Proposed EPA Power Plant Rule Could Intensify Reliability Challenges

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The Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) condemned the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new rule that would make it almost impossible for coal-fired power plants to continue in operation, stating that implementing the rule would simultaneously drive up costs and drive down reliability of America’s electric grid. Following is the EPSA’s press release from May […]

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Merchants of Misinformation: The Church’s Challenge in An Age of Climate Falsehood

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For centuries, the church has influenced our world in a positive way. Christians have been at the forefront of scientific discoveries and are well-known for their charities worldwide. In fact, the very hospital that I access in India was built by faithful Christians from a faraway land and my wife was educated at a school

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Surging New England Energy Prices: No Surprise 

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New England home heating and electricity prices are on the rise with no end in sight. Consumers paid record-high energy bills last winter, even though the winter was not unusually cold. Shortages of natural gas and green energy policies will drive New England prices higher and raise the chance of electricity blackouts.  Residential energy bills

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Is Opposition to Fossil Fuels Pro-Life?

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Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) supports a recent proposal by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to stiffen PM2.5 requirements—a regulation that would further impede the use of fossil fuels—claiming: “PM2.5 is a deadly killer responsible for up to 200,000 deaths in the United States every year. Recent medical research links

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California Will Be Exploiting Developing Countries to Achieve 1.8 Million EV Trucks

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We all know by now that the California Air Resources Board has banned the sale of traditional combustion trucks – that run on diesel – by 2036 in the state. California now requires fully electric truck fleets. Recently, CARB unanimously adopted its Advanced Clean Fleets regulation phasing in mandates for medium and heavy-duty truck operators

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A Powerful Defense of Capitalism

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When Forbes editor Steve Forbes calls a book “one of the most important … in decades defending capitalism,” it’s time to sit up and take notice. Rainer Zitelmann’s In Defense of Capitalism: Debunking the Myths (USA, Republic Book Publishers, March 2023) fully deserves Forbes’s praise. In 10 relatively short chapters constituting the first half of the book, Zitelmann conclusively

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Replacing The Supply Chain In A “Net-Zero” World

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Only a handful of individuals have ever seen or touched crude oil, but every one of the 8 billion people on this planet enjoys the products made from the oil derivatives manufactured from that black gold. Chemical products, such as plastics, solvents, medical supplies, and fertilizers, are essential for supporting modern lifestyles. The world is

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Why Can’t Renewables Power Modern Economies? Physics

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Image: Creative Commons under Unsplash To understand why wind and solar power, even with battery backup, will not be sufficient in the near future to supply the electric power needs of any modern industrial economy, much less an economy the size of the United States, one must first understand how the electric power system works.

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