“Having achieved our goals, the Alliance believes it is appropriate to sunset the organization and promote Ultra Low Carbon Solar through other channels as we proudly cheer the continued expansion of sustainable low carbon solar manufacturing.”
Don’t sugar coat. The political bubble of solar is losing air, and firms and trade groups are disbanding. Rooftop solar firms are in disarray with bankruptcies and now law firms helping thousands of customers get out of their long-term solar contracts.
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The latest came from Michael Parr, executive director of ULCSA. who wrote on New Year’s day:
… Continue ReadingThe Ultra Low Carbon Solar Alliance was formed five years ago with a simple but profound mission: education. Specifically, we sought to help both industry and policy makers understand the significant differences in embodied carbon in solar panels made in China vs.
“All of these E.S.G. funds are wrong. They weren’t going to generate better returns. They are not going to make the world a better place. E.S.G. as an investment thesis should be entirely shut down.”
– Terrence Keeley. Quoted in “How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change,” New York Times, January 18, 2026.
“Six years after the financial industry pledged to use trillions to fight climate change and reshape finance,” the New York Times front-page article began, “its efforts have largely collapsed.” The reality documented in “How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change“? Net Zero and decarbonization are unnatural, uneconomic modes of business and economic organization, and businesses are getting back to the basics of fiduciary duty and consumer service. [1]
“2025 may go down as the easiest year in history to retreat on climate pledges,” stated UK climate activist Chris Bowden on social media.…
Continue ReadingEd. Note: The previous successes of the Heartland Institute in the EU/UK have been chronicled here and here. This post provides the latest DeSmog “expose” of Heartland’s successes, which is a fundraising/donation coup for James Taylor, as he explains below.
DeSmog’s investigative hit pieces are backfiring, which should concern financial supporters of this Left Progressive group. The latest example was amplified by James Taylor, head of the Heartland Institute and architect of its climate-related programs in the U.S. and abroad.
“Last week,” his recent fundraising letter went, “one of our loudest critics accidentally told the truth.” Taylor continued:
… Continue ReadingAn activist website called Desmog published an article attempting to attack The Heartland Institute. Instead, it exposed just how far our influence now reaches. The article maps Heartland’s growing network across the UK and Europe.