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Does ‘Net Zero’ make sense?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy MercatorNet – Navigating Modern Complexities Do the maths. The figures don’t add up. A lot of people are worried about climate change and global warming. Who can blame them? We are constantly told that global climate catastrophe is only a few years away or that “time has quite literally run out” as then Prince Charles […]
Yes, climate change is making people depressed and angry – but not for the reasons you might think
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy MercatorNet – Navigating Modern Complexities Scaring readers out of their wits is not part of the job description of the American Geophysical Union. The American Geophysical Union (AGU), founded in 1919, is possibly the world’s premier association of earth scientists, and numbers among its members many leading climate experts. I had the privilege of […]
Here Are 7 Major Cases The Supreme Court Has Yet To Decide This Term
/in Environment, Featured, Liberty, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Katelynn Richardson Among the dozens of opinions yet to be released by the Supreme Court this term are cases on affirmative action, compelled speech and social media companies’ liability for content posted on their platforms. To date, the Court has released 18 opinions, issuing rulings that enabled those facing complaints from administrative agencies to […]
Climate Czar Kerry: Emissions from agriculture must be ‘front and center’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow The climate war on food—Then they came for our food supply. Farmers and ranchers who assume that their main job is to produce food to feed hungry people stand corrected. John Kerry, the Biden administration’s special envoy on climate, wants to enlist them in the global struggle to combat […]
‘I Just Can’t Get Over This Number’: CNN Host Shocked At Poll Showing Biden Cratering Among Key Demographic
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller CNN Host Poppy Harlow was shocked Friday about a new poll showing President Joe Biden polling poorly with independent-Democratic-leaning voters and younger voters. CNN released a poll Thursday showing 66% of Americans say Biden winning in 2024 would be a “disaster” or “setback” for the country, with CNN’s Jake Tapper calling it “horrible […]
Finland Electricity Prices Drops to BELOW ZERO Due to Efficiency of Nuclear Power Plants
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report This is what common sense looks like. by Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge, May 25, 2023 – 02:45 AM As we detailed in early May, the transition from testing to regular output last month saw Finland’s first nuclear power-plant drive electricity prices dramatically lower. Asyle reports, the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor in Eurajoki, southwest […]
Supreme Court Rolls Back Biden EPA’s Expansive Water Regulation
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Supreme Court rolled back the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate under the Clean Water Act (CWA) in a unanimous decision Thursday. Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, brought by a couple prevented by the EPA from building a home on their own land near Priest Lake, Idaho because it contained […]
‘It’s Criminal’: Central Wisconsin Communities Unite to Stave Off Looming Wind Turbine Industry
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Power, money, and fuel. We are really at war with these global idiots. How many pipelines and energy projects were stopped dead in their tracks over some innocuous environmental concern or obscure fish “endangerment.” As for “wind”, each wind turbine embodies a whole lot of petrochemicals and fossil-fuel energy in direct contrast to […]
Death of the EV Dream, Er, Nightmare
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Duggan Flanakin Now that the American Dream has been turned into a nightmare in part by overspending that has led to the highest interest rates in the 21st Century, it is high time to admit that, as Melanie Mcdonagh writes in The Telegraph, the electric vehicle dream, too, “has turned into a nightmare.” Mcdonagh, […]
Top State Judge Handling Climate Lawsuit Worked With Environmental Group Tied To Plaintiffs’ Lawyers
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Chief Justice of Hawaii’s Supreme Court, who is hearing Honolulu’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies for climate damages, has worked with a D.C-based environmental group that has close ties to the plaintiff’s attorneys. Honolulu’s lawsuit against Sunoco, Shell, Chevron and other companies is one of many lawsuits cities have filed against […]
Sustainable Development: Sustainability
/in Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy James Simpson The World Economic Forum (WEF) held its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 16–20 of this year. It is difficult to overestimate the WEF’s influence on the Western world. Attendees included political leaders such as Justin Trudeau, Emanuel Macron, Biden Administration “Climate Czar” John Kerry, Current U.S. Director of National Intelligence […]
STUDY: Only 12% of Atmospheric CO2 Added Since 1750 Is Man-Made, ‘Too low to be the cause of global warming’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report The Man-Made Global Warming Myth Debunked. Devastating for the climate narrative. Carbon-14 dating shows only 12% of atmospheric CO2 added since 1750 is manmade. ‘Much too low to be the cause of global warming.’ Truth is the enemy to the left. They are destroying civilization, our very way of life, in their […]
Sen. Joe Manchin Vows To Block All Biden Nominees To Environmental Protection Agency
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin will block all of President Joe Biden’s nominees to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the agency’s proposed rule regulating power plants, he announced Wednesday. “This Administration is determined to advance its radical climate agenda and has made it clear they are hellbent on doing […]
Wind turbines irreparable harm to our natural world: CFACT to NJ GOP legislators
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow Last week I participated in a hearing conducted by the New Jersey Senate GOP on the subject of offshore wind and whales. During my testimony I spoke about the “irreparable harm” in store for both people and marine life from permitting these unbelievably massive offshore wind farms to spoil the […]
China-Russia Axis is Dangerous for Fossil Fuel Disarming America and the West
/in Environment, Featured, National Security, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Don Ritter The relationship between China and Russia poses the greatest danger faced by America and the West since the Hitler-Stalin Pact in 1939 initiated WWII. If alarm bells are not ringing all across Washington, D.C. — they should be. China was already a global power based on its expanding economy, modernizing military and […]
Climate Change: A Fairy-Tale Wrapped In Falsehoods Inside Fictions
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Skirmish – Liberato.US The phony climate change narrative has had a rough time on Capitol Hill, lately. David Turk, deputy secretary of the Energy Department, made a complete fool of himself in congressional testimony when he would not say how much it would cost to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. He admitted it would […]
Climate Danger
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Dr. Thomas Patterson Americans are becoming neurotic worriers. Covid brought out the worst in us, as politicized medical leaders rushed us into a panic response that did far more harm than the disease itself without fundamentally affecting the net outcome of the pandemic. But Covid is hardly the only example of Americans overestimating the […]
Gavin Newsom’s Carbon-Neutral Grid Plan Looks To Be Going The Way Of The Bullet Train To Nowhere
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller California’s planned transition to a carbon-neutral electricity grid by 2045 relies heavily on offshore wind power. It might take a miracle to get there. The growth of offshore wind will have to accelerate faster than a Tesla Model S, which goes from zero to 60 in less than two seconds. As […]
EU Backs Dutch Scheme to Forcibly Shut Down Thousands of Farms to Meet EU’s Climate Goals
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Dutch Scheme Bans Farmers From Returning to Agriculture Forever. The buyout scheme prohibits Dutch farmers from moving to other countries and starting up farms abroad, meaning that their knowledge and expertise would be lost. No one is safe. Responding to the announcement from the EU, Dutch political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek said: “This […]
Biden Energy Secretary Doubles Down on Electrifying US Military’s Vehicle Fleet by 2030
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, National Security, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Nuts! The United States will lose to China with this kind of idiotic, feckless and delusional leadership. They are destroying EVERYTHING. When these morons plug in their vehicles, where do they think the energy comes from? Biden energy secretary doubles down on electrifying US military’s vehicle fleet by 2030: ‘We can […]
New York State To Ban Gas Stoves
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Democrats hate you. Natural gas is one of the cleanest forms of energy. This is a deliberate attack on our very way of life. Where do these morons think the electrical energy comes from? New York would ban gas stoves in new buildings under potential budget deal By Tim Meads • Apr 29, […]
Feds Admit Offshore Wind Turbines Can Kill Whales!
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow Despite public proclamations of innocence, it turns out BOEM and NOAA clearly acknowledge the deadly threat of offshore wind development to marine mammals. Not surprisingly they do it in documents that are subject to judicial review, lest they be caught fibbing. Of course these admissions are well hidden, buried […]
Metaphors, ticking bombs and climate change
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy MercatorNet – Navigating Modern Complexities We should beware of allowing figures of speech to distort the debate. Since linguist George Lakoff and philosopher Mark Johnson published their monograph Metaphors We Live By in 1980, scholars have devoted considerable attention to the use of metaphor as a cognitive tool that enables people to apply what they know […]
House Passes Bipartisan Bill To Repeal Biden’s China Solar Rules
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The House passed a resolution Friday morning to repeal President Joe Biden’s moratorium on solar panel tariffs to several Southeast Asian nations, where Chinese firms linked to slave labor have reportedly been assembling their products to avoid U.S. tariffs. The resolution passed 221 to 202, with the support of most Republicans and 12 […]
‘License To Kill’ Whales, Dolphins Handed to Offshore Wind Power Companies in Biden’s Green Energy Push
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow Since December, Dozens Of Whales And Dolphins Have Washed Up Dead Along East Coast Beaches, Especially The New Jersey Coast. Greenpeace launched its “Save the Whales” campaign on April 27, 1975. But in the ensuing years, Greenpeace has gone full Orwell. Greenpeace is no longer interested in saving the […]
Biden’s ‘Green’ Policies Following Europe Straight Into the Dark
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Craig Rucker President Biden and congressional Democrats constantly fret about “climate change.” Indeed, they have made it such a high priority they are taking an “whole of government approach” to addressing it. In fulfilling their aims at curbing emissions, the entire Biden Administration has been systematically and intentionally dismantling the powerful, reliable energy system […]
Comer Threatens Kerry’s ‘Powerful, Unchecked’ Climate Office With Subpoena
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky has threatened to subpoena the office of special climate envoy John Kerry, over a failure to disclose documents to the House Oversight Committee, in a letter released Tuesday. Comer slammed the Biden administration for failing to respond to nearly two years of oversight requests from the […]
China Trashing the Global Environment: ‘There Is No Fish in the Waters’
/in Environment, Featured, National Security, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Robert Williams China’s overseas infrastructure projects present high-impact risks to the environment, a new study has found. The report — conducted by researchers from the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, the University of Queensland, the University of California Santa Barbara, and Colorado State University — focused on the risks to coastal and marine […]
Is Environmentalism a Religion?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow As more and more in society have drifted away from a belief in God the void needs to be filled for most human beings. The environment, Crichton said, has filled the void for many. Conventional Judeo-Christian religion began with a perfect world called Eden. Today’s environmentalist sees sustainability as […]
Plundering Biden Creates New Government Agency, the “Office of Environmental Justice”
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report G-d help us. The climate and racial hoax on steroids. President Joe Biden will sign an executive order directing federal agencies to invest in disadvantaged communities disproportionately affected by pollution and climate change, the White House said. The president, who is preparing to announce his reelection bid next week, will make the […]