Rupert Darwall on the “green” policies of Joe Biden: “The U.S. has just achieved energy independence – a goal sought by every president since Richard Nixon. Those economic and strategic advantages will be thrown away by a Biden administration as it moves to outlaw domestically produced oil and gas in favor of vast quantities of…
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Is Nuclear Energy Coming Back?
Yes, nuclear energy is returning, at the very least as a backup to wind and solar power. Although most environmentalists still avoid the subject, nuclear energy should be on the list of alternative fuels since it does not produce carbon dioxide. Now, Department of Energy is starting to spend money on nuclear plants and nuclear…
Climate Change Sinks as an Issue . . . Nuclear Energy Just Around the Corner?
Gallup poll: Only one percent of Americans think climate change is the biggest issue today. On Climate Change Dispatch. HT: Benny Peiser . . . Ditto Harris poll, and the Harris CEO is unhappy about it, he writes in Fortune . . . Biden plan would start U. S. on ‘road to serfdom,’ says Sterling…
An Urban-Rural Split over Wind, Solar Energy
Not everyone loves wind or solar energy. Rural communities, which bear the brunt of gigantic “renewable energy” projects, are becoming unhappy about putting up with them for the sake of virtue-signaling cities. Vince Bielski of RealClearInvestigations explains: “A typical wind farm with 50 turbines might occupy 15,000 acres, or 23 square miles, which is many…
Nuclear energy . . . the Great American Outdoors bill . . . Anesthetics can change climate?
Nuclear energy may be safer than we think, says a new study from the Global Warming Policy Foundation. A reason to support the Great American Outdoors bill, just passed by the Senate: it would fund maintenance of our national parks, says PERC’s Brian Yablonski on Fox News. Religious diversion? The Vatican recommends divestment from fossil…
Michael Moore Again, What Recycling Is Really Like, Class Conflicts over Wind Energy
More on Michael Moore, from RealClearEnergy. Outside Magazine describes what actually happens when you recycle. Class conflicts over siting of wind energy in New York and New England. On RealClearEnergy. Straightening out the BBC on the “sunniest May ever.” HT-Benny Peiser.
On Michael Moore’s Anti-Green Energy Video
Myron Ebell on a left-wing movie that chastises those who profit from green energy: “Planet of the Humans,” the new documentary film from director Jeff Gibbs and executive producer Michael Moore, contains a stunning evisceration of so-called green energy and the people profiting from it. It was released on April 21st for free viewing on YouTube and as of the afternoon of Friday,…