Category Archives: Energy

Bummer: Trump Looks To Slash DOE Programs For Renewable Energy, Puts Us On The Ropes Or Something

This has made Warmists very upset, because Gaia forbid they spend their own money on these things Trump’s cuts to renewable energy put us on the ropes in the fight against climate change News that the Trump administration is poised to ask Congress for deep budget cuts to the Energy Department’s renewable energy and energy efficiency programs has thus […]

Bummer: Tariffs On Imported Solar Parts Increased To 30%

It’s the “biggest blow to the renewable energy market yet” (Bloomberg) President Donald Trump dealt his biggest blow to the renewable energy industry yet. On Monday, Trump approved duties of as much as 30 percent on solar equipment made outside the U.S., a move that threatens to handicap a $28 billion industry that relies on […]

Exxon Fights Back, Prepares To Sue California Cities

And big companies like Exxon usually have better and smarter lawyers on their payroll than most cities (Forbes) Some government officials in California are hypocrites pushing a political agenda that involves using private lawyers to sue and demonize ExxonMobil, the company is now arguing in a Texas state court. On Jan. 8, Exxon took the […]

EPA Head Announces Doing Away With Clean Power Plan

This was a pledge of Donald Trump’s during the campaign, and we have heard that this was going to happen over the past few weeks. Now… (CNN) Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced Monday his agency’s plans to withdraw the Clean Power Plan, the sweeping Obama-era rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions. While speaking in […]

Good News: We Can Now Produce Electricity From Liberal Tears

And there are tons of liberal tears over everything. Someone says something mean? Tears. Writes something that is Wrongthink? Tears. Has an American flag? Massive abortion of Black babies? Well, more cheers from Liberals. But, now we can make energy with them. In theory (vie Watts Up With That?) Irish scientists can now produce electricity […]

NY AG Sues Trump Over Rolling Back Obama Fuel Efficiency Standards

Excitable Eric Schneider, who loves investigating people for Wrongthink on Hotcoldwetdry, is unhappy (Daily Caller)  New York’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump for rolling back his Democratic predecessor’s fuel efficiency standards. Eric Schneiderman, who many believe to be one of Trump’s most bitter critics, is suing the president for delaying […]

Oops: Washington Post Notes Problems With Solar As Part Of TDS

One would think that a Warmist outlet like the Washington Post would approve of solar power on Trump’s wall, if the wall has to be built. Alas, Trump Derangement Syndrome WaPo Points Out Flaws With Solar Power After Trump Suggests Putting Panels On The Border Wall The Washington Post is very skeptical of President Donald […]

Bummer: Vermont Wants To Limit Noise From Wind Turbines

One would think that uber-Warmist Vermont, with all their belief in ‘climate change’ and sustainability and all the other buzz-words surrounding the topic would be going gung-ho, especially when they have been yammering about going 100% renewable in the near future. But, apparently, the cold dead mackerel of reality has smacked them in the face […]

Talking To Your Air Conditioner Can Help Alleviate ‘Climate Change’

That is, if the Cult of Climastrology will let you have one, or at least one that works worth a damn How talking to air conditioners could help prevent blackouts For South Australia, it was a cruelly ironic one-two punch – a burst of the extreme heat conditions that are so much more likely because […]

Trump Is Supposedly Ready To Kill Off Obama ‘Climate” And Water Regulations

Trump made many promises on rolling back may Obama regulations regarding ‘climate change’ and that stymie domestic energy production. Washington Post writers Juliet Eilperin and Steve Mufson trot out a story based on discussions with, you got it, anonymous sources on what these roll-backs will be, which seem rather legit. Though, of course, painted with […]

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