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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘Blatant Violations’: Watchdog Challenges Key Data Used By Biden Admin To Push Sweeping Climate Agenda
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller A government watchdog group has filed a complaint with the Biden administration over its use of a dataset frequently used to push its climate agenda. Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) filed the complaint with the Commerce Department over the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) “Billions Project” dataset, which purports to keep […]
Read Biden’s Letter To Me On Energy Which Contains 10 Lies and 3 Truths
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier Dear Mr. Swier, Thank you for writing to me. Our Nation has a long history of producing the energy that fuels our cars, heats our homes, and keeps our lights on [TRUE]. Unfortunately, for too long, we have also relied on foreign nations to help meet our energy needs. As President, I […]
White House Shoots Down Mike Johnson’s Plan To Link Ukraine Aid And Liquefied Natural Gas Reversal
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The White House said Tuesday that it would not entertain a compromise with Speaker Mike Johnson to connect an aid package for Ukraine with a reversal of the Biden administration’s moratorium on approvals for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals, according to Bloomberg News. Johnson reportedly suggested that such a compromise could […]
Climate change increases female genital mutilation. True or false?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy MercatorNet – Navigating Modern Complexities Female genital cutting is a barbarous practice that should have been consigned to the ash-heap of history long before this world experienced the pleasure of beholding my angelic baby face. Unfortunately, however, for the first time after a steady decline over two decades, it is now on the rise worldwide. Sadly, […]
Biden’s Marxist EPA announces that their new job is to destroy the U.S. Constitution
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Geoff Ross The Communists installed at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continue installed White House squatter Marxist Joe Biden’s assault on essential supply chains, transportation vehicles and our free markets. The unelected official’s at the EPA have bypassed the U.S. congress and announced an insane strict set of guidelines for heavy vehicles – including […]
To Control or not to be Controlled, that is the Question
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Karen Schoen This past week my husband and I were in the car going food shopping. His phone was on the console. It was lunch time and he said we haven’t had pizza in a while, what do you say we stop for pizza? Before I could answer, his phone answered and started telling […]
Biden’s Signature Climate Law Has A Major Achilles’ Heel — And Dems Are Making It Worse
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller President Joe Biden’s landmark climate bill is being held back by a lack of comprehensive permitting reform, the absence of which enables environmentalist lawsuits that impede green energy projects subsidized by the legislation. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) contained hundreds of billions of dollars to subsidize green energy projects nationwide, but the bill […]
CFACT’s 2023 Impact Report
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow 2023 was one of CFACT’s best years yet! Thanks to the generosity of friends like you, CFACT was able to impact the public-interest debate as never before, both in the United States and around the world. I’m therefore so pleased to present you our brand new 2023 Impact Report! From […]
DAVID BLACKMON: New EPA Auto Emission Rules Reflect The Madness Of King Biden
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller In a move that is certain to be challenged in the courts, the Biden Environmental Protection Agency enacted a de facto ban on many gas-powered cars this week in the form of a final regulation on allowable tailpipe emissions. The regulation is designed to force two-thirds of new light-duty cars and 46% of […]
EXCLUSIVE: Firm Tied To China’s Military Industrial Complex Plans To Roll Out Massive Battery Chemical Plants In U.S.
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Chinese manufacturer of chemicals for electric vehicle batteries planning to build two U.S. factories has long-standing ties to China’s military industrial complex, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found. Capchem Technology USA, the wholly-owned subsidiary of China-based Shenzhen Capchem Technology (Capchem), plans to build factories in both Ohio and Louisiana that would […]
DAVID BLACKMON: The Energy Transition Has Become A Big Green Hot Mess
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller We spend a lot of time talking and writing about the green energy subsidies contained in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. That’s appropriate given that bill’s content of a raft of incentives and subsidies the CBO estimated would amount to $369 billion over 10 years, a number that some analysts have […]
How I ‘Made Sea Level Rise Go Away’!
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. A short story behind the story Some readers may be surprised that I’m more than a pretty face. Through persistence, invaluable help from allies, and dumb luck, I’ve had some influence on a wide variety of issues, on local, state, and national levels. A reward for this is that I’ve been […]
It’s Climate Fact Check Time
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow Another month, another load of unvetted climate exaggerations and misrepresentations that climate campaigners set bouncing about the media echo chamber. Fortunately, CFACT and our partners are on the job correcting the record. Each month we work together to publish a scholarly climate “fact check” that debunks Green propaganda with […]
One of Saturn’s Moons has More Oil and Natural Gas than Earth. Why?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier Greenies, a.k.a. the Biden regime, are bent on ending the use of all fossil fuels. They argue that fossil fuels cause climate change. It that true? If the Greenies get their way and end all use of fossil fuels, then what will happen to mankind? Here’s an interesting take on fossil […]