Editor: Reuters’ warning that ending wind and solar subsidies will raise electricity prices is the latest version of a familiar argument. Lisa Linowes (WindAction) challenged this argument when it was used to defend the Production Tax Credit in 2012 (Wind Energy Without the PTC) and in 2014 (AWEA Spins Price Distortions to Save PTC). More than a decade later, Reuters is again defending the undefendable.
“Wind and solar developers naturally want the public to equate nameplate megawatts with reliable supply, subsidized bids with total costs, and rapid deployment with technical necessity. They are selling projects. Reuters should be doing something different. The press should test industry claims, not launder them into economic commonsense.”
Once again, a major media outlet is laundering the renewable-energy industry’s sales pitch through the authority of its news brand.…
Continue Reading“To further ensure vehicle affordability, it is the policy of my Administration that consumers should be able to fix their vehicles with affordable parts without being deemed to have circumvented emissions controls.”
You can fix your vehicle and not be presumed guilty until proven innocent. As simple as that sounds in a free society, a politicized U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has done the opposite–and might change course soon by instruction from President Trump,
As summarized in this White House Press Release:
Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum expanding Americans’ freedom to fix their own vehicles.
“,,, relying on discretionary non-enforcement across all 27 EU Member States fails to address the financial and legal risks associated with [LNG] contracts that often span multiple years and that are valued in the tens of billions of euros.” (Wright et. al. below)
Chris Wright of the U.S. Department of Energy, along with major liquified natural gas exporters to the EU, wrote the following letter to the European climate leaders. The complaint regards the punitive regulatory framework required for expanded LNG deliveries to energy-hungry Europe from the viewpoint of “competitiveness, prosperity, sustainability, and energy security.” EU obstructionism centers around methane emissions in the gas-to-LNG-to-gas process.
An Open Letter to Leaders of the European Commission, European Council, and European Union (EU) Member States on the EU Methane Regulation
Dear President von der Leyen, President Costa, and EU Member State Leaders:
As your largest energy suppliers, we are committed to strengthening our economic and strategic partnerships and ensuring Europe’s energy security.…
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