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National Energy Dominance Month, 2026
By The White House BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION America’s abundant energy resources are the backbone of our booming economy and the foundation of our enduring prosperity. During National Energy Dominance Month, we recommit to unleashing the full might of America’s vast natural resources, strengthening our Nation’s energy independence, […]
DeWine Signs Gas Tax Suspension Into Law
By The Daily Signal Relief at the pump for Ohio drivers is here. Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday signed a bill that temporarily suspends the gas tax. The 90-day suspension runs through the election and holiday season and comes after the state Legislature passed the bill on Wednesday. Both parties’ candidates for governor, Democrat Amy […]
An Unlikely Power Player in the Fight over Solar Projects on American Farmland — A young girl takes on the government…
By John Droz, Jr. I am reposting a powerful article from Politico, editing it for length. IMO this is a clear indication of how a single citizen can be a major influencer for good. Alexandra Fasulo’s attacks on New York solar have reached the NY governor’s race and Washington, DC. Alexandra Fasulo’s wide-reaching anti-solar posts […]
“How I Was Brainwashed Into Becoming a Biased Climate Reporter”
By John Droz, Jr. A wonderfully revealing first-person explanation about what is happening to our younger generations, by heroine Lucy Biggers… (Note: her original Substack article has a short video to go along with each of her three points.) In three parts, I explain how I was brainwashed into becoming a biased climate reporter. Step […]
The AI Apocolypse: Is This Another Democrat Scare Tactic?
By Neland Nobel Written by Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes No doubt you have watched the public frenzy build over the last few weeks around artificial intelligence and the social problems caused by AI Data Centers. The latest burst of hysteria came from viral comments by young engineers and even some company executives, […]
REP. BRANDON GILL: Pass The Stop Climate Shakedown Act To Protect America
By The Daily Caller Let’s just stipulate one thing right off the top: If Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, Tim Walz of Minnesota, and JB Pritzker of Illinois are adamantly opposed to something involving energy policy, it’s a safe bet that what they’re fighting against is actually a really good idea. That’s definitely the case […]
The EPA Just Removed a Billion-Dollar Barrier to Reliable Power
By The Daily Signal Energy deregulation is not simply about eliminating rules. It is about removing regulations that exceed statutory authority, impose overly burdensome costs, and make it harder for Americans to access affordable and reliable power, often with little or no environmental benefit. The Environmental Protection Agency’s repeal of the 2024 greenhouse gas standards for power […]
It’s Time for America to ‘Go Nuclear’ — Power That Is!
By Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) There’s a loud outcry about AI data centers and how they consume more and more electricity. This is a false flag. The truth is America can meet all of its energy needs, including AI data centers, by going nuclear power! Elon Musk in 2022 did a […]
America Doesn’t Have Enough Petroleum Refineries: This Is The Cause of High Gas Prices!
By Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) The United States has 130 operable petroleum refineries (128 currently operating), with a total atmospheric crude oil distillation capacity of roughly 18.2 million barrels per day (b/d). The U.S. processes around 16 to 16.5 million barrels of crude oil per day, producing refined petroleum products (gasoline, […]
Why Gas Prices Are High When We Are Energy Independent
By Royal A. Brown III A good summary explaining why our gas prices are high regardless of fact the U.S. produces most of its own oil needs — we need more refineries to process our own oil! Why Gas Prices Are High When We Are Energy Independent It confuses many people. Myself included. I will […]
U.S. Approaching ‘Massive’ Deal for Venezuelan Oil Fields: ‘HUGE Would Be An Understatement’
By The Geller Report A big development for Trump’s energy-centric administration. The historic deal would more than double U.S. oil reserves by drawing from a country that has the world’s largest proven reserves. It’s massive. WATCH: Trump team is closing in on a Venezuela oil deal that would MORE THAN DOUBLE U.S. reserves! The GOAT […]
The “Smartening” of America
By Cherie Zaslawsky The formerly sleepy suburb of Menlo Park where I live, made a sudden appearance on everyone’s radar in 2011 when Facebook moved in. Then-Mayor Rich Cline presciently called it: “the single biggest event in our town’s history.” And we’re about to make national headlines once more, since we’re facing what amounts to a hostile […]
Why A Commodity Supercyle And How To Play It?
By Neland Nobel Written by Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes In a previous article, we noted the superior relative strength action in commodities versus the S&P, coming off what appears to be a 17-year market bear market, and the implications thereof. We also noted that just “normal” charting of commodity price indices was […]
Climate Activist Money Meddles in GOP Primaries, Using MAGA Messaging
By The Daily Signal Republican voters who see ads attacking South Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Ralph Norman as insufficiently MAGA might be surprised to learn about the major donor behind those messages. “Ralph Norman: MAGA Traitor,” reads one ad from the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC. “Ralph Norman betrayed President [Donald] Trump by endorsing against him in […]
UN Green Climate Fund Emission Reduction Claims are Fraudulent
By Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow ByDavid Wojick A database of Green Climate Fund (GCF) “projects” reveals that almost none are actual projects. Most are just specialized junior funds. Each has a supposed emission reduction number, but these numbers are just fantasy guesses since no actual projects are involved. Thus, the GCF emission reduction claims […]
The Green Climate Fund ran short of other people’s money
By Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow On July 14, the UN’s Adaptation Committee put fund managers, negotiators, and development bankers on a video call to work through a problem that clearly has them rattled. The money is drying up. The Green Climate Fund, the Global Environment Facility, and the Adaptation Fund all sent people to explain how […]
New Report Exposes the Foreign Cash Behind ‘Extremist Climate Activist Movement’
By The Daily Signal Foreign donors have poured over $130 million into U.S.-based climate activist nonprofits, according to a new database tracking over $5 billion in foreign funding. “Our database makes it clear foreign cash is bankrolling much of the extremist climate activist movement in America,” Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of Americans for Public Trust, told the […]
Yet Another Embarrassment from the National Academy of Pseudoscience
By John Droz, Jr. I am reposting a fine commentary from the very competent and insightful conservatiove attorney, Francis Menton. This is not only important for the reasons he so clearly enumerates, but also because the NAS (National Academy of Science) organization he categorizes as incompetent is essentially the source of the primary authors of the deplorable NGSS and Framework. […]
Reforming the Alarmist National Climate Assessment has Begun
By Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow For 25 years, the periodic National Climate Assessment (NCA) report has been the flagship of American alarmism. It looks like that is about to change with a realist at the helm. The assessments are produced by a small federal office called the U.S. Global Change Research Program (GCRP) which […]
Air Conditioning Is A Life Saver, Not A Blight On The Environment
By Gabriella Hoffman Written by Gabriella Hoffman Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes TPP Editors’ Takes 175,000 Europeans die from heat annually — four times more than US gun deaths. Only 19% of European households have A/C, thanks to red tape like facade rules and permits — while 90%+ of American homes stay cool. The administration […]
Morano: Trump energy coming to Canada, and Trudeau’s legacy down the toilet
By Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow https://drrichswier.com/wp-content/uploads/2026-07-09-Grabien-Fox_Business_Network-The_Evening_Edit-3618604.mp4 Selected Excerpts: Marc Morano: It’s about time Canada owned up to the disaster that was Justin Trudeau, with all his virtue-signaling on climate that had real economic impacts for Canadians. I’ve been out to Western Canada, Calgary, many times, and the grassroots organizations have been fighting this agenda. These […]
Critically Thinking about “Climate Etc.”
By John Droz, Jr. Recently, there was a monumental development that 99% of the world didn’t notice or adequately appreciate. Let’s start with the fact that Dr. Judith Curry is a world-renowned climate expert, with impeccable bona fides. For MANY years she has willingly absorbed the slings and arrows of the media and compromised scientists, because […]
UK Air Conditioning Fines: When Using a Car’s AC is Illegal
By Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV Complete guide to UK car air conditioning laws: when AC use is illegal, engine idling fines, environmental regulations and how to avoid penalties. The increasing focus on environmental protection and air quality improvement across British cities has created a complex web of regulations governing when and where drivers […]
Worry About Climate Fearmongering – Not Change
By Paul Driessen Written by Paul Driessen Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes America’s teenagers and young adults are experiencing a “troubling rise” in anxiety, depression, emergency room visits, suicidal thoughts, and suicide, the Centers for Disease Control, psychological and psychiatric organizations, schools, and other observers are reporting … yet again. CDC’s 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that 40% of American […]
AWED MEDIA BALANCED NEWS: We cover Energy to Education to Elections
By John Droz, Jr. Welcome! We cover Energy to Education to Elections — and more! Here is the link for this issue, so please share it on social media. Checkout the 2026, 2025, & 2024 archives, plus asterisked items below. — This Newsletter’s Articles, by Topic — Secondary Education Related: *** Why Critical Thinking Is […]
Small Nuclear is Advancing Rapidly
By Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow Over the last year or so, the idea of nuclear power has been surging in popularity. Sadly, over the last couple of decades, the anti-nuclear activists have generated such an anti-nuclear scare amongst the general public that many people now have a totally false and distorted idea of nuclear […]
AWED MEDIA BALANCE NEWS: We cover Energy to Education to Elections — and more!
By John Droz, Jr. Welcome! We cover Energy to Education to Elections — and more! Here is the link for this issue, so please share it on social media. Checkout the 2026, 2025, & 2024 archives, plus asterisked items below. — This Newsletter’s Articles, by Topic — {To make the Newsletter shorter, we’ll just link […]
CFACT joins the Fix the EPA Veto Coalition
By Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow CFACT has officially joined the newly formed Fix the EPA Veto Coalition, a broad alliance pressing the Trump administration to issue a strong executive order reining in the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to retroactively sabotage major energy, mining, and infrastructure projects. At the heart of the issue is Section 404(c) […]
Zeldin to Congress: EPA Putting Affordability Ahead of Alarmism
By Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow Lee Zeldin is the best administrator EPA has ever had. By a long shot! In America, we get so caught up in the daily ups and downs of politics that we often forget that policy is the point. Watch Zeldin lay out EPA’s bold reform agenda at a congressional budget hearing. Zeldin masterfully stood […]
Climate Lawfare Suffers Major Defeat at the Supreme Court
By The Daily Signal The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously struck down a bizarre effort at climate lawfare, which aimed to penalize Chevron for its role in boosting the U.S. war effort against the Nazis and Imperial Japan in World War II. The ruling is good news for sanity, but it also sets an important precedent […]