EPA rule changes put clean air at risk (Commentary)

Thought Piece The thoroughly discredited Dr. Charles Driscoll, leader of the “Indirect Health Benefits Study” of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), opines about the new EPA rule, replacing the 2015 CPP with a more balance, less Federal Government. Did I mention the Study was jointly done with Harvard? Old environmentalists don’t fade away, they patiently wait [...]

By |2018-11-13T20:28:23-05:00November 7th, 2018|Categories: Energy, Environment, Thought Piece|Comments Off on EPA rule changes put clean air at risk (Commentary)

How Greens Humiliate Themselves

Thought Piece Holman Jenkins rides again!!! My major complaint against the one-eyed environment extremists, like the new Attorney General of New York, has always been that they use misinformation and extra-legal (at best) bullying tactics, not unlike former EPA senior management, several State Attorney Generals, several NGO’s, many university professors, partisan politicians, and some well-meaning but [...]

By |2018-11-13T20:28:31-05:00November 6th, 2018|Categories: Energy, Thought Piece|Comments Off on How Greens Humiliate Themselves

Plunging Emissions Mostly Not Spurred By Natural Gas Nor Renewables, U.S. Government Finds

Thought Piece Reading between the lines of this piece about the recent EIA Report, the stark raving fact is that industrial energy efficiency has been responsible for over 50% of all emission reductions in the US in the last 23 years, with energy efficiency strategies in the last decade or so in the industrial sector reducing [...]

By |2018-11-13T20:27:53-05:00November 1st, 2018|Categories: Energy, Environment, Thought Piece|Comments Off on Plunging Emissions Mostly Not Spurred By Natural Gas Nor Renewables, U.S. Government Finds

‘State Government Blew It’: Lawmaker on Natural Gas Oversight

Thought Piece Finally, here is an honest appraisal of the failures of Massachusetts and its state agencies leading up to the recent Boston gas explosion. Frankly, while all related parties share some of the blame, the real problem is the ossification of Boston and surrounding area’s infrastructure and the long term failure of urban governance in [...]

By |2018-11-13T20:34:03-05:00October 30th, 2018|Categories: Energy, Thought Piece|Comments Off on ‘State Government Blew It’: Lawmaker on Natural Gas Oversight

But what will take its place?

Thought Piece Here is another thoughtful piece from my friend Greg Walcher, who knows more about the environmental history of West of Mississippi River than anyone I have ever read. In addition, Greg has great conservational creds, after being the head of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and working on environmental issues in the Senate [...]

By |2018-10-26T20:11:57-05:00October 24th, 2018|Categories: Environment, Thought Piece|Comments Off on But what will take its place?

Misery ‘Every Day, Every Hour’ in Syrian Camp. And Now, It’s Grown Critical.

Thought Piece What’s new. This piece from New York Times pretends to be an “objective” report, but it simply isn’t. Even more embarrassing is the story hidden in between the lines. For example, there is no mention of of the overwhelming forces of Bashar al-Assad and the Russians in Syria. There is no mention of the [...]

By |2018-10-26T20:17:02-05:00October 20th, 2018|Categories: Thought Piece|Comments Off on Misery ‘Every Day, Every Hour’ in Syrian Camp. And Now, It’s Grown Critical.

Taxing carbon may sound like a good idea but does it work?

Thought Piece The Abject Failure of Emissions Trade and Carbon Taxation Both, a carbon tax and cap and trade, have yet to provide a single good example of working. In fact, the EU ETS has been an abject failure since its inception in 1997 and its implementation in 2009. Also, CA's trading scheme is just another [...]

By |2018-10-26T20:21:33-05:00October 19th, 2018|Categories: Energy, Thought Piece|Comments Off on Taxing carbon may sound like a good idea but does it work?

Responding to a Misleading Narrative on Texas Oil Exports

Thought Piece My major complaint against the one-eyed environment extremists has always been that they use misinformation and extra-legal (at best) bullying tactics, not unlike former EPA senior management, several NGO’s, many university professors, partisan politicians, and some well-meaning but under-informed activists. O.K. I have several complaints with the entire group mentioned above: They have been [...]

By |2018-10-26T20:25:09-05:00October 12th, 2018|Categories: Energy, Thought Piece|35 Comments

CAN THE FCC REALLY BLOCK CALIFORNIA’S NET NEUTRALITY LAW?

Thought Piece I have been assembling all of the examples of bad behavior by the churches of “Net Neutrality”, both from the efforts of the States and former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. That said, this story takes the cake. In a recent threat against FCC Chairman Agit Pai, “I will find your children and I will [...]

By |2018-10-26T20:35:57-05:00October 10th, 2018|Categories: Communication, Thought Piece|1 Comment

Faux Outrage Over Migratory Bird Treaty Demonstrates Fractivist Duplicity

Thought Piece Congrats to the sanity of Greg Walcher and Paul Driessen. The size of the double standards applied to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is symptomatic of the larger discussion about EU’s Paris Agreement and the “environment leadership” of Germany. Do what I say, not what I do. The EU and its “Emission Trading Scheme” [...]

By |2018-10-26T20:28:50-05:00October 10th, 2018|Categories: Energy, Environment, Thought Piece|Comments Off on Faux Outrage Over Migratory Bird Treaty Demonstrates Fractivist Duplicity