“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
Justin Trudeau: “No country would find 173 billion barrels of oil in the ground and just leave them there.”
Thought Piece [The total lack of understanding about the importance of good global economics on display in James Ayre's piece is staggering. As Bjorn Lomborg points out in Wall Street Journal Op-Ed [...]
Reprint of “EPA administrator: ‘We’re going to keep reducing greenhouse gas emissions”
Thought Piece [Gina McCarthy is an unrepentant and a zealous climate change alarmist, with a little too much self-congratulation in her latest interviews for my tastes. Her certainty and biases [...]
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EPA McCarthy Admits CPP Has No Measurable Climate Impact: ‘One one-hundredth of a degree?’ She defends regs as enormously beneficial symbolically. GalleryEPA McCarthy Admits CPP Has No Measurable Climate Impact: ‘One one-hundredth of a degree?’ She defends regs as enormously beneficial symbolically.
EPA McCarthy Admits CPP Has No Measurable Climate Impact: ‘One one-hundredth of a degree?’ She defends regs as enormously beneficial symbolically.
Thought Piece EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks during a news conference, accompanied by U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in Washington U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria [Amid [...]
OPEC Faces Quandary as U.S. Oil Inventories Swell: Oil cartel’s cuts are helping competitors fill their storage tanks
Thought piece [The remarkable production capabilities and transportation system for US oil and natural gas continue to change the world and its geopolitics. As predicted, OPEC's strangle hold on [...]
It’s Time for a National Debate on Fracking: Bloomberg Criticizes New York Fracking Ban
It's Time for a National Debate on Fracking Stephen Heins, Spark Magazine http://spark.fortnightly.com/fortnightly/its-time-national-debate-fracking?sthash.K1Dpwp7q.mjjo On April 8th, 2015, the Wall Street Journal headline read "Bloomberg Criticizes New York Fracking Ban." [...]
Wood Mackenzie forecasts ‘net positive’ for energy markets under Trump: New Pipelines, Cleaner Fossil Fuels and Renewables
Thought Piece [Currently, the U.S. is producing more than 9 million barrels per day of oil, with world-wide production around 96 million barrels per day, which means that the [...]
Lawmaker says ‘majority’ of House Republicans are ‘deniers’: Harvard Professor says “Things are not looking good.”
Thought Piece Naomi Oreskes, the Harvard University science historian [I must admit that it is hard being called a denier, just because some of us don't see [...]
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Dueling Headlines: DAPL expected to bring $100M a year to North Dakota; Former OH Rep. Dennis Kucinich thinks real cost may be incalculably higher. GalleryDueling Headlines: DAPL expected to bring $100M a year to North Dakota; Former OH Rep. Dennis Kucinich thinks real cost may be incalculably higher.
Dueling Headlines: DAPL expected to bring $100M a year to North Dakota; Former OH Rep. Dennis Kucinich thinks real cost may be incalculably higher.
Thought Piece [Who knew that Dennis Kucinich was a pipeline and environment expert? In fact, who knew he even knew where North Dakota was located. Although, it isn't surprising that he opposes [...]
Bakken Boosters See Robustness Returning This Year and Next, Additional $100 million in Annual Tax Revenue
Bakken Boosters See Robustness Returning This Year and Next Richard Nemec March 6, 2017 The buzz is slowly returning to the Bakken Shale, with state and industry stakeholders eyeing [...]
GE, Siemens Vie to Reinvent Manufacturing by Harnessing the Cloud Digital platforms let factories link data on inventories, maintenance, safety
GE, Siemens Vie to Reinvent Manufacturing by Harnessing the Cloud Digital platforms let factories link data on inventories, maintenance, safety hazards By Christopher Alessi Updated March 5, 2017 11:04 [...]
FCC reverses net neutrality ISP transparency rules
FCC reverses net neutrality ISP transparency rules Small ISPs will no longer be required to inform customers of their network management practices The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted [...]
Trump’s Clean Watershed: He orders the EPA to review Obama’s illegal waterways regulation.
Trump’s Clean Watershed: He orders the EPA to review Obama’s illegal waterways regulation. Wall Street Journal Editorial, Updated Feb. 28, 2017 8:04 p.m. ET http://www.wsj.com/video/opinion-journal-a-watershed-for-better-regulation/C361F7BB-BE73-4E9C-8810-0D0EC285560E.html Speaking of deregulation (see [...]
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“FCC: I Do Believe We’re on the Eve of Destruction” On the other hand, my headline is “FCC finally set free from Telecom Acts and overregulation” Gallery“FCC: I Do Believe We’re on the Eve of Destruction” On the other hand, my headline is “FCC finally set free from Telecom Acts and overregulation”
“FCC: I Do Believe We’re on the Eve of Destruction” On the other hand, my headline is “FCC finally set free from Telecom Acts and overregulation”
Thought Piece [This editorial piece seems so dated. It invokes all of the old arguments about Baby Bells, cable and telecom regulation from the distant past. Absolutely absent from [...]
A Trumpian Green Shoot Is Broadband: Wireless carriers just zero-rated the internet. Get ready for a revolution in cheap, ubiquitous data.
Thought Piece [Net Neutrality suffers another ignominious defeat at the hands of technology; however, The NY Times and the Wash Post recent Op-Ed pieces on preserving Net Neutrality demonstrate [...]
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Carbon Tax/Cap and Trade, both gambits are too complex, too political, too gamable and too inefficient for a world of limited resources and poverty. GalleryCarbon Tax/Cap and Trade, both gambits are too complex, too political, too gamable and too inefficient for a world of limited resources and poverty.
Carbon Tax/Cap and Trade, both gambits are too complex, too political, too gamable and too inefficient for a world of limited resources and poverty.
Thought Piece ["Cap and Trade" and "Carbon Tax" gambits are too complex, too political, too gamable and too inefficient for a world of limited resources and poverty. "California’s Cap-and-Trade [...]
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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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