The following is a guest article by Dr. Matthew Wielicki A quarter-century of promises It’s November 2025. We are exactly a quarter century removed from the millennial panic, the Kyoto Protocol hype, and the first waves of “irrevocable tipping points” that were supposedly coming in 10 years (i.e., 2010). We were told that fossil fuels […]
The following is a guest article by Julian Adorney. Capitalism as an ideology is on the ropes, especially among young people. A troubling 2025 Cato survey found that 62 percent of young Americans (age 18-29) hold a “favorable view” of socialism. Thirty-four percent even hold a favorable view of communism. I’m skeptical that these numbers represent a
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The U.S. and Japan are shedding the paralysis of irrational climate policies with a strategic pact covering rare-earth minerals, critical components for semiconductors and next-generation nuclear reactors. Forged through the leadership of two no-nonsense politicians – President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi – the clear-eyed agreement abandons more than a decade of energy uncertainty that was marked by unpredictable supply chains, unrealistic net-zero pledges and overreliance on unreliable wind and solar energy. This rightly places energy and industrial strategy at the
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COP30, the United Nations climate conference, is underway in Belem, Brazil. Thousands of representatives from all over the world have journeyed to discuss how to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to try to fight human-caused climate change. But ten years after the Paris Climate Agreement, the global consensus on climate change is crumbling. COP30 is the thirtieth “conference of
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This Halloween season, there is a scary atmosphere across college campuses, as revealed by former Vice President Kamala Harris during a recent interview. According to Ms. Harris, her goddaughter, a junior in college, is experiencing climate anxiety, as are her fellow students. The angst is not surprising. For decades, the narrative of impending global climate
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New research published in the journal Nature confirms what The Heartland Institute and our allies in the free-market environmental community have long argued: wind and solar power have low power density and thus impose huge environmental footprints. The new study acknowledges the environmental footprint of wind and solar is even larger than industry promoters have admitted. As
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You’d be crazy to buy a car based on its shiny exterior, dazzling instruments and gorgeous leather interior – but without examining the engine or taking a test drive. And yet that’s how America has handled the metals and minerals that are vital to our defense, medical, communication, automotive, aerospace, lasers, computer/AI/data centers and every other sector of our economy. They’s worth multi-trillions of dollars and are the foundation for jobs, living standards, national security, “green” energy and more. In the Stone Age, humans relied on flint and obsidian. The Bronze Age utilized copper, tin and lead, plus gold and
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With a strong push from the Trump White House, the nuclear energy industry in the U.S. is, for the first time since Three Mile Island, bullish about its future. It’s about time, given that the average existing U.S. nuclear power plant was built based on 1980s technology. A major reason for the virtual standstill in
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A recent article in The New York Times described a major report issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The report detailed that carbon dioxide, methane, and other planet-warming greenhouse gases are threatening human health. Its tone implies that this is the strongest evidence to date. But is it? Back in 2009, the Environmental
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