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California losing another refinery, impacting AZ and NV; fuel shortages possible
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Kenneth Schrupp With Valero announcing the pending closure of one of its two remaining California refineries, the state will lose at least 18% of its current refining capacity by the end of 2026. Because California is an “energy island,” meeting demand for California and the parts of Nevada and Arizona that rely on its […]
The Agenda Of The Climate Change Chicken Littles
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Mark Wallace Written by Mark Wallace An acorn falls on Chicken Little’s head. Alarmed, Chicken Little cries out, “Henny Penny, the sky is falling! Let us go and tell the king!” Like Chicken Little, the Global Warming/Climate Change Hoaxers have been predicting the imminent demise of the Earth and its inhabitants. This farce has […]
Why Do “Green” Groups Oppose Nuclear Energy?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Capital Research Center Biden Administration Approved $485 Million for Anti-Nuclear Nonprofits. During the last half of the Biden administration, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm began talking up the virtues of reliable, safe, and carbon-free nuclear energy. In August 2024 she called for constructing 98 more of our largest nuclear reactors—enough to power 50 million additional American […]
Look At Beef To Understand Why U.S. Trade Needs A Makeover
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Beth Brelje Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes The imbalance within this industry illustrates the broader trade issues that leave the U.S. at a disadvantage The international trade landscape is quickly shifting as President Donald Trump makes one bold tariff move after another in his effort to forge more favorable trade agreements for the United […]
Oil, Transportation Costs Lead To More Pain At The Pump In Arizona
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Chris Woodward Editors’ Note: Arizona continues to get screwed because the EPA and its “special blend” makes Maricopa County overly dependent on crazy California and its dwindling number of refineries. Adding insult to injury, the ostensible reason for such dependence is ozone pollution, 80% of which comes from outside the state! If true, all […]
Communist China Controls British Steel—Time For a British Government Take Over!
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Geoff Ross USN retired Surface Warfare/Air Warfare The Socialist Marxist Pro Hamas Prime Minister of England Keir Starmer and his radical far left government called an emergency meeting today Saturday April 12th, 2025, to take over the last privately owned steel plant in the United Kingdom. It’s called nationalization in England. In Communist Cuba, […]
Weekend Read: Ten Environmentalist Myths
/in Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Edward Ring Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes Modern environmentalism often strays from its original purpose, advancing policies that unintentionally damage ecosystems, strain economies, and benefit powerful corporate interests. The first Earth Day was organized in 1970 in response to growing public concern for the environment. Many of these concerns were entirely justified. In 1969, for […]
Solar Picnic Tables? How The Federal Government Has Treated Your Tax Dollars With Utter Disdain
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The House Oversight Committee’s subpanel on government efficiency held a hearing Tuesday exposing billions of taxpayer dollars wasted annually on outdated federal buildings. Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who leads the Subcommittee on Delivering Government Efficiency (DOGE), opened the hearing by slamming federal agencies for maintaining a bloated real estate […]
US Military Exits Climate Change After Wasteful Decade
/in Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Steve Goreham Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes The United States military has pursued an increasing number of programs to try to fight climate change for more than a decade. The Air Force, Army, and Navy each developed programs to use alternative energy and to reduce hydrocarbon-based fuels, with aggressive carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduction […]
Court Delivers Massive Blow To Famed Climate Scientist Who Sued Critics
/in Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Nick Pope Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Editors’ Note: This decision has implications not just for freedom and speech, but also for conservative media. Mann’s work and his famous hockey stick, which alleges a connection between the warming of the Earth and C02, is at the heart of much of the modern environmentalist movement. […]
Georgia Bill Sparks MAHA Concerns About Alleged Chinese Poison Chemicals
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Environment, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller MAHA advocates are warning about a bill Georgia lawmakers passed in March that they allege would allow manufacturers of pesticides to escape liability for poisoning customers. Senate Bill 144 would make it so “that a manufacturer cannot be held liable for failing to warn consumers of health risks above those required by […]
WINNING! Vile Anti-American Globalist WEF Founder Klaus Schwab Resigns
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Environment, Immigration, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report The feral anti-American globalist and the founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, has announced his decision to step down as the organization’s chairman. This decision comes after a tenure of five decades at the helm of the WEF. The announcement follows a board investigation into the workplace culture at the […]
Inside the now-shuttered ‘East German-style’ EPA Museum — Gore says goodbye to USA?!
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Marc Morano from Climate Depot WATCH: Peek inside the now-shuttered EPA Museum that closed because it cost $4mil to build, $600k annually to operate & received less than 2000 visitors Climate Depot’s Marc Morano: “The now-defunct EPA Museum evokes memories of an old East German government propaganda effort. Future generations will look back on […]
How Trump Is Decimating the Left’s Patronage Networks
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jarrett Stepman Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes President Donald Trump has launched a political counterrevolution in the early days of his second presidency. One of the most profound ways he’s doing this is by effectively cutting off the Left’s massive, government-funded patronage networks. What’s making Trump’s moves so effective is that many of these networks are […]
Arizona Lawmakers Look At Way To Prevent Gasoline Price Hikes
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Dave Mason Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Editors’ Note: This short article is worth reading carefully. Phoenix uses a gasoline “unique blend” to fight ozone. No one else uses this special concoction, and it is produced in California’s dwindling, over-regulated refineries, leaving us vulnerable to all the crazy environmental zealots in California. This destroys […]
EXCLUSIVE: How Small Town America Stopped A Chinese Communist Party Takeover
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller A U.S. electric vehicle battery manufacturer with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has suspended its permit application to build a plant near a Michigan National Guard base following fierce opposition. Chuck Thelen, CEO of Gotion Inc. — a “wholly owned and controlled” subsidiary of Chinese company Hefei Gotion High-Tech […]
‘Years of Climate Action Demolished in 52 Days’ By Trump — A ‘Climate Onslaught’
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Marc Morano from Climate Depot WATCH: Morano on Fox & Friends on Amazon rainforest being clear-cut for 4-lane highway for UN climate summit: ‘This is beyond parody. If they really cared about the rainforest or the climate, they would have a Zoom conference’ ‘Years of Climate Action Demolished in Days’ By Trump! — […]
House Republicans Seek To Repeal More Biden Green Energy Regulations
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The House of Representatives will seek to overturn several Biden administration climate regulations limiting consumer choice later this week. Speaker Mike Johnson is slated to bring two joint resolutions of disapproval to the House floor to repeal green energy standards for home appliances including refrigerators and freezers. The regulations were issued […]
Reversing Biden’s Red Tape: Trump’s Deregulation Agenda Drives Down Inflation
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Carrie Sheffield Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. inflation fell last month, with core prices at their lowest level in four years. It’s a harbinger for future price drops to come, thanks to planned spending cuts and tax reforms that will drop inflation further. Inflation will also likely decline thanks to President Donald Trump’s herculean deregulation efforts. The White […]
No, Smithsonian Magazine, Climate Change Is Not the Main Driver of Satellite Collision Risk—The Sun Is
/in Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Anthony Watts Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes A recent article from Smithsonian Magazine (SM) titled “Climate Change Might Increase Satellite Collisions, Limiting How Many Can Safely Orbit Earth, Study Finds” claims that human-induced climate change is causing the upper atmosphere to contract, reducing drag on satellites and space debris, which could lead to more collisions. This is misleading […]
Burgum Says U.S. Natural Resources Could Equal $100 Trillion as Trump Expands Alaskan Drilling
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council In a move to vastly expand energy production within the United States, the Trump administration announced on Thursday that it will reopen over 80% of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve to oil and gas drilling. The action comes as U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum suggested that the total value of […]
It Rhymes With ‘Greenies’
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller IT RHYMES WITH ‘GREENIES’ It looks like Greenpeace could go kaput. Nine North Dakotan jurors in a defamation, trespass, nuisance, and civil conspiracy case awarded Dallas-based Energy Transfer a $660 million judgment Wednesday against Greenpeace. The case revolves around the activist group’s actions to prevent the Dakota Access pipeline. The award, […]
PODCAST: Trump Dismantling Bogas Climate Policies and COVID, It’s Safe to Tell Truths Now!
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV GUESTS AND TOPICS STEVE GORHAM Steve Goreham is Executive Director of the Climate Science Coalition of America and author of four books on energy, climate change, and sustainable development, with over 100,000 copies in print. Steve’s new book, Green Breakdown: The Coming Renewable Energy Failure, came out August […]
Trump Is Right About Greenland’s National Security Implications
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Paul Dragu Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes President Donald Trump is serious about acquiring Greenland. But his administration is not the first to make overtures for this strategic island with national security implications and an abundance of valuable natural resources. The Greenland issue came up again Thursday during an Oval Office news briefing with […]
EPA Slashes Climate Change Red Tape, Claws Back $20B Climate Slush Fund
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has initiated a vast reversal of the regulatory-heavy, climate change fear-based policies of the Biden administration, announcing Wednesday that it is taking 31 actions to remove red tape for the energy and automotive industries and lower the cost of living for Americans. The agency also announced […]
EPA Announces 31 ‘Historic Actions’ to Unleash American Energy
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Sweeping Deregulation, Cancels Over 400 Grants Saving Taxpayers $1.7 Billion. “Today is the greatest day of deregulation our nation has seen. We are driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion to drive down cost of living for American families, unleash American energy, bring auto jobs back […]
Mann vs Science: Science Wins! — a.k.a. Mann v Steyn, et. al.
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Healthcare, National Security, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. The public perception is that Dr. Michael Mann has become the standard bearer of climate change. After all, he invented the climate hockey stick idea, which has been relentlessly seared into the public’s consciousness by a complicit lamestream media. In effect, his graph has arguably been the premier example of real Science having […]
Powering AI: The Energy Workforce Crisis No One Is Talking About
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Brent Orrell | Josh Boynton Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes We are used to thinking about how burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) may affect jobs and employment. Usually, this means fixating on whether or not AI systems will replace or augment human labor. What is less often considered is the way AI will, and in […]
EXCLUSIVE: How Chris Wright Plans To Help America Climb Out Of Energy ‘Hole’ Dug By Biden Admin
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller HOUSTON — Energy Secretary Chris Wright explained his plans to fortify America’s fragile power grid and a host of other energy policy issues in a Monday interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation. Wright has his work cut out for him atop the Department of Energy (DOE) after the Biden administration and […]
‘Sabotage’ Replaces ‘Protest’ as Teslas Torched – ‘Climate Crap’ Gone from Pentagon
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Marc Morano from Climate Depot Watch: Morano on Varney on Fox on how climate change has hijacked the environmental movement & why Trump’s EPA rejects classifying CO2 as a pollutant Watch: Morano on Fox urges ethics investigation into Sen. Whitehouse for voting for wife’s salary & warns Canada’s new PM Mark Carney as worse […]