American-Japanese Pact Signals Ascent of Energy Realism

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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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Ten Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Climatism is Crumbling

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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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A Scary Climate Story Fashioned by Menacing Modeling

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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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Study: Net Zero Wind and Solar Buildout Needs Huge Amount of Land

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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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Rare Earth Minerals, etc From China … or the USA?

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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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Trump’s Climate Folly — or Solid Climate Science?

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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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‘Green’ Obsession Feeds Orthodoxy and Starves Growth 

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Climate orthodoxy insists that the poorest nations, home to billions who still live in energy poverty, must power their rise from the edge of subsistence using expensive and unreliable solar and wind energy.  But a country desperately trying to build up industry, jobs and infrastructure, had best bet on power sources that can reliably deliver affordable and abundant electricity. Growth of power supply must match increase in demand. Factories, small enterprises, digital infrastructure – and more – need power that

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Real Public Health Threats vs. Climate Hysteria

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Relying on human ingenuity to coexist with a changing climate – either warmer or cooler – and tending to long-recognized public health threats are the best ways to ensure the well-being of the planet and its inhabitants, according to an Australian physician and expert in climate and public health.  “The ingenuity of Homo sapiens at

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