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 […]
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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
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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
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The following is a guest article by Chris Martz. To Senator Sanders: Hi there Colonel Sanders. Do you like facts? I hope you do, because you’re about to be sacked with some. Here we go. . . First, climate change does not cause forest fires. That isn’t how this works. Fires require an ignition source
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The following is a guest article by Frits Byron Soepyan. If you prefer to read this document as a Word file, one is attached. Abstract Various educational and medical institutions, as well as policymakers, have expressed concerns regarding the use of metered-dose inhalers to prevent or treat shortness of breath associated with asthma and chronic
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First understand Southern California is naturally dry. Its Mediterranean climate means it rarely rains in the summer and has a limited winter rainy season. Three deserts in the region attest to its dry climate. As a result, the vegetation around Los Angeles primarily consists of one-hour fuels that can dry in as little as 60
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“If Illinois wants an affordable and reliable grid, the answer is to end subsidies and mandates for all forms of generation. And to eliminate regulations that are taking the most affordable and reliable fuels out of the generation mix. Nothing else will work.” Electricity prices are climbing in Illinois. As is the public’s concern about
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So what happened to that goodwill promise President Joe Biden made in the White House Rose Garden on Nov. 7 to do everything he can to support an orderly transition to the upcoming Trump administration? Calling on people to bring down the temperature after the heat of the presidential campaign, he said, “We accept the choice
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The tragic wildfires currently raging in Los Angeles have reignited the predictable chorus blaming climate change for natural disasters. As articles from outlets like Axios, Newsweek, and the BBC demonstrate, there’s a growing tendency to tie every fire, flood, or storm to climate change. However, a closer look at history, meteorology, and land management reveals that these claims are
The following is a guest article by Simon Jessop. LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – JPMorgan (JPM.N), opens new tab said on Tuesday it was leaving the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, the latest U.S. lender to quit the sector’s biggest climate coalition amid rising U.S. political pressure. The move means the six biggest banks in the world’s largest economy
