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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 […]
Supreme Court Delivers Massive Blow To Biden’s Climate Agenda
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Supreme Court delivered a massive blow to the Biden administration’s climate change plan Thursday, severely limiting the power of federal agencies. The Court, in a 6-3 decision, limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants, significantly curtailing the power of the federal agency. The […]
Climate Realism On The Rise?
/in Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy H. Sterling Burnett As a climate and energy realist, in my heart of hearts, I dream of the day when the public recognizes climate change will not bring on an end to the world as we know it, or even a long-term net decline for human civilization. That’s what the data and the best […]
The ‘ESG’ Scam Rates Slave-Using Chinese Firms Higher Than Clean American Energy Producers
/in Environment, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Chuck Devore A firm in China that uses slave labor has a better ESG score than an American firm that pays landowners who freely sell their mineral rights. Expecting publicly traded companies to do more than simply return shareholder value — their fiduciary responsibility — is a fairly new development in Western capitalism. The […]
One More Blockbuster Supreme Court Decision: West Virginia v. EPA Could Still Be Coming
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Regulation, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report And it is potentially bigger than Roe v. Wade. The court could begin to rein in the vast powers of the alphabet agencies in D.C. that run our lives and return it to legislators whom we elect to create. Supreme Court’s abortion ruling rocked nation last week but West Virginia v. […]
Weather Modification, Another Way to Starve Americans
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Religion, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Kelleigh Nelson “Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.” — Thomas Jefferson “Government has within it a tendency to abuse its power.” — John C. Calhoun “There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with […]
Hurricane Risk is Real For Offshore Wind
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow The danger from too much wind. My regular readers know that I have been fussing about the threat of hurricanes destroying proposed Atlantic coast offshore wind arrays. The issue arises because the offshore wind industry is based in Europe, which does not get hurricanes. My focus has been Dominion’s […]
Energy Shortages and Inflation The New Norm as Refinery Closures Outpace Construction
/in Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Ronald Stein Editors’ Note: Progressives have played a coy game. As they over-regulate the energy business, denigrate the industry, have their allies in the environmental organization tie the industry up with lawsuits, and deny capital for expansion with their friends in the ESG movement; they grin like the proverbial Cheshire cat when energy costs […]
Report: Red Tape Feeds Forest Fires Like Arizona’s Pipeline Fire
/in Economy, Environment, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Carly Moran A new report has determined that certain climate protection policies may make wildfires worse. The Property and Environmental Research Center is concerned that projects reducing wildfire severity are being delayed for years by the National Environmental Policy Act, a means of review and litigation. The new report from PERC proves the fallacy […]
Reducing CO2 Hurts the Planet and Humanity: Time to Reconsider Massachusetts v. EPA
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier “This August marks the 15th anniversary of Massachusetts v. EPA. We believe it is time for the Supreme Court to reconsider their ruling given the vast amount of science now available on CO2 and its impact on climate change.” — Dr. Richard M. Swier In the 2007 case Massachusetts v. EPA, […]
Democrats’ Disastrous, Capricious Energy Policy
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy David Harsanyi Democrats have spent decades warning that the United States must stop using the most efficient and affordable energy sources or it will be consumed by heat waves, fireballs, and cataclysmic weather events. Every flood, every hurricane—every natural event, really—is now blamed on climate change. We have burdened our children with an irrational […]
Why Cutting the Gas Tax is a Bad Idea
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Biden says he will request a three-month reduction in the Federal gas tax and urges states to follow as well. At one time Barak Obama called this idea a gimmick. Obama was right. Certainly, one can understand why. The increase in fuel costs is hurting everyone, including those at the bottom of […]
A World Turned Upside Down
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Ken Veit When Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, the band played a tune called “The World Turned Upside Down”. We could use some of that music today. As I quietly celebrate a new national holiday called “Juneteenth”. I am grateful for the opportunity to have another chance to feel guilty about something. Another […]
Germany’s ‘Green’ Energy Disaster Is A Warning To The United States
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report “No nation has anything approaching a clean energy economy. And those that have promised to build one are all struggling.” By: David Harsanyi, The Federalist, June 21, 2022: As gas hit historic highs, leftists keep arguing it’s a perfect time to transition to a “clean energy” economy. “Now is the moment to double-down, […]
Record High Diesel Prices Threaten Domino Effect To Other Goods
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Casey Harper Record high diesel fuel prices are yet another driver of rising costs for Americans, and those costs could get even higher this year. Diesel gas prices hit another record high Thursday at $5.79 per gallon, according to AAA. That is a spike from $5.57 a month ago and much higher than the […]
An Interesting Take on Electric Cars from a Conversation
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Save America Foundation If electric cars do not use gasoline, they will not be paying a gasoline tax on every gallon sold for automobiles, which was enacted to maintain our roads and bridges. They will use the roads and bridges, but will not pay for their maintenance! As an engineer I love electric vehicle […]
ESG: Is This Green Iron-fist Fantasy a Major Cause of Inflation and Economic Destruction?
/in Environment, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Selwyn Duke Is rich people’s greentopian fantasy causing middle-class misery? The answer is yes, according to analysts such as Marlo Oaks, Utah state treasurer, and longtime investment manager. In fact, Oaks says he knows a major reason why increasing fuel prices, which drive up costs across the board, are so high: Supply is being […]
Here’s How Gas Prices Rank Around the Country
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Casey Harper Gas prices have hit record highs day after day in recent weeks, breaking the $5 mark over the weekend for the first time ever. Those higher prices have put many Americans in a bind as they also deal with the highest inflation in decades. The national average price for a gallon of […]
Davos Reminds: Other Countries Aren’t Committing Economic Suicide For Climate Change
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Seton Motley In very many WEFs past, lots of countries have made lots of climate change pledges and promises. They then moved on as if they never said anything – and kept doing what they had always been doing. “One-third of the roughly 270 WEF panel discussions in Davos will focus on climate change […]
Oil Companies Unload On Biden After His Thinly-Veiled Threats
/in Economy, Environment, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Thomas Catenacci Oil companies responded in force after President Joe Biden threatened executive action over U.S. refinery capacity declines. “Following on your campaign promise to ‘end fossil fuel,’ consider just some of the policy and investment signals being sent by various federal agencies and allied state governments to the market about our refining industry,” […]