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Jean Boissinot Goes Strange Post-COP30

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 4, 2025

“[COP30 was] the kind of outcome people like you have been bullying for for months…. And, if you please could keep for yourself your insane ranting backed by nothing but your fantasy (for lack of a better word) that would be better….. I might not hesitate to delete comments that delude, mislead or offend.” (- Boissinot to author, below)

Jean Boissinot, climate alarmist and energy statist, responded strangely to COP30’s failure. The ex-Director, Risk & Research, Banque de France, stated:

… the final CMA declaration gavelled down minutes ago and not in the net zero future we need to transition to …. Although addressing climate change unequivocally means phasing out fossil fuel and getting to net zero…. we, as a global community, are still unable to face the obvious, speak the truth and do the necessary.

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Solar Bankruptcy: Pine Gate Renewables (boom to bust continues)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 3, 2025

“What about the triple-digit number of creditors who banked on a loser? What about taxpayers who funded around 30 percent of the solar investment? … Ben Catt is just another rent-seeker, a political crony, like Sunnova’s John Berger, benefitting at the expense of just about everyone else.”

MasterResource has chronicled the rise and fall of major U.S. solar firms this year. The rooftop solar business is in shambles, with leaders such as Sunnova becoming worthless and defaulting on their long-term projects. And more recently, utility-scale solar developers are in trouble despite the last-minute deal to continue major tax subsidies until next year.

Add this to the list. As reported in Solar Power World, (November 7, 2025):

National solar developer Pine Gate Renewables is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and selling its solar and energy storage project portfolio and independent power producer business.

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“Tax the Rich”: The Successor to Net Zero?

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 2, 2025

“The fact that Roger Hallam wants to use coercive government to impose his ‘solutions’ on others is a bulls-eye refutation that he is more of a megalomaniac than a clear-eyed scholar. His fringe views should be rejected and his proclivity for violence condemned.”

Roger Hallam, cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil, as well as a jailbird from his disruptive climate protests, is ready to throw in the towel on Net Zero. Regarding UK climate politics, he posted:

If there is one article to read to understand why the present economic and political arrangements are going to collapse then this is it. There are only two alternatives:

1. The Labour government keeps with the net zero target for 2030, bills rise, Reform gets in and ensures the target is trashed.

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Lisa Sachs (Columbia University): Energy Naivety while in Denial

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 1, 2025
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“The Climategate Whitewash Continues” (scandal of a scandal)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- November 28, 2025
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Happy Thanksgiving!

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- November 27, 2025
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Climategate Turns 16: Never Forget

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- November 26, 2025
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Requiem for COP 30: Utter Failure (but success for consumers, taxpayers, freedom)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- November 25, 2025
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Energy & Environmental Review: November 24, 2025

By -- November 24, 2025
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A Nuclear Resurgence, But Major Obstacles Remain

By Steve Goreham -- November 20, 2025
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