About Duggan Flanakin

Duggan Flanakin is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr. Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. A brief history of his multifaceted career appears in his book, "Infinite Galaxies: Poems from the Dugout."

Which way for South Africa? BRICS, AGOA, or both?

It has been quite a season for the Republic of South Africa’s diplomatic corps. 

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|2023-12-22T11:30:00-05:00December 24th, 2023|Comments Off on Which way for South Africa? BRICS, AGOA, or both?

The frozen chosen got stuck in Munich

The Gore Effect strikes again.

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|2023-12-14T09:11:52-05:00December 13th, 2023|Comments Off on The frozen chosen got stuck in Munich

National elections threaten the UN climate agenda

Voter have rejected heavy-handed government control in a flurry of recent national elections.

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|2023-12-02T19:46:24-05:00December 2nd, 2023|Comments Off on National elections threaten the UN climate agenda

Showdown at the UN COP 28 corral

The UN climate conference crowd claim they are “saving the Earth,” but their true goal is controlling its people.

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|2023-11-28T12:20:04-05:00November 28th, 2023|Comments Off on Showdown at the UN COP 28 corral

America’s campuses: From green to hate

Greta Thunberg and college activists reveal the extent of their radicalism.

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|2023-11-20T09:52:36-05:00November 19th, 2023|Comments Off on America’s campuses: From green to hate

Climate Enron may be heading for a crash

Cracks are already developing in the “Net Zero” world.

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|2023-11-17T08:37:02-05:00November 18th, 2023|Comments Off on Climate Enron may be heading for a crash

The Global South (and China) Say Nyet to Net Zero

Rhetoric aside, China and India are all in on coal.

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|2023-11-16T09:23:59-05:00November 15th, 2023|Comments Off on The Global South (and China) Say Nyet to Net Zero

Green goals fueling hot wars

How the climate campaign exacerbates global conflict.

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|2023-10-26T09:44:27-04:00October 25th, 2023|Comments Off on Green goals fueling hot wars

Nuclear war is the ultimate ‘climate change’

Is climate a greater threat than war?

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|2023-10-19T10:41:06-04:00October 18th, 2023|Comments Off on Nuclear war is the ultimate ‘climate change’

The climate war is over: China won

Yet China’s massive victory, punctuated by its commitment to coal for its own economy and to controlling the market for almost all the components for renewable energy deployment, may well be pyrrhic, as its economy teeters on collapse.

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|2023-10-11T09:35:36-04:00October 10th, 2023|Comments Off on The climate war is over: China won

Will EV mandates decide the 2024 election?

Every day the dangers of total reliance on electricity generation and transmission at a level twice that of today are exposed.

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|2023-10-06T07:54:39-04:00October 8th, 2023|Comments Off on Will EV mandates decide the 2024 election?

Revoltin’ developments challenge EV mandates

Leftist energy ideology going off the rails.

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|2023-09-13T09:55:42-04:00September 15th, 2023|Comments Off on Revoltin’ developments challenge EV mandates

The U.S. and UK are getting coal cocked

Meanwhile China, India, even Indonesia are investing massively in coal.

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|2023-09-12T13:10:19-04:00September 12th, 2023|Comments Off on The U.S. and UK are getting coal cocked

The rebirth of ethics in America

In the whirlwind of today’s political and social confrontations, ethical leadership may make the difference between future prosperity or societal collapse.

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|2023-08-29T09:47:39-04:00August 31st, 2023|Comments Off on The rebirth of ethics in America

‘Scandalous’ Scandinavians rely on nukes, oil

Big Scandinavian bets on wind and solar did not pan out so it's back to nuclear and oil.

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|2023-08-29T10:10:07-04:00August 28th, 2023|Comments Off on ‘Scandalous’ Scandinavians rely on nukes, oil
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