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."

Will climate extremism depress human civilization?

Affordable, abundant energy powers our civilization.

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|2023-06-05T10:13:50-04:00June 3rd, 2023|Comments Off on Will climate extremism depress human civilization?

The $200 billion electric school bus bust

Do factories, batteries, and other raw materials exist to build (or retrofit) 500,000 school buses – and every other vehicle in America today – by 2030?

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|2023-06-06T11:37:29-04:00June 1st, 2023|Comments Off on The $200 billion electric school bus bust

Italy returns to nuclear sanity. Shouldn’t we?

Italy reintroducing nuclear power plants into its energy mix, reversing the nation’s 1987 moratorium.

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|2023-05-15T13:17:58-04:00May 18th, 2023|Comments Off on Italy returns to nuclear sanity. Shouldn’t we?

Europeans war against food ignores water pollution

The European People’s Party stood up for the farmers, calling agriculture a “strategic sector” that delivers food security in Europe and beyond and plays a crucial role for the vitality and economies of rural communities.

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|2023-05-13T19:27:56-04:00May 15th, 2023|Comments Off on Europeans war against food ignores water pollution

Death of the EV dream, er, nightmare

Even a third of Gen Z shoppers, who have been bombarded with pro-EV propaganda for most of their lives, admit they are unlikely to buy one.

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|2023-05-12T10:31:30-04:00May 13th, 2023|Comments Off on Death of the EV dream, er, nightmare

Environmentalism crashes into a lithium iceberg

The world now knows that lithium mining is not pretty.

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|2023-04-16T04:17:18-04:00April 20th, 2023|Comments Off on Environmentalism crashes into a lithium iceberg

Vogtle opening signals a new nuclear era

Vogtle's nuclear fission process has begun splitting atoms and generating heat

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|2023-04-18T14:10:51-04:00April 17th, 2023|Comments Off on Vogtle opening signals a new nuclear era

Wind farms and Congress – polar opposites

Opposition to onshore and offshore wind spans the political spectrum to include environmentalists, chambers of commerce, fishermen, Native American tribes, ferry operators, airport commissions, business groups, municipalities, and homeowners.

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|2023-04-11T14:35:25-04:00April 16th, 2023|Comments Off on Wind farms and Congress – polar opposites

Europeans May Be Rejecting the EV Kool-Aid

There is a growing revolt across much of Europe against Net Zero mandates in general and electric vehicle mandates in particular.

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|2023-04-10T12:37:20-04:00April 13th, 2023|Comments Off on Europeans May Be Rejecting the EV Kool-Aid

Ayuk’s a just transition: Blueprint for an African century

Sixty-five percent of the 4,200 African youth surveyed across 14 nations believed that the 21st Century will be “the African Century.”

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|2023-03-17T10:59:26-04:00March 19th, 2023|Comments Off on Ayuk’s a just transition: Blueprint for an African century

Book review of Vaclav Smil’s “How the World Really Works”

The key chapter (4) in noted author and Renaissance Man Vaclav Smil’s newest book, How the World Really Works, is subtitled, “The four pillars of modern civilization.” To the uninitiated, this means cement, steel, plastics, and ammonia.

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|2023-03-16T11:16:50-04:00March 16th, 2023|Comments Off on Book review of Vaclav Smil’s “How the World Really Works”

Is Germany waking up to “virtuous” energy policies?

Germany, like a few other nations, is quickly learning that the virtuous adoption of anti-energy policies has negative consequences in the real world.

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|2023-03-13T15:55:31-04:00March 15th, 2023|Comments Off on Is Germany waking up to “virtuous” energy policies?

Capitol Hill comes to a climate conference

Successful climate conference in Orlando.

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|2023-02-28T16:32:10-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Comments Off on Capitol Hill comes to a climate conference

Chicken Little meets the boy who cried wolf

“Is the true crisis climate change – or climate policy?”

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|2023-02-20T10:15:57-05:00February 21st, 2023|Comments Off on Chicken Little meets the boy who cried wolf

EVs are designed for ChatGPT – Not “carbon units”

Carbon-based life forms have declared war on carbon.

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|2023-02-13T13:26:53-05:00February 13th, 2023|Comments Off on EVs are designed for ChatGPT – Not “carbon units”
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