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Green Energy Threatens Reliability of Texas, US Electric Grids
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Bill Peacock Texans might be forgiven for thinking they have it better than the Brits when it comes to keeping the lights on. After all, they live in the energy capital of the world. However, the destructive nature of renewable energy like that used in Great Britain knows no borders, especially when American politicians […]
Here’s Why The Media Don’t Want You To Know About The Massive Protests Going On Around The Globe
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Beth Whitehead Discontent with left-wing policy failures is triggering massive protests all over the world. Just don’t expect to read all about it in the New York Times. If you skim the front pages of major corporate news outlets, you’ll find no mention of the economic protests raging in Spain, Morocco, Greece, and the […]
REPORT: Biden Poised To Declare Climate Emergency To Ram Through Green Agenda
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller President Joe Biden could declare a climate emergency as soon as this week, according to The Washington Post, in a bid to implement elements of his environmental agenda as climate legislation has stalled in Congress. Leading Biden administration officials are debating ways to advance the president’s agenda, and the president is […]
The Author Who Warned Us Against Blindly Trusting ‘The Science’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Thomas Kuhn’s 1962 work “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” revealed why we should not confuse scientists with science. “Attacks on me are, quite frankly, attacks on science,” said Anthony Fauci to widespread ridicule or approval, depending upon which side you are on. If you doubt his judgment personally, you must not […]
‘Peak climate insanity’ — Manchin Rejects $2 Trillion Pork Barrel Climate Spending Bill
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Marc Morano Morano: “I liken it to they compare the climate crisis to having cancer and the green energy transition, the Green New Deal is their version of chemotherapy. Yeah, you’re gonna be sick, you’re gonna be vomiting, you’re gonna be laid up, but just when you get to the other side of that, […]
The Global Food System and Totalitarian Control
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Kelleigh Nelson “Politicians are more or less so warped by party feeling, by selfishness, or prejudices, that their minds are not altogether balanced. They are the most difficult to cure of all insane people.” — Robert E. Lee, from his personal journal, circa 1860 “A decline in courage may be the most striking feature […]
Once Again, Senator Manchin Detonates Biden’s Agenda
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Rick Moran Nero Incendiarius!” (“Nero, the arsonist”) Romans called their emperor after most of Rome burned to the ground in 64 AD. The rumor was that Nero wanted to burn down the city as inspiration for one of his poems — a myth started by Nero’s enemies. But most of Rome wanted Nero’s head […]
The Left Is About To Pay For Their Energy Insanity
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neil Patel Most politicians and activists have strong views on every political issue. Those views grow from their fundamental political philosophies and beliefs. The best politicians know how to balance their political ideals with a keen watch on how they affect the lives of everyday Americans — those who voted them into office. Go […]
Climate-Related Deaths Are at Historic Lows, Data Show
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Since the 1920s, atmospheric CO2 concentrations increased from about 305 parts per million to more to more than 400 ppm. The latest talking point of progressive politicians, pundits, and activists is that America cannot afford not to spend trillions of dollars to “solve the climate crisis” because global warming is an […]
Biden’s Transportation Department Targets CO2 Emissions of Cars on Highways to Push EVs
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Bonner Cohen One week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency could not regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants because the agency lacks congressional authorization to do so, the Biden Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed a rule targeting CO2 emissions from highway vehicles, for which DOT also has no […]
The End of Private Car Ownership
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch You will drive nothing and you will be happy. The term “pedestrian” has a derogatory meaning because peasants walked while nobles were “equestrians” and rode horses. The industrial revolution eliminated this class difference, as it did so many others, by making car ownership available to the masses until eventually Herbert Hoover was […]
Marx and the Banning of Elements in the Periodic Table
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Vlad Tepes Blog Examining the problem, reaction, solution/thesis, counter thesis, solution, or the dialectic scam of the left. There certainly seems to be more than one understanding of this phrase. Here is our shot at it. Of course, there are scholars of Hegel/Marx who read this site, and we welcome any corrections or other […]
EPA Now Stuck Between A Rock and A Hard Place on CO2
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy David Wojick EPA is stuck. What they will now do is anybody’s guess. Enjoy their dilemma! There are lots of happy reports on the Supreme Court’s ruling throwing out EPA’s so-called Clean Power Plan. Some go so far as to suggest that EPA is barred from regulating power plant CO2 emissions. It is not […]
Studies Show The Electric Vehicles Democrats Insist You Buy Are Worse For The Environment And Lower Quality
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report It was never about the climate. It was always about destroying our way of life, our standing in the world and transferring our wealth to left-wing elites with nonsensical, failed ‘businesses’. Studies Show The Electric Vehicles Democrats Insist You Buy Are Worse For The Environment And Lower Quality By: Helen Raleigh, The […]
Court Blocks Pennsylvania’s Carbon Pricing Scheme
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow “Don’t let activists who believe that putting Pennsylvanians out of work will help ‘save the planet.’ It’s time to confront the wannabe planet savers here in this room and this state and tell them not only NO, but HELL NO.” That’s what CFACT’s Marc Morano declared before the Pennsylvania […]
FABRICATING REALITY: Climate Change, Atmospheric Transgenderism and Mental Masturbation
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier “I’ve called it ‘atmospheric transgenderism.’ If men can get pregnant, then CO2 is a pollutant, you see. If you’re fabricating reality, then anything goes.” — Mike Adams, July 7, 2022 Natural News Mental Masturbation: The act of engaging in useless yet intellectually stimulating conversation, usually as an excuse to avoid taking […]
SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS: 70,000 Self-Employed Truckers in California Forced Off The Road Under New Democrat State Law
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report The Democrats war on the hard working American ratcheted up another unimaginable notch. But this time, it not only outs the small businessman out of business, throw in massive shortages (food, supplies etc.), supply chain issues etc. It’s a catastrophe Sadly, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a review on whether California […]
Biden Economics: Natural Gas Soars 700%
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report “Best economy in history.” — White House Natural Gas Soars 700%, Becoming Driving Force in the New Cold War (Bloomberg) — One morning in early June, a fire broke out at an obscure facility in Texas that takes natural gas from US shale basins, chills it into a liquid and ships it […]
EU Declares Fossil Fuel To Be ‘Green’ Energy As ‘Climate Change’ Narrative Self-Destructs
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report When reality meets propaganda, it’s brutal. Trump was right. Right about “green energy’ farce, right about the climate accord, right about the Paris Agreement …. he was right about everything. “EU Parliament backs green label for nuclear and natural gas, defying climate Left,” reports the Washington Examiner. The decision will, “ease construction […]
White House ‘Disinformation’ Campaign Against Climate Policy Critics Sparks Litigation
/in Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Kevin Mooney Climate activists are working in coordination with the Biden White House and Democrat-dominated congressional committees to silence political opponents under the guise of “disinformation,” legal and energy policy analysts say. Under President Joe Biden, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has kept a tight lid on how the administration […]
Barrels of Oil Released by Biden From Reserve Were Sent to China
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch Dumping the country’s oil reserves was the only strategy to lower energy prices that Biden would accept. He continues blocking domestic drilling and taxes remain high. The practical impact of the reserve releases was negligible and, worse still, five million barrels of oil from the reserve were actually exported abroad. More than 5 million […]
UPDATE: Holland’s Eco-War Against Farmers
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Matthys van Raalten “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.” ― George Orwell, 1984 Since Monday the Fourth of July, there has been an uprising of Dutch farmers. Though the farmers break laws, their protests should be considered peaceful and within the spirit of democracy. Their case […]
UN Journal Touts ‘The Benefits of World Hunger’ – ‘Hunger Has Great Positive Value’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Marc Morano The UN Chronicle, which bills itself as “The magazine of the United Nations, Since 1946” originally published this essay in 2008 by Professor George Kent of the University of Hawaii: “Hunger has great positive value to many people. Indeed, it is fundamental to the working of the world’s economy. Hungry people are […]
California to Pivot to Fossil Fuels to Avoid Blackouts. Fossil fuels to the rescue … in California?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) California is hardly the first state to realize that transitioning to renewable energy is easier said than done. In May, The Wall Street Journal reported that energy grid operators across the US were bracing for rolling blackouts heading into the summer. “I am concerned about it,” MISO CEO John Bear told the […]
SCOTUS Message to EPA, Agencies: You’re Not Legislatures
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Larry Bell A landmark June 30 Supreme Court ruling in favor of plaintiff states in West Virginia v. EPA will have enormously profound and far-reaching separation of powers implications limiting de facto lawmaking powers of executive branch-controlled regulatory agencies. Whereas certain special interest groups are vehemently criticizing the court’s 6-3 vote determination as “anti-environmental,” this […]
Biden Administration Looks To Halt Offshore Drilling In Atlantic, Pacific Amid Energy Crisis
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jack Mcevoy The Biden administration announced a five-year plan Friday that prevents new offshore oil drilling projects in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The proposed plan will give the administration the ability to hold no new lease sales at all, according to the Interior Department. The plan could allow a maximum of 11 oil […]
Farmer Uprising in The Netherlands
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Matthys van Raalten Tomorrow, on the 4th of July, there will be massive protests by Dutch farmers against the Dutch government. The Dutch government led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte (a fake conservative) wants to drive large numbers of farmers off their lands. Dutch farmers are among the best in the world and they […]
Neil Gorsuch Takes a Stand Against the Tyranny of Unaccountable, Rogue Bureaucracy
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) “The framers believed that a republic—a thing of the people—would be more likely to enact just laws than a regime administered by a ruling class of largely unaccountable ‘ministers.’” Without a doubt, Neil Gorsuch is the most libertarian Supreme Court justice of my lifetime. He just proved his constitutional, […]
Foreign Funding of Nonprofits Goes Unchecked
/in Education, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Sarah Lee Think tanks and universities are taking millions in foreign donations, and Biden has no interest in imposing transparency. The University of Pennsylvania received more than $15 million in anonymous donations from China in 2018, the same year it announced the founding of its Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. This is […]
VIDEO: Good Stewardship Rides High in Texas!
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow VIDEO: Good Stewardship Rides High in Texas! – Dr. Rich Swier Copyright © 2021 DrRichSwier.com LLC. A Florida Cooperation. All rights reserved. The DrRichSwier.com is a not-for-profit news forum for intelligent Conservative commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own. Republishing of columns on this website requires the […]