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Unprincipled lack of precaution on wind turbines

The problem with regard to consistency get larger as we come to realize that whatever they support is permitted; whatever they oppose violates the Precautionary Principle. They support windmills; therefore there is no violation. They oppose fracking; therefore it violates the principle.... In the view of activists and regulators, regulations exist to delay, block or destroy things they oppose. The fact that regulatory actions may well cause prolonged energy deprivation, poverty, unemployment, disease, malnutrition or premature death is irrelevant to them.

By Rich Kozlovich |2013-06-24T13:19:58-04:00June 21st, 2013|6 Comments

Solar subsidies just tip of renewable cost iceberg

The collapse of Solyndra solar a while ago focused much attention on the cost of so-called renewable energy. But according to James Rust of the Heartland Institute, subsidies for solar are just the tip of the expensive renewables iceberg . . .

By Craig Rucker |2013-06-18T17:17:17-04:00May 31st, 2013|Comments Off

U.K. biomass plants fuel local opposition

Producing electricity from the burning of wood, or biomass, has long been viewed as an environmentally friendly way of generating power. But now this once favored source of green energy is losing its luster . . .

By Craig Rucker |2013-06-18T16:31:14-04:00May 28th, 2013|Comments Off

Federal regulators have bats in their belfries!

Bats are struck by blades traveling 100 to 200 mph at their tips or felled by “barotrauma,” sudden air pressure changes that explode their lungs, as explained in a 2008 Scientific American article “On a wing and low air: The surprising way wind turbines kill bats.”

By Paul Driessen |2013-04-09T10:57:57-04:00April 8th, 2013|Comments Off

Regulations: crony capitalism’s tool

Soros was instrumental at the least, integral at the most, in writing Obama’s 2009 Stimulus Bill that put nearly $100 billion into various Green energy companies and projects. Additionally, there is a little-publicized connection between Soros, Green energy advocacy, and the White House.... Lakatos’ thorough research discovered that Soros’ Green tab exceeds $11 billion of stimulus money (dwarfing Citibank’s) –– and we, the taxpayers, footed the bill.

By Marita Noon |2013-04-11T10:55:34-04:00April 1st, 2013|5 Comments

Cold kills more than heat & the Hockey Stick that wasn’t

Morano appeared on Canda's Sun TV to discuss why winter cold is killing many times more Britons than heat. He also addresses the stunning admission that a widely publicized study claiming unprecedented warming in the past 100 years was not "statistically robust"--another way of admitting that their conclusions are scientifically baseless.

By CFACT |2013-04-04T14:07:34-04:00April 1st, 2013|4 Comments

Electric cars losing charge

Since his first term in office, President Obama has pledged to get 1 million electric cars onto America’s roads by the year 2015. And while that promise has been repeated, it appears all is not going well with the President’s initiative.

By Craig Rucker |2013-03-25T16:50:21-04:00March 22nd, 2013|2 Comments

Greens work to still wind, darken solar power projects

A 2011 U.S. Chamber of Commerce report titled “Project/No Project” found 140 renewable projects that had stalled, stopped, or been outright killed due to “Not in My Back Yard” (NIMBY) environmental activism and a system that allows limitless challenges by opponents.

By Larry Bell |2013-03-13T12:06:03-04:00March 13th, 2013|3 Comments

Eagle lawsuit ruffles wind industry feathers

Many consider wind power to be among the most environmentally friendly forms of generating electricity. So it might surprise them to learn that growing numbers of wind farm projects are being opposed precisely because of their detrimental environmental impact – particularly on our feathered friends.

By Craig Rucker |2013-04-08T16:43:41-04:00March 6th, 2013|12 Comments

Carbon tax hallucinations

Average planetary temperatures haven’t budged in 16 years. Hurricanes and strong tornadoes are at or near their lowest ebb in decades. Global sea ice is back to normal, Arctic ice is nearly normal, and the Antarctic icepack continues to grow. The rate of sea level rise remains what it was in 1900.

By Paul Driessen |2013-03-28T17:50:11-04:00February 21st, 2013|8 Comments

Energy mandates to sink Bay State ratepayers

From the days of Lexington and Concord, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has often led our nation in new directions -- and this appears to be the case with respect to renewable energy development as well.

By CFACT |2012-12-17T17:52:39-05:00November 14th, 2012|Comments Off

LG Chem workers play cards, make no batteries in MI

$151 million in stimulus funds. $500,000 for a presidential announcement, yet workers are playing cards and boardgames in Holland, MI. They have not sold a single battery.

By CFACT Ed |2012-11-06T15:03:31-05:00November 6th, 2012|Comments Off

Winners and losers energy policies

Governor Mitt Romney strongly supports North American energy independence as the foundation of renewed US employment and prosperity. President Obama is waging war on fossil fuels, job creation, and efforts to end our economic recession and reduce dependence on Middle Eastern and Russian oil.

By Paul Driessen |2012-10-25T12:15:30-04:00October 18th, 2012|1 Comment

Morano debates bankrupt A123 & Green stimulus on Fox

Marc Morano, editor of CFACT's Climate Depot, appeared on Fox Business News to discuss the bankruptcy of taxpayer-backed battery maker A123. "The Obama administration tried to become a venture capitalist and create a market where none exists," said Morano.

By CFACT |2012-10-19T18:45:36-04:00October 18th, 2012|Comments Off

California’s bankrupt Green energy economy is Obama EPA’s model for the nation

This article by CFACT advisor Larry Bell originally appeared as an op-ed in Forbes on October 16, 2012. [divider] Beware of the warning that “where California goes, so goes the nation,” particularly when it comes from EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. Speaking in October, 2009 at the Governor’s Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, she touted the fact that climate change regulations involving national fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards have their “roots” in California, and that the rest of the United States is finally “catching up with what’s happening [there].” Please, say it ain’t so! While gasoline prices have doubled since [...]

By Larry Bell |2012-10-18T11:32:42-04:00October 16th, 2012|Comments Off