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Artificial Intelligence (AI): Economic Transformation, Politics Brewing

By Steve Goreham -- April 2, 2026

“Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle have announced AI capital spending plans totaling $650 billion this year, up 70% from 2025 and up 650% from 2020. This single-year spending total is larger than the individual Gross Domestic Product of 168 nations.”

“Economy-transforming artificial intelligence faces a rising battle between the Trump administration and progressive environmental groups, a major issue for the mid-term elections.”

Artificial intelligence is impacting the economy on a scale that may surpass changes from the internet revolution. Science, technology, energy, transportation, health care, industry, and business are being transformed at an accelerating pace. President Trump has emerged as an AI champion, but opposition is rising from progressive and environmental groups.

The term “artificial intelligence” was coined by John McCarthy at Dartmouth College in 1955. But it took 67 years until the introduction of ChatGPT in November of 2022 for AI systems to master the complexities of human language.…

Climate Change and Energy:  World Leaders in Turmoil

By Steve Goreham -- February 9, 2026

“There is no evidence that UN COP meetings and more than $10 trillion spent on renewables over the last 30 years have affected the climate. The average atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, which is blamed for global warming, has been rising over the last 50 years without any change to the trend.”

World leaders are in turmoil. For 30 years, the United Nations, World Economic Forum, and International Energy Agency, among business and political leaders called for a shift from hydrocarbon fuels to renewable energy. Thousands of laws were enacted to try to force a net zero energy transition. But it’s now clear that green energy is unable to meet the needs of growing developing nations or support the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution in advanced nations.

Since the founding of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992, the UN has led efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to try to fight human-caused global warming.…

Rejecting Climatism: Trump Withdraws from UNFCCC and 66 International Organizations

By Steve Goreham -- January 14, 2026

“The US withdrawal from UN climate programs may signal a worldwide retreat from Climatism and the push for net zero energy policies. Leading political groups in Australia, Germany, and the United Kingdom appear to be joining the US to move back to sensible energy policy and away from efforts to cut carbon dioxide emissions.”

The Trump administration has issued an executive order that withdraws the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other international bodies. The order pulls the US back from organizations pursuing climate policies and other efforts that the administration does not consider to be in the national interest. The US abandonment of world climate groups may accelerate a pushback against climate and net zero energy policies.

The Trump memorandum issued on January 6 was titled, “Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States.”…

Environmental Groups Urge Congress to Ban Data Centers

By Steve Goreham -- December 17, 2025

A Nuclear Resurgence, But Major Obstacles Remain

By Steve Goreham -- November 20, 2025

Europe: AI Development or Net Zero?

By Steve Goreham -- September 10, 2025

Steeper Road for Zero-Emissions Vehicles

By Steve Goreham -- July 23, 2025

‘Net Zero’ Is Collapsing in U.S. States

By Steve Goreham -- June 16, 2025

Time to Defund Climate Models?

By Steve Goreham -- April 29, 2025

US Military Exits Climate Change After Wasteful Decade

By Steve Goreham -- April 2, 2025