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    We Have Reached the Emily Litella Moment on Climate Change
    It’s been a cold winter so far in the Midwest and much of the Northeast, early-in-the-season snow even in Washington, D.C., and temperatures falling to freezing and below in much of the South. Come to think of it, North America’s 2024-25 winter was pretty cold, too. It’s gotten to the point that “polar vortex” is…
    Michael Barone
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    Wall Street Warning: Germany’s Energy Policies Mean Economic Suicide
    In the heart of New York’s financial district, Wall Street experts are issuing a stark warning about Germany’s economic trajectory, labeling its energy policies an act of self-sabotage. During a recent visit to the United States, Petr Bystron, a member of the European Parliament from Germany’s Alternative for Germany party, AfD, U.S. economic analysts expressed…
    Peter McIlvenna
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    The Melting Pot Is Boiling Over
    In one sense, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are the foundation of the country’s government. The Declaration laid out the principles we aspire toward. The Constitution established the three branches of government. It contains many brilliant mechanisms to check the government’s power. The Bill of Rights offers another layer of protection. But mere…
    Victor Joecks
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    The Welcome Demise of Climate Change Catastrophism
    Is the American Left finally waking up from its decades-long climate catastrophism stupor? For years, climate alarmism has reigned as political catechism: The planet is burning, and only drastic action—deindustrialization, draconian regulation, even ceasing childbearing—could forestall certain apocalypse. Now, at least some signs are emerging that both the broader public and leading liberal voices may…
    Josh Hammer
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    Fact Check: Report Claims China Is ‘Winning the Clean Energy Race’
    China is outpacing other advanced economies in the addition of renewable energy systems, and is “winning the clean energy race,” according to Axios, but the reality of the situation is more complex, climate experts explain.   “What race? The notion of ‘a race’ is a rhetorical tool used to evoke emotion and feelings of competition when no such race actually exists,” Jack Spencer, a…
    Virginia Allen
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    ‘UNCONSCIONABLE’: Christian Leader Condemns the ‘Climate Colonialism’ That Would Doom the Global South to Grinding Poverty
    Climate alarmists don’t just get the science wrong but also demonize the engine of wealth that has brought billions out of grinding poverty; and this “climate colonialism” is “morally unconscionable,” a Christian leader says. “What I believe we’re seeing in the demand from wealthy Western nations that we fight climate change by reducing our use…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Local Climate Lawfare Is Undermining US Foreign Policy and National Security
    Lawfare has grown to be a huge problem. If a set of activists cannot win an election or get a favorable bill passed, they find and run to a sympathetic court. An additional emerging form of lawfare has now taken root in America: local governments and states suing domestic energy producers over their alleged role in climate change….
    Steven Bucci
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    The Social Cost of Carbon: Legitimate Cost-Benefit Analysis or a Statistical Mirage?
    As delegates at the 2025 United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil enter their final week of negotiations, the global climate regime finds itself at a crossroads: Growing rifts between developed and developing nations are colliding with a visible decline in U.S. engagement.   At the heart of discussions are ongoing conversations about regulating greenhouse gas…
    Kevin Dayaratna
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    Rising Electricity Prices Started Well Before AI
    U.S. electricity prices have risen from 13 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2020 to 19 cents per kWh in 2025. Prices on the East and West coasts and in major U.S. cities are far higher. Most of these price increases took place under the Biden administration when states and the federal government forced wind and solar into the grid at the…
    Trisha Curtis
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    DEEP STATE ACTOR? Ex-Obama Staffer Regulating Energy in Trump Admin Worked for Climate Activist Groups
    A former staffer in the Barack Obama White House who went to work for climate activist groups joined a federal agency regulating energy under President Joe Biden and appears to still remain in his post under Donald Trump. The staffer, Brett Cozzolino Bhave, has set off alarm bells among conservatives who support the Trump administration’s…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Virginia’s Bleak Energy Future
    The return of the political trifecta Democrats enjoyed during the 2020-21 General Assembly sessions—now bolstered with a 64-36 majority in the House of Delegates—leaves the question of how to deal with Virginia’s energy issues entirely in their hands.  Only if the Democrats suffer a significant division within their own ranks will the Republican legislators cast…
    Steve Haner
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    In Gavin Newsom’s California, Pretty Much Nothing Is Affordable
    Going green is really about affordability, according to California Gov. Gavin Newsom. That’s the message from the California governor, who has totally never thought about becoming president until recently, at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil on Tuesday. “It’s about economic power. I think we have to reframe it as a cost-of-living issue,” Newsom said…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    EXCLUSIVE: Administration Fires Back After Democrats Blame Trump for ‘Soaring Electricity’ Costs  
    The Trump administration is firing back after a group of Senate Democrats accused President Donald Trump of being responsible for “soaring electricity bills” and “failure” to prevent “consumers from being forced to subsidize the cost of data centers.”   “Democrats’ baseless claims serve only to distract from this administration’s proven record of making energy more affordable for Americans,” a Trump administration official told…
    Virginia Allen
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    Bill Gates’ Change of Heart on Climate Change
    You’ve probably heard by now the blockbuster news that Microsoft founder Bill Gates, one of the richest people to ever walk the planet, has had a change of heart on climate change. For several decades, Gates poured billions of dollars into the climate-industrial complex and was howling that “the end is nigh” unless we stop…
    Stephen Moore
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    BACKFIRED: Spanberger’s Preferred Climate Policy Caused 2.1B More Pounds of CO2 Emissions
    Virginia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger supports a climate project that actually increased the carbon emissions Virginia caused—and cost residents more money—according to the commonwealth’s Department of Energy. That project, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, “was supposed to decrease emissions, but it actually increased emissions,” Glenn Davis, director of the Virginia Department of Energy, told…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Kevin Roberts Exposes Democrat Senator’s Latest Attempt to Bully Climate Skeptics
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Heritage Action President Kevin Roberts has exposed Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s attempt to “silence” those who challenge his “radical climate agenda.” Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, sent a Sept. 16 letter to Roberts in his capacity as president of The Heritage Foundation, demanding documents related to Heritage’s role in shaping the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Ohio Lawmaker Offers Bill to Codify Trump’s Energy Policies
    A Republican congressman from Ohio is seeking to win the next battle over America’s energy supply before it starts.  In legislation introduced this week, Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, is seeking to codify Trump administration efforts at providing Americans with abundant energy by defining the terms “affordable,” “reliable,” and “clean” as they relate to energy in…
    Jacob Adams
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    Hidden Costs of Solar: Exposing the Flaws in Virginia’s Clean Economy Act
    You may have heard the expression “there are lies, damn lies, and statistics.” This expression is particularly apropos when the issue of “renewable” energy comes up. >>> Sign up for our Virginia email newsletter The Daily Signal sat down with Andy Anderson, a businessman who has been called to testify before the Virginia State Corporation…
    Joe Thomas
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    Greenpeace Wants Europe to Rewrite American Law
    Fueled by the explosive rise of artificial intelligence and the data centers that power it, America’s demand for electricity has surged to record highs. Meeting that demand will require unprecedented investment in reliable, affordable energy. Yet just as the need for dependable power grows more urgent, radical climate activists are working to choke off the very…
    Jason Isaac
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    Maryland Supreme Court to Decide Landmark Climate Case Against Oil Companies
    The nationwide campaign of climate-driven lawsuits made its way to the Maryland Supreme Court on Oct. 6, as a lawyer for Baltimore, Annapolis, and Anne Arundel County told justices that Marylanders had suffered costly damages from rising seas and bad weather, due to a failure by oil and gas companies to warn them that using…
    Kevin Stocklin
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