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Climate Propaganda at Columbia University: Meet Prof. Lisa Sachs

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 18, 2025

“One-sided argumentation/advocacy in place of intellectual rigor is fraudulent and morally wrong. It speaks to desperation in a dark hour. Your climate courses should be restructured or terminated. At a minimum, a new reading curriculum is needed.”

Lisa Sachs, Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, and Director of the Columbia Climate School’s Master of Science program in Climate Finance, recently wrote on social media:

Couldn’t be more excited for the official launch of Columbia Climate School‘s new MS in Climate Finance, as I hear from more and more incredible applicants AND practitioners, underscoring the importance, timeliness and breadth of rigorously understanding the intersection of Climate and Finance!!

I responded that climate finance was producing Net Zero for investors, with Sunnova being the most recent example. She deleted the comment and sent me this personal communication:

Rob, I don’t find your comments on my posts very helpful to anyone.

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Energy & Environmental Review: March 17, 2025

By -- March 17, 2025

This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions.

Unreliables (Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences):
It’s a 100% flip: Reuters suddenly admits Net Zero policies have been a resounding failure
Wind farm owners admit liability to nuisance claims made by Irish couple

Unreliables (General):
*** Bogus Myths Created to Promote Renewables
*** The Green Energy Delusion
NY State’s green energy policy brings a world of hurt
Towns and States Don’t Want Green Energy

Wind Energy — Other:
Short video: Save the Wild West from Wind Industrialization

Solar Energy:
Hail storm destroys thousands of solar panels in Texas

Nuclear Energy:
Small Modular Reactors will benefit developing economies
The Future of Clean Energy Looks Increasingly Nuclear

Fossil Fuel Energy:
Surging LNG Exports Show US is a Global Nat Gas Superpower

Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** 9 Takeaways from the JP Morgan Chase Energy Study You Won’t Want to Miss
*** Epstein: How to Solve America’s Electricity Crisis
*** Energy Secretary Vows Reversal of Biden Climate Policies
DOE Chris Wright: “We need more energy.

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CFACT: Stop Offshore Wind!

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 13, 2025

Ed note: One of the nation’s leading environmental organizations, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, has done their homework on the ecological harms of offshore wind turbines. This letter to Secretary Burgum of the U.S. Department of the Interior from David Wojick (CFACT) and David Stevenson (Center for Energy & Environment, Caesar Rodney Institute) follows.

A previous post, Whales and Offshore Wind: Trump Time (Wojick has built a case), detailed the forty-one (!) posts of David Wojick on this issue. The latest is to put the evidence into political action now that look-the-other-way Podesta-Biden-Harris (and a lot of hypocritical ‘environmental’ groups) has been replaced by a new Administration. The letter and accompanying information follow.

RE: Reviewing legitimacy of Offshore Wind Project approvals

Dear Secretary Burgum,

It is with a sense of real urgency we are writing to you today.…

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Climate Gobbledygook: ‘Experts’ Pontificating Mitigation Failure

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 12, 2025
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Peak Air Pollution: The Increasing Sustainability of Fossil Fuels

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 11, 2025
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Modernize EPA! (CEI guidebook is out)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 10, 2025
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DeSmog’s Climate Chart Needs You!

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 7, 2025
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Climate Annoying? Open the Mind Instead

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 6, 2025
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‘Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past’

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 5, 2025
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WSJ Energy Feature Errant, Politically Obsolete (Sheridan rebuts)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 4, 2025
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