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Energy Policy Exchange Lawsuit? (Milton R. Howard goes nuclear)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 8, 2026

Milton R. Howard has an anger issue. He submitted this creepy comment at MasterResource on September 23, 2025, not to be heard from again.

“This is public defamation of my character and reputation. If you do not remove this within 7 days expect to be sued. Last warning.”

Milton Howard is an Austin, Texas wind/solar developer who exhibited hateful behavior on social media against me. I documented such and called him out on it.

Hate from a Wind/Solar Executive (Milton R. Howard, Terra-Gen) (March 20, 2023)

“[Bradley] is a hired gun to spread misinformation about the renewable industry. Koch Industries has been funding this campaign since around 2009. His organization should be called a Wasted Energy Research. Pathetic job.”

“I am actually a geologist and a republican but your spread of misinformation is disgusting.

“Should LCOE finally be retired from energy policy?”

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 7, 2026

“The LCOE narrative has just collided with reality. If ‘cheap’ solar and wind really were enough, the energy transition would largely run on autopilot. Emissions would fall. Subsidies wouldn’t be needed. Electricity would get cheaper. None of that is happening.” – Jonas Kristiansen Nøland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (below)

Noncompetitive energies need studies; competitive energies need markets. This insight deserves to become an adage in today’s contentious debates over relative costs for electric generation. This is particularly true for levelized cost of energy (LCOE) studies purporting to show that wind and solar generation is competitive with thermal generation from oil, gas, and coal.

The most recent attempt is by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), titled “91 Percent of New Renewable Projects Now Cheaper Than Fossil Fuel Alternatives” (July 2025).…

Thirty Failed Climate Forecasts (optimism please)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- January 2, 2026

Martin Ecclestone on social media (November 4, 2025) usefully provided a historical review of climate exaggeration. “Educate yourself,” he began. “Uninformed personal opinions don’t change facts.”

Here’s a list [30] of the major climate-change impacts that climate scientists predicted and that have already eventuated (observed and documented in the scientific literature and major assessments). I’ve kept each item short — if you want, I can expand any item with dates, regions, or citations.

1. Global mean surface temperature rise (planet warming).

2. More frequent and/or more intense heatwaves (land).

3. Ocean warming (upper ocean and deep ocean temperature increase).

4. Global sea-level rise (mean sea level increase).

5. Melting of glaciers and mountain ice (glacial retreat).

6. Loss and thinning of Arctic sea ice (decline in extent and volume).

7.…

More Tributes in the Energy and Climate Debate (Part II)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 30, 2025

Tribute for Twelve in the Energy/Climate Debate (Part I)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 29, 2025

E&E News: “The Paris Agreement at 10: What the World has Achieved”

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 23, 2025

Climate Fundraising Update: Hope amid Doom

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 19, 2025

Who Should Your Climate Speaker Be?

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 18, 2025

Stale ‘Big Oil’ Attacks: Fundraising at ‘Inside Climate News’

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 15, 2025

“THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOOD FOR ENRON STOCK!!” (1997 Kyoto memo)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 12, 2025