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Roger Pielke Jr.: Guilty as Charged (DeSmog backfires again)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 29, 2026

Desmog Blog continues to profile climate and energy realists as if their views (against climate exaggeration and magical energy policy) were prima facie proof of wrongdoing. MasterResource has documented many Desmog backfires where the evidence presented would be pretty much accepted by the targeted person–and most folks outside of the Climate Industrial Complex (including academics wed to ‘the cause’).

Not surprisingly, the DeSmog hit list has expanded to suggest a majority. The waiting list for inclusion is huge. I have suggested that many more be profiled as a badge of honor, of courage.

Here is the latest: a repeat on Roger Pilke Jr. that presents his legitimate, common-sense views. The open-minded alarmist is invited to follow Pielke’s empirically derived research to cure “climate anxiety,” in fact.

DeSmog begins:

Roger Pielke Jr.

Affordability In, Renewables Out (again)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 25, 2026

“The EV bust in the U.S. is front-page business news. The domestic battery industry is following suit. The demise of the U.S. rooftop solar industry, despite subsidies, is now all about litigation to get out of long-term contracts. Add the EV school bus bust.”

A sea-change is occurring in energy policy as realism overtakes magical thinking. But you would not know it from the social media ‘denialists’ (thousands of climate-related professionals) who claim that

  • Wind and solar are cheaper than fossil fuels (some highly dubious studies say so, but government is required for on-grid additions)
  • Recent social/wind/battery additions are high (government play: continuing IRA-PTC-ITC subsidies in the U.S.; UK/EU subsidies; central planning edicts)
  • Wind and solar are inevitable (no, the fossil fuel era is still young with a global boom under way)

In a bizarre piece, “Solar Is the Cheapest Power in History, But States Are Retreating from It,” Haley Zaremba states:

Solar is now the cheapest energy source in human history, yet rollbacks are spreading from California to Virginia as officials blame high costs and a hostile Trump administration….

“Ecocide”: Joker in the Deck?

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 24, 2026

“Literally millions are saved at any one time around the world by the use of fossil fuels in transportation and electrical generation. Imagine not having the gasoline or diesel to get to the hospital, or sanitary water and conditioned air.”

MasterResource has followed eco-radicalism and Deep Ecology, the religion behind it. Ecocide, a term transferred from the Holocaust term genocide, has been explained and debated at this site.

Eco-radicals see humankind as a plague on Nature. (“I campaign for the extinction of the human race,” stated Les Knight in The Guardian.) They exaggerate, fuss, protest, threaten, and at times end up in jail. The malcontents (e.g. Roger Hallam) are at odds with society and are to be watched carefully and avoided. Eco-terrorism is always a few steps away.…

Romantic Science to a Climate Alarmist (Dessler props up ‘the cause’)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 23, 2026

A Climate Wedding?

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 19, 2026

Climate Media’s Problem? Guess Again

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 18, 2026

Lee R. Raymond: Guilty as Charged (DeSmog backfires again)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 17, 2026

Lee Raymond: Victor over BP’s Browne and Enron’s Lay (Kevin Mooney still correct)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 16, 2026

Lee R. Raymond (1938–2026)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 15, 2026

Sierra Club Floods the Climate Zone (alarmism or bust!)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 10, 2026