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Nuclear Power Radiation — Part 1
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. Recently, I posted a commentary arguing that there are good reasons to categorize Nuclear power as a “renewable” source of electrical energy. One reader said OK, but what about the radiation problem? My answer is what radiation problem? I’ll break down this technical matter into two parts, and try to keep it understandable to non-scientists. Part 1 […]
Biden Admin Locks In Regulations Targeting Appliance Owned By ‘Almost Every US Household’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Department of Energy (DOE) finalized regulations Tuesday for a popular appliance that will push the market toward adopting heat pump technology. The DOE’s final energy efficiency regulations for water heaters will apply to common electrical water heaters and significantly increase the share of those models that use heat pumps, according to the agency. […]
Elon Musk May Have Just Dealt A Blow To Biden’s EV Agenda
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Tesla laid off a large portion of a key team in its electric vehicle (EV) charger division on Monday, a move that could pose problems for President Joe Biden’s broad EV agenda. The company reportedly laid off nearly all of its employees working on the company’s “Superchargers,” which charge EVs quicker […]
It’s coal to the rescue as wind and solar fail to keep German lights on
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow In Germany they call it the “Energiewende,” meaning energy transition, and it doesn’t work. Germans have been forced to come to grips with sober energy reality after binging on more than half a trillion Euros of so-called “alternative” energy, such as wind turbines and solar panels. This dramatically increased the price of […]
Nuclear Is A Renewable Energy: Wind and Solar lobbyists are fighting this reality!
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. As a physicist, I believe that one of the reasons that intelligent energy policies have not gained sufficient traction is that we are allowing those with political agendas (vs independent scientists) to define some key energy terms. [One thing I know from golf, is that a match is usually won or lost […]
Texas Official Says Biden Admin Green Power Initiative Could Cause ‘Significant’ Environmental Damage
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller A Republican official in Texas is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to bring offshore wind to the coast of the Lone Star state due in part to concerns that the technology could have negative environmental impacts. Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham filed comments with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) […]
Top Biden Bureaucrat Consulted With Eco-Activists To Justify Infusing Social Justice Into Wind Program
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller A senior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) official consulted climate activists about finding legal justification for the agency’s push to get developers to invest in “underserved communities,” according to communications obtained by Protect the Public’s Trust. Marissa Knodel, a senior adviser at BOEM who formerly worked for eco-advocacy group Earthjustice, sought the […]
Proof Positive: The Globalist Left Aligns With Hamas
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Cherie Zaslawsky The Climate Justice Alliance is in “solidarity” with terrorists’ massacre of Jews on October 7th. From an article in the Washington Free Beacon: In the aftermath of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack against Israel, left-wing nonprofit Climate Justice Alliance expressed “unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian freedom struggle” and blamed the attack on […]
Top Automaker Takes $1.3 Billion Dollar Bath On Key EV Line
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Top American automaker Ford hemorrhaged over a billion dollars on electric vehicles (EV) in the first quarter, leading to massive losses per vehicle. Ford sold 10,000 vehicles in its EV Model e unit in the first three months of the year, losing $1.3 billion on the line altogether, equating to a loss […]
Climate Change Is Normal and Natural, and Can’t Be Controlled
/in Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Frits Byron Soepyanfbs Editors’ Note: The global warming crowd would like nothing better than to convince you that we are in a climate crisis and that they need to grab COVID-like emergency powers to dictate how you live your life. If it were not for the sinister nature of the movement, which wishes to […]
Biden Admin Used Border Wall Funds On ‘Environmental Planning’ And Cleanup, Government Watchdog Says
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Featured, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Biden administration spent taxpayer dollars meant to fund a border wall to pay for “environmental planning,” according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). At the request of Republican Reps. Jack Bergman of Michigan and Jodey Arrington of Texas, the GAO investigated whether the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) broke the law […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Having Biden Declare A Climate Emergency Is A Crazy Idea
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller I recorded a podcast this week in which the host told me I am an “outlier” for being willing to write the truth about the destructive nature of the Biden administration’s energy policies. It was one of the kindest things anyone has ever said to me, frankly. So, I guess I […]
MARC MORANO: Biden May Declare ‘Dictatorial U.S. Climate Emergency’ Bypassing U.S. The Constitution
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Marc Morano Morano on Fox talks Biden’s access to ‘COVID-like powers’ if he declares a national ‘Climate Emergency’ – ‘Dictatorial Powers’ Fox Business – The Bottom Line w/ Dagen McDowell & Sean Duffy – Broadcast April 19, 2024 Sean Duffy: The White House told Fox Business that it is now considering declaring a national ‘climate […]
Biden Admin Weighs California’s Latest Green Gambit That Could Set Off Chain Reaction Of Economic Pain
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Biden administration could allow California to implement a rule designed to push green locomotives, but a growing list of stakeholders are warning that the regulation would severely impact the state’s economy and the national rail industry. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could soon determine whether it will allow the California […]
On Earth Day 2024 we remember Michael Crichton’s revelation that ‘Environmentalism is a religion’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier On September 15, 2003 American author, screenwriter and filmmaker Michael Crichton made the following remarks at the Common Wealth Club in San Francisco, California. We reprint this given that what he said in 2003 has come to pass in 2024 in America as the climate doomsayers are now in control of […]
3 Blue State Offshore Wind Projects Scrapped In Blow To Biden’s Green Agenda
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Three New York offshore wind projects were canceled Friday in the latest sign of trouble for the stumbling industry and President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda, according to Politico. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the agency that handles offshore wind contracts, disclosed Friday that it could not finalize […]
EV Truck Rule Highly Inflationary
/in Economy, Environment, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Larry Bell With consumer appetite for plug-in electric vehicles tanked and manufacturers making up for huge losses by charging more for gasoline cars and trucks that they actually want, EPA has just raised central-government-knows-best green zealotry to draconian heights. On Good Friday, when news outlets were relatively quiet, the agency rolled out a new […]
Biden Must Stop Playing Politics With The Strategic Petroleum Reserve
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy David Blackmon Oil and gasoline prices are rising now, just in time to become an issue for the 2024 presidential election campaign. The U.S. domestic price for West Texas Intermediate topped $86 per barrel in Friday trading, while the international Brent index briefly hit $91 before dropping slightly below that level. These are the […]
158 Washington, D.C. cherry trees get axed – UN vs. UN on ‘2 years to save world’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Marc Morano 158 Washington, D.C. cherry trees get axe – UN vs. UN on ‘2 years to save world’ – Kerry declares YOU are ‘GREEDY’ – EU: ‘Climate inaction’ violates human rights. Sean Hannity: The publisher of Climate Depot, Marc Morano, is back. Good to see you. … Marc, you have spent the better […]
General Electric’s Taxpayer-Powered Wind Machines
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Ken Braun Editors’ Note: This is just another example of wild spending to force change in the energy field on Americans and how badly US corporations have been corrupted by the government by the cynically named Inflation Reduction Act. “Wind turbines are like strippers. They stop working when you stop throwing money at them.” […]
Farmers’ Revolt Over Radical Green Agenda Could Reshape Europe Ahead Of EU Elections
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Tristan Justice European farmers are reshaping the political landscape across the Atlantic just months before the EU’s parliamentary elections. European farmers are reshaping the political landscape across the Atlantic about two months before 27 member states of the European Union (EU) vote on new leadership in their parliamentary elections. Between June 6 and June […]
Will feds decimate one owl species to help another?
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow Nearly 500,000 barred owls in northern California, Oregon, and Washington state will soon be under the gun if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service goes ahead with its latest scheme to save the endangered northern spotted owl. In November, the Fish and Wildlife Service unveiled its barred owl management […]
‘Enormously Naïve’: JPMorgan CEO Slams Biden’s Natural Gas Pause, Issues Warning About Economy
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Jamie Dimon, long-time CEO of JPMorgan Chase, criticized the Biden administration’s pause on new liquified natural gas (LNG) projects and gave a key warning about the future of the economy in a letter released Monday as a part of the company’s annual report. Dimon emphasized the usefulness of LNG as a […]
Robinette Hood: Here’s How Biden’s EV Agenda Will Take From The Poor And Give To The Rich
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Featured, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller President Joe Biden’s massive electric vehicle (EV) agenda will subsidize the lifestyles of America’s well-to-do while hitting average people the hardest, economists and auto market analysts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Biden administration is aggressively regulating the U.S. auto market to drastically increase the proportion of EVs sold over […]
Biden’s Electric Vehicle ‘Mandate’ Might Just Be A Surprise Gift To China
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Biden administration has put in place regulations that would require many Americans to adopt electric vehicles (EV) in the coming years despite U.S. companies struggling to produce the products, leading some experts to wonder if vehicles from China will be needed to meet current goals. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized emission […]
The Entire Push To Halt New Natural Gas Exports Traces Back To One Ivy League Prof And His Shaky Study
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Nick Pope A questionable study by a Cornell University climate scientist gave climate activists and the media ammunition to wage a pressure campaign against the Biden administration to take action against liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. Cornell’s Robert Howarth authored the October 2023 study, which purported to find that lifecycle emissions associated with LNG […]
New England’s Last Coal Plants Set to Close
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report “And ultimately the impact is going to be less reliable electricity, higher prices for Americans … it’s going to have a disproportionate impact on the poor.” — Ayn Rand, Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution. “There’s a concerted effort to shift away from reliable sources of electricity generation to unreliable […]
Oil is Power, CO2 is Food. Globalists Want Control of Both
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Karen Schoen “The big threat to the planet is people: there are too many, doing too well economically and burning too much oil.” — Sir James Lovelock, BBC Interview, Contributor to UN Agenda21/2030 How often do I say everything is connected. Nothing is more evident than that. Just look at what we see going […]
Ford Puts Dent In Biden’s Plans To Expand EVs
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Ford Motor Corporation announced Thursday that it would be delaying the production of new electric vehicle (EV) models as domestic demand for electric cars falters, despite heavy federal investment. Ford joined General Motors and Mercedes-Benz in reeling in its EV production strategy, pivoting instead to producing more hybrid vehicles, according to a Thursday press release. The high-profile […]
Biden Regime Builds a ‘Climate’ Youth Army
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Featured, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report The Biden regime shoved this line item into their obscene bankrupting, bloated budget – an unimaginable eight billion billion dollars to fund a goodstepping ‘Climate Corps’ program that would hire over 50,000 “climate activists”—more employees than NASA and the EPA combined. It evokes a climate red guard. Or Hitler youth. Climate is a […]