“I will not stand for [the Green New Deal]. We will defend the environment, but we will also defend American sovereignty, American prosperity, and we will defend American jobs.”
– President Donald Trump, The White House, July 8, 2019.
E&E News headlined its story, “Trump slams Paris deal in remarks about the environment.” Never mind that the major nations of the world are violating, if not decimating, the global climate agreement’s voluntary quotas. And never mind that the President talked about a raft of other environmental issues where the news is all good.
In fact, it was a speech of substance, the major theme of which is mineral energies are compatible with environmental progress. Some highlights from Trump’s speech in regard to energy and climate follow:
Remarks by President Trump on America’s Environmental Leadership
“ICCC-13 will serve as a roadmap for further Trump administration efforts regarding climate science and policy, as well as highlight the voluminous scientific evidence that humans are not creating a climate crisis.”
– James Taylor, Conference organizer, 13th International Conference on Climate Change, Washington, DC: July 25, 2019.
Climate conferences by the Heartland Institute once could be dismissed by the alarmist mainstream as fringe affairs. But with President’s Trump withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, as well as the US-led boom in oil and natural gas production, the Obama-era “keep it in the ground” philosophy is in full retreat.
Political problems aside, climate alarmism is in intellectual trouble, as dire forecast after forecast proves exaggerated, and false scares come and go. And those romantic energy transformation predictions? The reality of dilute, intermittent energies is little energy and growing grass roots complaints.…
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Some of the more important articles in this issue are:
Study: The Levelized Cost of Electricity from Existing Generation Resources
Report: Cost Shifting is the Name of the Game for Wind & Solar
Report: How Resources are Selected and Prices Set in Wholesale Electricity Markets
Disentangling the Renewable Energy Scam
Resources for Making the Case against Carbon Taxes
Why Climate Activists Threaten Endangered Species With Extinction
Excellent Short Video: Proposed Virginia Solar Project
Why the global fossil-fuel phase-out is a fantasy akin to time travel
ACE Rule Massive Improvement over Clean Power Plan
Important Short Video: California Energy Delusion
Very Good Short Video: Thank you AOC!…
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