“In Europe’s air conditioning wars, the hoi polloi are beating the climate scolds. The public is putting comfort and public health above green dictates.” (- Wall Street Journal editorial, July 20, 2026).
The summer peak is climate alarmism time. To which it can be said: “don’t whine, chill.” That means enjoying air conditioning inside but also thinking about conditioned air outside and certainly mist machines. And witness the plethora of new products to handle the heat, from underwear to hats to shirts. From the AI summary:
…Mini-A/C units for clothing integrate seamlessly into your wardrobe to provide portable, on-the-go cooling. Ranging from wearable clip-on personal fans and thermoelectric neck plates (like the Sony Reon Pocket) to battery-powered cooling jackets, these systems circulate continuous airflow or actively chill your skin.
“It is time to stop the EPA from acting like an economic planning agency and instead get it focused on its mission of environmental protection.” (Coalition letter, below)
Executive Orders reflect the party in power. Congress sets the rules for administrative agencies. To this end, a group of 40 free market groups led by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) sent a coalition letter in support of legislation to rein in the overly politicized, climate-activist U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The proposed legislation, End of EPA Abuse Act of 2026 ( S. 4931 and H.R. 9453), was introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) respectively, with support from twenty state attorneys general.
The letter follows:
Dear Member of Congress:
The undersigned organizations urge you to support the End EPA Abuse Act of 2026 (H.R.…
“… I also know this credit won’t go on forever. It was never meant to, and it shouldn’t…. I have expressed support in the past for a responsible, multi-year phase out of the wind tax credit. But…”
– Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), an original author of the 1992 Production Tax Credit (PTC)
Special government favor has propped up solar power since the 1970s and wind power since the early 1990s. One decade turning into the next, the (not-so) “clean energy” lobby has repeatedly made promises that their technologies are, or soon will be, competitive with electricity generated from natural gas, petroleum, or coal.
Documentation of this failure is well reported here at MasterResource and by the Institute for Energy Research. This particular post reproduces in large part a 2015 piece by the American Energy Alliance (IER), “Wind Fail: 20 Quotes for 30 Years of False Hopes.”…