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Environment & Energy
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Feds Push Ignorance Defense for Whale Killing by Offshore Wind Development
Opinion -What NOAA Fisheries does not seem to be doing is looking at the potential adverse impact of the authorized wind site harassments on the monitored populations, especially whales. -
PRESS RELEASE: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson to Speak at Heartland Institute Climate Conference on Feb. 24
Opinion -Press Release -The conference theme is ‘The True Crisis: Climate Change or Climate Policy?’ -
Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who’s at Fault for California’s High Energy Costs?
Opinion -While the U.S. scrambles to protect its energy security, California oil production is down 25 percent under Newsom, costing the state and the country millions of barrels of badly needed supply. -
Evidence Says Offshore Wind Development Is Killing Lots of Whales
Opinion -Hundreds of whales may have already been killed by offshore wind activities. The evidence is right there. -
Climate Change Weekly #459: Remembering Jay Lehr – Scholar, Truth Seeker, Friend, Eternal Optimist
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -With his workload, it is hard to fathom how Jay found time to pursue so many extracurricular passions, but he did. -
Coal is Still King – Elsewhere
Opinion -A December report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) confirms that worldwide use of coal hit an all-time high in 2022, following a huge increase in 2021, and is on track to increase further in 2023. -
PRESS RELEASE: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert to Speak on Energy Policy at Heartland Institute Climate Conference on Feb. 24
Opinion -Press Release -Other prominent keynote speakers include Jeff Clark, former Trump Administration DOJ official; Marlo Oaks, Treasurer of the State of Utah -
Climate Change Weekly #458: Bad Climate Assumptions, Worse Climate Predictions
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -IN THIS ISSUE: Bad Climate Assumptions, Worse Climate Predictions “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” So begins Elizabeth Barret Browning’s famous Sonnet 43. What does that have to do with climate change, you ask? Browning’s poem has parallels to our understanding of the myriad physical mechanisms that drive climate change. “What […] -
Jay Lehr, R.I.P.
Opinion -A giant of man, a brave scientist, and a dear friend passed away suddenly on Tuesday. -
Can Anyone Manage the Federal Estate?
Opinion -No genius could possibly understand the nuances of all 154 national forests, or 18,000 grazing permits. -
The Silly Giant Scale of US Offshore Wind Development
Opinion -Rushing to build a big bunch of incredibly expensive giant wind arrays that are far bigger than anything built in the world to date is bad engineering and worse environmental policy. -
Vital Energy Lessons for Virginia and America
Opinion -You don’t want to get caught in your EV during a hurricane evacuation or blizzard, especially since already limited battery life decreases in cold weather and with heater or AC use. -
Paul Ehrlich Predicts Imminent End of the World, Collapse of Civilization, Mass Starvation and Extinction
Opinion -Why has Ehrlich always been spectacularly wrong? Paul Ehrlich has never been right about anything in his entire life. As he is now 90 years old, that’s saying something. On this year’s opening “60 Minutes” show, Ehrlich remains confident in the imminent end of the world, collapse of civilization, mass starvation, industrial pollution, climate change, […] -
The Hydrocarbon Elephant in the Room California Governor Gavin Newsom Refuses to Address
Opinion -Today’s dangerous emphasis on wind and solar power for intermittent electricity is creating a lack of products in the future. -
YouTube Pulls Down Heartland Institute’s Channel Just Before Live-stream with Climate Scientist Judith Curry
Opinion -It is hard to believe this was just a coincidence -- that the algorithm just happened to get around to catching this supposed violation by us -- and it's just our awful luck that it happened mere minutes before we were going live with Dr. Curry. -
Climate Change Weekly #457: Coalition Provides 2022 Climate Fact Check
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate alarmists and their media allies once again made a slew of claims about natural disasters being caused by man-made emissions in 2022. And once again, these claims clashed with reality and science. -
Big Tech’s Fake ‘Green Energy’ PR Push – To Paper Over Their Obnoxiousness
Opinion -Big Tech’s fake “green” PR push – is the tip of their world domination ice berg. Below the surface – are their massive bureaucrat political donations and post-government gigs and salaries. Let us begin this exercise with: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is NOT a pollutant. The modern Zeitgeist’s stupidity notwithstanding. The Latest from Seton Motley is […] -
A Holiday Climate Potpourri
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #456 -
Today’s Economic Challenges Exacerbated by Ponzi Schemes
Opinion -Editorial -Like the national debt Ponzi, the shortages of the products, fuels, pesticides, and fertilizers MANUFACTURED from fossil fuels will also contribute to shortages and further inflation in perpetuity. -
COP 27 Will End Up as FLOP 27
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #455 -
PRESS RELEASE: Public Interest Groups File Comments to Protect Endangered Right Whale from Offshore Virginia Wind Project
Opinion -Press Release -Noise from turbines will add to ship collisions that already have pushed the North Atlantic right whale to edge of extinction -
Citizens of the Same World
Opinion -Editorial -Politicians are sanctimoniously exporting America’s environmental problems to other countries. Then, they claim to be “solving” a global problem, when all they are really doing is kneecapping their own economy. -
Reduce, Reuse, Recover, and Recycle
Opinion -Editorial -Government officials never consider their own complicity in policies that make matters worse. -
Economic Realities Dash Biden’s Offshore Wind Plans
Opinion -Editorial, Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #454