EnergyNews
Deal or No Deal? Has Trump Driven Stake Through Heart of ‘Green New Scam’?
Is the Green New Deal dead or not? On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to repeal what he called the “green new… Read More
Trump Tilting at Windmills as He Halts Green Energy Projects
With the halt on construction of a nearly complete offshore windmill project in Rhode Island, it appears President Donald Trump means business in undoing the… Read More
EnergyNews
Maryland GOP Congressman Fighting Offshore Windmills Sees Victory on Horizon
Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland’s sole Republican congressman, is calling for the end to an offshore windmill project that would industrialize the state’s scenic Eastern Shore,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
How Climate Activists Are Actually Harming the Environment
Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the United States has become a leader in protecting the environment and the preservation of nature. Most don’t… Read More
EnergyNews
Biden’s Climate Policies Playing Into Hands of China’s Energy Schemes, Experts Say
China is operating in a “predatory” manner to make America more reliant on complex supply chains arising from climate change initiatives that play into the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Associated Press Gets It Wrong: Wind Farm Contractors Acknowledge Turbines Harm Dolphins, Whales
When wind turbine companies seek permission to harm sea life, reporters for The Associated Press blame The Heritage Foundation (where I work) and The Heartland… Read More
Economy Analysis
We’re Being Regulated Out of Business, New England Fishermen Say
New England fishermen are facing growing regulations—from the amount of fish they are allowed to catch to large sections of ocean they can no longer… Read More
EconomyNews
Biden Administration’s 82% Cut to Allowable Catch Imperils New England Fishermen, Trade Group Warns
Jerry Leeman III grew up in a family of commercial fishermen in Harpswell, Maine, and says he and others are ready to oppose aggressive federal… Read More
EnergyCommentary
New Jersey’s $8,000-Per-Resident Wind Energy Scheme Won’t Reduce Climate Change
In stark contrast to the bucolic vision of harvesting energy from the wind, New Jersey is witnessing harsh political reality. Gov. Phil Murphy has approved… Read More
Wind Power: Only When the Wind Blows and the Subsidies Flow
Wind turbines produce power only when the wind is blowing. But perhaps more importantly, wind production builds only when the subsidies are flowing. The wind… Read More
Michigan’s Rejection of Renewable Energy Mandate Avoids Higher Costs
Michigan voters rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment last week that would have imposed a mandate requiring the state’s utilities to source 25 percent of… Read More
Green-Energy Projects Face Opposition From Green Groups
“We need green energy. Just not here.” Do those words sound familiar? That’s quite often the case with so-called proponents of green energy. The acronym… Read More
$14 Billion in Stimulus Spending Generates Just 1.2 Percent of Electricity
Despite more than $14 billion in cash payments to solar, wind, and other renewable energy project developers since 2009, just 48 terawatt hours of additional… Read More
Energy Dept. Spends $10 Million on Water Turbine to Power 25 Houses
Photo credit courtesy of NREL The first underwater turbine to make use of tidal energy went live last week in Maine, supported by a $10… Read More
Obama to Tout Green Energy at Politically Connected Wind Company
President Obama will make a push for wind energy subsidies on Thursday at the Iowa production facilities of a politically connected wind turbine manufacturer with… Read More
The Deadly Wind Beneath Their Wings
Can an environmentalist morally argue for overpriced, taxpayer-funded green energy technology if it means killing off a protected species? That’s what is happening now in… Read More
High and Hidden Costs: There is Nothing Free about the Wind
What was normally a peaceful, quiet way of life for residents of Vinalhaven, an island off the coast of Maine, suddenly became loud and unbearable… Read More
Wind Power is More Dangerous than Coal or Oil
The recent explosions in Massey’s Upper Big Branch coal mine and on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig highlight the tragedy of workplace fatalities. Though improvement… Read More
A New Revelation: Wind Energy Needs Wind to Work
One of the common arguments made against wind power is that without government subsidies, mandates or tax credits, wind turbines would not be built. But… Read More
Solar Subsidies Fail to Create Green Jobs, Again
As we reported in today’s Morning Bell, ABC News reports that despite massive amounts of stimulus funding being spent on wind farms—nearly $2 billion—the vast… Read More
$58,000 Solar Investment for a $21 Carbon Credit a Bright Idea?
We can see the t-shirt slogan already: I paid $58,000 for solar panels and all I got was a $21 carbon credit that bought me… Read More
Wind Mills: Not Spinning, Not Creating Jobs
The cold weather is creating a number of unintended consequences for new energy designs. First, snow accumulating on LED traffic light bulbs wouldn’t melt because… Read More
Is Nuclear Energy Safer Than Wind?
The supposition that nuclear energy is dangerous is hardly a new story. Although most of the nuclear fear mongering has been subdued through recognition of… Read More
Holy Wind Power, Batman!
It’s a good thing the unusually throaty, (AP says it’s Clint Eastwood meets grizzly bear) Christian Bale only had to deal with The Joker in… Read More
