Block Island Wind/US Department of EnergyPresident Trump has long been a supporter of traditional energy. During his campaign, he spoke negatively about electric vehicles, wind, and other renewable energy sources. But in his first day in office, the new president began a historic shift in US energy policy, away from green energy and back to hydrocarbon energy.On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed five wide-ranging executive orders that radically change United States energy and climate … [Read more...]
Bloom Energy: Time To Go
Bloom Energy’s founder, K.R. Sridhar, recently appeared on Maria Bartiromo’s show on Fox Business. He touted Bloom Energy as a viable solution to President Trump’s declaration of a national energy emergency. But as we approach the thirteenth anniversary of Delaware’s investment in Bloom Energy, it is time for the Meyer Administration to pull the plug on this energy debacle.Under the Markell Administration, then DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara engineered a sweetheart deal with Bloom … [Read more...]
Climate-obsessed anesthesiologists numb to reality
Scientists at the CO2 Coalition say a fuss over the greenhouse-warming effect of anesthetic gases is much ado about something so close to nothing as be undetectable -- tiny fractions of degrees in temperature. In fact, we would add, compared to the stakes at risk in many surgical procedures, fretting over climate change in an operating room is frivolous at best.Anybody being “put under” for surgery is likely to wonder about the competency and focus of the anesthesiologist. Questions about … [Read more...]
‘Consumer Reports’ Jettisons Objectivity on Climate Change
Consumer Reports. You probably have heard of it, as it has been around since 1936. Since then, it has offered valuable information to assess the safety and performance of many products and services, and has come to be widely trusted. So, you can understand why we were intrigued when it issued a blurb in one of its latest newsletters about…climate change. Wait…what?Consumer Reports maintains credibility by conducting its own evaluations based on its in-house testing laboratory and survey … [Read more...]
Faith in Perspective: Our Children, Climate, and the Future
We sit, privileged — sheltered by God’s grace from violence’s shadow. Yet beyond our safety, a world seethes with brutality. I was recently at an event organized by Beyond Barriers commemorating a sanctuary for childhood’s most wounded souls. As tales of near-lost lives unfolded, the room held its collective breath—each story a whisper of children hovering on survival’s fragile threshold, rescued from oblivion by compassion’s slender thread.Jesus, our Lord, places great emphasis on the … [Read more...]
Europe’s Energy Debacle Is a Warning for U.S.
Europe---light and dark. What happens if the grid fails for lack of sufficient generation?(Illustration by OpenAI.)When it comes to global energy policy, few narratives are as instructive – and as cautionary – as Europe's ill-fated experiment with wind and solar energy. The continent’s self-inflicted woes contain lessons that should be taken to heart by those formulating U.S. energy strategy for the incoming administration.Europe’s Misplaced Trust in Wind and SolarEurope's embrace of … [Read more...]
How to Drive a Silver Stake Through the Heart of the Paris Climate Accord
President Trump should present the Paris Climate Accord to the Senate as a treaty---where it would crash and burn, never to suck the blood out of Americans again.Illustration by OpenAI/ChatGPT.Fragile, but off to a good start.That’s my assessment of President Donald J. Trump’s initial actions regarding environment, climate change, and energy.On the first day of his return to the White House, President Trump signed nine executive orders related to the environment, climate change, and energy.He … [Read more...]
California’s Suspension of Environmental Regulations Should Be Permanent
Guest column by Matthew GagnonIf these regulations are an unnecessary hindrance for those recovering from the wildfires, why are they necessary at all?The Palisades Fire at peak intensity January 7, 2025, from high-rise roof in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo courtesy of Toast21 under Creative Commons license.)Southern California has been burning for more than two weeks, causing untold devastation across more than 60 square miles. Twenty-seven people have lost their lives, and thousands of … [Read more...]
Your Cappuccino Is Safe Despite Climate Fearmongering
Coffee plantation in Quimbaya, Quimbio, Colombia. (Photo in public domain under Creative Commons.)A few hundred years ago, coffee was almost an unknown commodity with hardly a handful of countries consuming it at a commercial scale. But today, it is a sought-after drink that drives multiple companies to compete for the world’s best beans.An estimated 21 billion pounds of green coffee are produced annually across more than 25 million acres worldwide. U.S., Brazil, and Japan are the top … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Burns and Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass Fiddle
A half century of disastrous wildfires and flawed land-management policies bring disaster home to Angelenos.Seems only yesterday, doesn’t it, the massive Camp fire (2018) killed 80 Californians and laid waste to some 150,000 acres of northern California. Closer to LA, the 2017 Woolsey fire burned over much of the same areas back in 2017, another big wildfire once again devastating Malibu and Pacific Palisades this week. The earlier fires should have served warning for elected officials … [Read more...]
