Washington’s Not So Big Short In the MetLife case, regulators admit they can’t predict the future.
Thought Piece by Stephen Heins [Gasp, Wash DC regulators finally admit they can't predict the future? Has a baseball bard, Casey Stengel, finally been heard? "Never make predictions, especially about the future." Designing plans and defenses [...]
UND dedicates new Collaborative Energy Center
Thought Piece by Stephen Heins [This guy knows what he's talking about. - Steve] UND dedicates new Collaborative Energy Center By Patrick C. Miller | October 19, 2016 The University of North Dakota last Thursday [...]
Federalism “seldom forces anyone to act but consistently opposes action…does not destroy things but rather prevents them from coming into being.”
Thought Piece by Stephen Heins [Thanks to a fellow admirer of Tocqueville, I was sent the following piece. While Tocqueville was wildly wrong about some things in America, nobody has done a better job of [...]
EPA’s Clean Power Plan and its Moment of Truth
Originally posted in Watts Up With That (WUWT) *The worlds most view site on global warming and climate change.* Guest essay by Stephen Heins, Energy Consultant, Business Writer and Practical Environmentalist 28 September 2016 | [...]
“Schneiderman’s Climate Secrets,” How Long Will New York’s Attorney General try to hide his environmental crusade?
Thought Piece by Stephen Heins [New York's Attorney General Schneiderman seems to believe that it is alright to conduct a witch hunt with one-sided transparency, which I would argue is a distorted mirror of biblical proportion. Steve] Schneiderman’s Climate [...]
“Will Environmentalists Bring The American Oil Industry To A Halt Again?” Will the environmental media’s biased view prevail over US energy policy?
Thought Piece by Stephen Heins [For an example of a certain amount of media bias, you should do a Google search for "recent EPA Colorado spill" and "Johns Hopkins fracking study." Yes, there was a recent EPA Colorado [...]
“Natural Gas Is Not A Bridge Fuel, It’s A Death Sentence:” “it’s damn near impossible to win an argument with an ignorant person.” Bill Murray
Though Piece by Stephen Heins ["It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument with an ignorant person." Bill Murray Sorry to say, but Steve [...]
“Letter shows ‘#ExxonKnew’ Attorneys General caught up in unlawful collusion” Where is Al Gore? Where is the media coverage?
Thought piece by Stephen Heins [Where is Al Gore, who should respond to this story? Where is media coverage, including the environmental media, who also should respond to this ruling? This may be a classic example [...]
“More regulatory magic from the EPA”: Another 210 page Behemoth of Ostensible Math, Science and Alchemy
Thought piece by Stephen Heins The most recent example of the manipulation of benefit/cost analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an official finding by the EPA that “greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft cause [...]
Who Will Become the First Master Builder of Clean Energy?
3 August 2016 | By Steve Heins, The Word Merchant Many have probably heard a lot about Tesla lately, including the latest dust up with the “Autopilot” accidents. Beneath the headlines, the recently announced Tesla [...]
The Big Climate Industry Takes On Big Oil By Using The Same 1990’s Big Tobacco Tactics: What’s New?
Thought Piece by Stephen Heins [It is hard not coming to the conclusion that rhetoric and legal strategies are providing the context for any serious discussion. The RICO charges are just a manifestation. I have [...]
ACEEE 2008 Presentation: Clean Energy and Emission Trading Scheme (mandatory or otherwise) for the U.S.
Thought Piece by Stephen Heins First, with so many different phrases being bandied about by the energy and environmental communities like "sustainable energy," "clean energy," and "environmentally friendly energy," I want to provide a broader meaning to clean [...]