“Always precise, never pedantic.”
In a highly divided and partisan world, it is my intent to provide an even-handed view of the rapidly converging worlds of energy, technology and broadband, while avoiding silo thinking about any of them.
– Steve Heins
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Energy
Energy
Clean energy and energy production are at the forefront of Steve’s attention.
Communication
Communication
Communication connectivity ties it together with “The Internet of Things”
Environment
Environment
Steve tackles relevant environmental issues like fracking and climate change.
Thought Pieces
Texas flood: U.S. oil exports pour into markets worldwide
Thought Piece This article adds some real texture to the recent Houston oil “flood,” which is a double entedre with a reminder of the remarkable recovery of Houston after [...]
More Manntastic denigration from the ‘climate agitator in chief’ over the American Museum of Natural History
Thought Piece Michael Mann recently received an University of Michigan Academic Freedom Award and yet he continues his assault on free speech. There are great scientific minds who disagree [...]
Drilled, Baby, Drilled
Thought Piece Over 10 years ago, the US imported 12.9 million barrels of petroleum products a day and in the ensuing period, the US imported slightly over 2 millions [...]
EXPOSED: HARVARD STUDY OMITTED EVIDENCE TO ALLEGE EXXONMOBIL ‘MISLED’ PUBLIC ON CLIMATE
Thought Piece Here is Spencer Walrath’s rebuttal of the Oreskes and Supran Study. Interestingly, the NY Times never ran a retraction or correction. EXPOSED: HARVARD STUDY OMITTED EVIDENCE TO [...]
Boom in American Liquefied Natural Gas Is Shaking Up the Energy World
Thought Piece NYTimes: Boom in American Liquefied Natural Gas Is Shaking Up the Energy World As I started reviewing the New York Times over the last three months to [...]
First natural gas export terminal opens on East Coast
Thought Piece So the American environmental NGO’s couldn’t stop LNG from shipping from the U.S. , but they can try to deprive North American Tribes of economic development and [...]
Think Bad Oil and Gas Litigation Is Limited to Calif. and N.Y.? Colorado is Next in Line
Thought Piece How can anyone support big American environmental NGO’s “who make their money from opposing natural resource projects” and other ill-gotten gains from “sue and settle” law suits, [...]
How the B.C. tanker moratorium is killing First Nations’ enterprise
Thought Piece In contradistinction to some media portrayals of Native Tribes, the First Nations Tribes are opposed to the tanker ban proposed in Canadian Parliament, which threatens the $16 [...]
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Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process Fracking paper overstated size of methane leak from Marcellus Shale, earning retraction GalleryTracking retractions as a window into the scientific process Fracking paper overstated size of methane leak from Marcellus Shale, earning retraction
Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process Fracking paper overstated size of methane leak from Marcellus Shale, earning retraction
Thought Piece Given the fact that the American political divisions in 2018 are almost unbearable, I have chosen to avoid hot button issues like gun control, abortion, gender, woman [...]
SACRIFICING THE POOR The Lancet on ‘pollution’
Thought Piece This new piece on public health provides a necessary corrective to recent Lancet reports, which have cast a cold or non-existent eye on the importance of economic [...]
Oshkosh Natives Robert Kleinschmidt, Tocqueville Fund Manager of NYC, and Lewis Hine, social activist and photographer of the Manhattan skyline
Thought Piece Yes, Oshkosh, that brunt of many jokes and the name of kids clothing! On a historical note, Lewis Hine was also an Oshkosh boy, whose father ran [...]
Sea level rise acceleration (or not): Part I – Introduction
Thought Piece Speaking of an articulate, brave and circumspect woman, Judy Curry has begun a series of discussions with herself (and other climatologists) about the complexities of sea levels [...]
Financial Times Blasts New York Mayor De Blasio’s Climate Stunts
Thought Piece After living in Manhattan in 1970’s, 1980’s, and 1990’s, I find myself wishing for a new David Dinkins who can do no harm to the world’s financial [...]
Record-breaking year projected for natural gas production
Thought Piece This is great news for the world. We continue to improve our efficient energy and energy efficiency. Cleaner energy and “clean energy” are a glide path to [...]
An “Answer to Prayer”: Thanks to Fracking, Ohio is Making and Shipping Steel Again
Thought Piece Below, Jackie Stewart from Energy in Depth provides a great boots on the ground story from Ohio. Jackie humanizes these real people, both from the boom years [...]
Allies
Greg Wrightstone
Eco-Imperialism by Paul Driessen
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Recommendations
I am privileged to recommend Stephen Heins for any marketing, media or writing assignment. Steve is an accomplished observer, researcher and writer and doesn’t come to the title of “Word Merchant” without considerable warrant. Read More
Tom Shepstone, Shepstone Management Company, Inc.It is with great honor and enthusiasm that I recommend Stephen Heins as a hard working researcher and gifted writer. While I have known Stephen for only about six months, I’ve read many of his works and have been engaged in numerous great discussions with him on matters involving energy, the environment and the internet. Read More
I am pleased to recommend Stephen Heins as a researcher and writer. As a former commissioner on the Maryland Public Service Commission and current senior administrative law judge with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, I am most familiar with Mr. Heins’ work in the energy field. Read More
I’ve known Steve Heins for at least 5 years and can say without a doubt that he a gentleman of the first order: always professional and always respectful, even if he disagrees with your perspective. Read More
Ken Silverstein, Editor - Environmental Leader; Writer - ForbesHeins believes he has the answer to most questions, but even when he does not, he is never in doubt and expresses his position with clarity and humor. He attracts his audience with an attention getting device, engages it with thoughtful comments and examples… Read More
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