Environment & Energy

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.

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.

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.

Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles.

Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles.

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.

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.

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.

Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles.

 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.

Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles.

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.

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!

Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles.

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.

The growing demand for continuous and uninterruptible electricity is being compounded by the growth of AI and data centers, which are humongous power consumers.

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.

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.

Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles.

Book intended to be reference material to help meteorologists share accurate, non-alarmist data and research about the climate.

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.

The FWS should issue no more wind power eagle kill permits until this issue is resolved.

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.

Since its passage, the IRA resulted in billions of dollars being wasted on various green boondoggles.