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    International Energy Agency Promotes Oil Shortage Instead of Preventing It

    This year’s Conference of the Parties to the U.N. climate agreements, or COP, is being held in the Emirate of Dubai, arguably the world’s most extravagant display of oil wealth. Ironies abound. The host and president of this year’s conference, Sultan Ahmed al Jaber, happens also to be the CEO of the United Arab Emirates’…
    Mario Loyola
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    The Not-So-Scary Truth About Climate Change

    United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry says it will take trillions of dollars to “solve” climate change. Then he says, “There is not enough money in any country in the world to actually solve this problem.” Kerry has little understanding of money or how it’s created. He’s a multimillionaire because he married…
    John Stossel
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    Federal Energy Efficiency Requirements Are Outdated and Should Be Repealed

    Americans have experienced appliance inflation over the past few years, and it could be about to get worse as the Biden administration continues its onslaught of appliance regulations. While blaming Washington bureaucrats is always a reasonable response, in this case, any problems that they are causing is a result of them exercising the authority granted…
    Jack Spencer
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    Why Is EU Trying to Block Poland’s Move Toward Clean Nuclear Energy?

    Poland lives in a rough neighborhood, sharing borders with Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine—with the historical scars to prove it. Indeed, few countries suffered more at the hands of tyrants than Poland did in the last century. That’s one reason why Poland’s economic rise since the end of the Cold War is so remarkable. By 2022,…
    Jack Spencer
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    Biden’s ‘War on Fossil Fuels’ Out of Step With Geopolitical Realities, Energy Policy Analysts Say

    With the Russia-Ukraine war and the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel underscoring the urgent need for renewed U.S. oil and gas development, now would be a good time for President Joe Biden to rethink his opposition to fossil fuels, an energy and environmental policy analyst says.  “These events give President Biden the perfect opportunity to…
    Kevin Mooney
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    Arrests ‘Part of the Deal’: Climate Activists Who Struck Degas Exhibit to Return to DC

    An extremist climate group that defaced an exhibit on French impressionist Edgar Degas last spring at the National Gallery of Art plans to lead another series of protests in the metropolitan Washington area beginning Friday. And more illegal actions are in the works, the group says.  The organization, called Declare Emergency, threatened to continue such…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    How a Working-Class Coalition Is Remaking the Republican Party

    Patrick Ruffini is a Republican pollster with a reputation for deciphering data and spotting trends. His new book, “Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP,” takes a deep dive into one of the biggest political realignments of our lifetime. Ruffini spoke with The Daily Signal about the demographic changes that…
    Rob Bluey
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    Washington, DC, ‘Energy Efficiency’ Program Forcing Locals to Reduce Energy Use by 20%

    Everyone wants to pay lower electricity bills, and construction companies can insulate newer residential and commercial buildings to lower heating and cooling costs while those in existing structures may choose to install upgrades to create greater energy efficiency. So, why is it then that local Washington, D.C., officials are imposing draconian building efficiency mandates on…
    Jack Spencer
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    The Great ‘Green Energy Transition’ That Wasn’t

    One of the textbook marketing flops of all time was the Ford Edsel sedan, which was heralded as the hot new car in the late 1950s. All the automotive experts and Ford executives said it was a can’t-miss. Henry Ford (the car was named after his son) guaranteed hundreds of thousands of sales. But one…
    Stephen Moore
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    Automakers Wake Up to Reality on Electric Vehicles

    CLAYTON, GEORGIA—Driving through rural Georgia, I have yet to see an electric vehicle or a charging station. After promising the Biden administration that they would eliminate most of the cars Americans want to buy from dealer lots by 2035, GM and Ford are now waking up to reality. They are cutting back on projections of…
    Diana Furchtgott-Roth
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    Energy Department’s National Lab Logs Over $160 Million in Questioned Costs

    A Department of Energy lab in Illinois logged over $160 million in questioned costs due to lost invoices, excessive reimbursements, and holiday pay, according to a recent audit by the agency’s inspector general. The audit examined costs incurred in 2018 by Fermi Research Alliance LLC, the contractor that operates the Fermi National Accelerator Lab near Batavia,…
    Adam Andrzejewski
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    Pizzeria Owner Calls Out NYC’s Ban on Coal- and Wood-Burning Ovens

    NEW YORK, N.Y.—New York City has set its sights on a cultural establishment that embodies an emblematic tradition in the Big Apple: pizzerias. Specifically, restaurateurs who make pizza using coal- and wood-burning ovens installed before 2016. Earlier this year, New York City announced a rule mandating that such ovens be fitted with expensive scrubbers designed…
    Philip Reynolds
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    UK’s Keen Grasp of Obvious: 2030 Mandate on Electric Vehicles Is Unachievable

    LONDON—British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, after first announcing a mandate requiring all fossil-fueled vehicles sold in the U.K. after 2030 to be electric, succumbed to pressure from the Conservative Party and within his own government and announced Wednesday a delay until 2035. His goal remains net zero by 2050. Sunak’s goal continues to be based…
    Cal Thomas
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    UAW Strike Over Green Energy Agenda Threatens Liberals’ Coalition

    The big economic news at the end of last week was the start of a strike by the United Auto Workers union against all three major U.S. automakers. This is the first strike against President Joe Biden’s green agenda, pitting two parts of the traditional Democratic coalition against each other—the environmentalists against the blue-collar workers. Or…
    Diana Furchtgott-Roth
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    Woke Duke Energy Jacks Up Electric Rates to Pay for ESG, Zero Carbon Mandates

    Duke Energy has thrown consumers under the proverbial (electric) bus to make their operations carbon neutral by 2050. As a result, electricity prices in North Carolina may increase by 19% over the next three years. The company’s president, Lynn Good, receives more than $20 million annually in compensation financed in part by ensuring that consumers lower…
    Miles Pollard
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    UK’s Onshore Wind Scheme Could Backfire, With Far More Potent Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    Shortly after naming Claire Coutinho as secretary of state for energy security and net zero on Aug. 31, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a plan to accelerate the approval process for onshore wind projects. Previously, a 2015 ruling allowed a single complaint within a community to halt an onshore wind program and fully stopped…
    Miles Pollard
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    Joe Biden’s Knockout Punch for American Energy Independence

    Just last month, President Joe Biden took a major swipe at America’s energy independence when he declared nearly a million acres of uranium-rich land outside of Grand Canyon National Park off limits to energy development. Turns out that was just the setup jab. The knockout punch is on its way. According to reports, Biden wants…
    Jack Spencer
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    What My Experience Preventing Wildfires in Colorado Taught Me About Maui and Climate Change

    The devastating fire that ravaged the Maui community of Lahaina has claimed the lives of over 100 people, and more than 300 remain unaccounted for. Many on the Left—Hawaii’s governor included—have claimed that man-made “climate change” is ultimately responsible for the most deadly fire in a century, but I know from personal experience that factors…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Biden’s Incoherent Energy Policy Continues

    President Joe Biden says he wants a carbon-free future for the United States and acknowledges that to realize that future, nuclear energy is essential. Judging by the hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of taxpayer dollars that Biden is throwing at his version of “green energy,” combined with a willingness to strangle consumer choice, his…
    Jack Spencer
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    Hawaiian Grid Operator Focused on Promoting Green Energy Instead of Wildfire Preparedness

    Hawaiian Electric, the utility company whose power line reportedly played a role in the Hawaiian fires, appears to have focused on green energy development while neglecting to adhere to its own assessment that it needed to increase the safety of its existing infrastructure, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The company concluded that it needed…
    Nick Pope
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