This year, European nations announced plans to pursue artificial intelligence. National leaders announced AI spending goals totaling hundreds of billions of euros in efforts to catch up to the United States. But AI requires huge amounts of electrical power, conflicting with Europe’s commitment to achieve a Net Zero power grid. Since ChatGPT released their AI […]
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The following is a guest article by Daren Bakst. In the coming weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers are expected to release a proposed rule defining what is meant by “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The proposed rule is currently at
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Don’t place your bets on a green energy cartel fighting climate change with subsidies for anemic and intermittent windmills and sunbeams winning out over AI data center pragmatists willing to commit enormous expenditures essential for colossal expansion of weather-independent 24/7 power in competition with China dominance. Electrical power demands to support proposed new data centers
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The following is a guest article by Ronald Stein, Robert Jeffrey, and Olivia Vaughan. Sub-Saharan Africa faces a dire electricity crisis. Over 600 million people—more than 40% of the continent’s population—lack access to electricity, a figure projected to rise to 657 million by 2030 without intervention. The global nuclear renaissance is well underway—evidenced by companies
Africa is Pioneering Nuclear Innovation as it Faces a Dire Electricity Crisis Learn More »
When most people think of ASEAN – a diverse association of Southeast Asian nations that include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam – they picture Thailand’s beaches, Singapore’s gleaming skyline or Indonesia’s temples. What they don’t see is an economic juggernaut that will drive some of the planet’s largest
In ASEAN Nations, Coal Is a Physical Manifestation of Progress Learn More »
The era of hypothetical warnings about the cost of green policies is over. We have now entered the brutal phase of reporting with empirical data on the economic devastation that the foolish “decarbonization” agenda has left in its wake. The latest exhibit in this gallery of ruin is New Zealand, where the so-called “green” transition
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Vietnam’s decision to prohibit gasoline-powered motorcycles in central Hanoi beginning July 1, 2026, is a textbook example of climate dogma disrupting developing economies with potentially devastating consequences. The policy will take effect in Hanoi’s downtown districts, then expand to outer areas by 2027 and eventually include gasoline automobiles. Other urban centers, such as Ho Chi
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The following is a guest article by Daren Bakst. Lawmakers took a significant step toward ending the Green New Deal. In the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), they started to dismantle the radical “green” subsidies embedded in the partisan 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a law that didn’t get a single Republican vote in
Lawmakers Deserve Credit for Recent Success Against the Green New Deal Learn More »
…but the coolest summer nights have warmed by 5 deg. F. John Christy and I continue to examine U.S. air temperature trends, especially those in summer, and John has recently been looking at “heat wave” statistics. My interest is in determining how much the urban heat island (UHI) effect has impacted reported warming trends. Last
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Imagine the irony of labeling a substance as “hazardous” only to discover that the true peril lies not in the substance but in the act of its vilification. That is the case with carbon dioxide (CO₂) and how it has been mischaracterized to establish globally suicidal energy policies. In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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