Climate Conditions Aren’t Historically Extreme or Unusual, New Research Shows
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Ships Climate at a Glance Book to 1,000 Meteorologists
Opinion -Press Release -Book intended to be reference material to help meteorologists share accurate, non-alarmist data and research about the climate. -
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Electric Vehicles
Opinion -The recently released documentary “Electric Vehicles: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” isn’t just another documentary that lazily cheerleads the industry, though there is a fair amount of marveling at the technology and underscoring its benefits and potential. -
Wind Power’s Eagle-Kill Permits Are a Deadly Failure so Permitting Must Stop
Opinion -The FWS should issue no more wind power eagle kill permits until this issue is resolved. -
Time to Defund Climate Models?
Opinion -Maybe it’s time for NASA to stick to space exploration, NOAA to stick to weather forecasting, and for the climate models to be shut down. -
Climate Change Weekly # 542 — More Ways Coal Improves the Economy and the Environment
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles.