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[editor’s note: Here is some helpful background information useful for reading the guest post below. A federal judge has dismissed most of a lawsuit filed by North Fork Wind against Knox County, Nebraska, after the county changed its zoning regulations, effectively halting development of a proposed 600-megawatt wind farm. U.S. District Court Judge John Gerrard ruled that North Fork Wind had not proven that Knox County’s new setback requirements and other regulations had interfered with its contracts or violated its constitutional rights to due process and equal protection. However, the judge did allow the company to proceed with a Fifth…
From the Daily Caller Nick PoppContributors The House's Oversight and Accountability Committee has a significant study on natural gas, and as of Wednesday, the Biden administration withheld its 2024 crackdown on liquefied natural gas (LNG). The Daily Caller News Foundation reported that Biden (DOE) “deliberately buried” the final draft version of a study that evaluated the impact of growth in liquefied natural gas exports in 2023, due to concerns it would not support the reasons for the Biden administration’s decision to unilaterally freeze LNG export approval in January 2024. The announcement on Wednesday came after Biden Doe had previously asked…
Eric Worrall's paper “…The only word I can use to describe it is cruel. Worry about Pacific climate change “not on the agenda” Donald Trump has 90 days of stuttering on all USAID funds, putting the industry in chaos. When managers evaluate which programs are considered appropriate funding, it is clear that one area does not fit this brief: climate change. This is also the biggest problem in the Pacific region. … “I was shocked. Well, I shouldn't say shocked because we knew Donald Trump would do radical things. So, in that respect, he actually did it, and when we…
Spring has officially come out – the weekend will be seasonally relaxed and pleasant, and then sprinkle a few on Sunday night.According to the National Weather Service, Saturday will be partially sunny, lower in the 60s, but winds reach up to 30 mph. On Saturday night, it will remain clear, with strong winds and low temperatures hovering around freezing point.[Get the latest weathercast from FOX45 News]Sunday will start with a sunny sunshine and then a few clouds enter. High temperatures will be at low temperatures in the 1950s, with winds up to 20 mph. By Sunday's sunset, it will be…
question -“Can you provide empirical measurements of how much warming is caused by carbon dioxide?”- On its surface it seems rational, even scientific. Yet, despite its appeal, it not only cannot answer the current approach, but also reflects a misunderstanding of how climate science works. Regardless of people’s position in climate debates, including those who are skeptical about climate shock, it is important to recognize why this issue (as constituted) is fundamentally flawed. 1. It requires impossible: Controlled experiments on planetary scales The key issue is that it requires Proof of measurement- In other words, it is a direct empirical…
People from Manhattan against the trend Francis Menton Many political jurisdictions claim to be eliminating CO2 emissions from their energy systems. Notable examples include California and New York in the United States and Britain and Germany in Europe. The Biden administration’s tenure even claims to lead the entire United States to what they call “net zero”. But so far, none of these places have reached their targets. Indeed, to this day, hundreds of billions of dollars have been paid, and no one has even released a detailed engineering plan for how this should be achieved. For reasons expressed in dozens…
Daniel Turner The Biden administration spent hundreds of millions of dollars to drive renewable energy, with the result that national utility prices rose by 30%. However, despite the (intermittent and expensive) electricity, there is no amount of wind and solar power that can make rubber or plastic or millions of products we use, nor can we counterfeit steel or produce cement. Yes, we need more electricity, but the Biden team is determined to resist fossil fuels under the push of more electricity, why is nuclear technology excluded from the conversation? In the production of petrochemical products, the imminent fossil fuels…
Eric Worrall's paper “…The era of climate change cooperation is over…” – No programs include the EU, India, China and Russia. Only 15 countries have reached the latest Paris Agreement deadline. Is any country serious about addressing climate change? Published: March 20, 2025 AEDTDoug SpaitReaders of Cultural Geography and Communication at the University of Westminster The latest deadline for the country to submit plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions has passed. Only 15 countries have encountered this – less than 8% of the 194 parties currently signing the Paris Agreement, which forces countries to submit new proposals to eliminate emissions…
This has become a predictable cycle: the Republican government has revoked heavy environmental regulations, a radical group is eager to court, and has a friendly district judge issued an injunction. [emphasis, links added] result? It takes several months or even years of expensive delay policies to take effect. This is not about winning the legal case, but about slowing down the crawling process. Groups against coal, oil and gas know that there may be a loss of appeals where the national ban belongs, but that is irrelevant. By the time the court finally ruled, energy investment had stalled, the industry…
A recent article dialoguewritten by Joshua M. Pearce, titled “Email signatures are harming the earth, potentially harming people’s lives – it’s time to stop using them,” bold claims; email signatures allegedly harm the environment and even “make life damage” due to its energy consumption. [emphasis, links added] This claim is not only false, but exaggerated, which is totally ridiculous. A deeper understanding of the actual energy use of emails, the infrastructure of the Internet, and the overwhelming impact of spam emails suggests that the climate hazards assumed by email signatures are trivial at best. “It is estimated that average emails,…