By Ivano di Carlo and Shada Islam, European Policy Centre Amid the intense competition underway between the US and China and the increasing presence of Russia, China, Turkey, Iran and Britain in the Indo-Pacific, the EU must build better bilateral relations with all South Asian countries – and not just India. […]
Tag: climate change
South Dakota Rocked Again as a Wind Turbine Plant Shuts Its Doors
By Selena Zito, Heartland John F. Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, said only months ago that those losing fossil fuel jobs in coal and hydraulic fracturing will find they have a better choice of jobs either in the solar industry or as wind turbine technicians. That was then. Now, a wind […]
The European Green Deal will cause more harm than good
By Mohamed Moutii, The Institute for Research in Economic and Fiscal Issues In the last European elections, the so-called green parties won a record number of seats and became the fourth largest bloc in the European parliament. The Greens are now seen as pivotal political allies for passing EU legislation. Not surprisingly, […]
Pipeline Cyberattack Shows Fossil Fuels Are Still Important
By Isaac Orr The cyberattack that closed the Colonial Pipeline focused new attention on the all-important role pipelines, and the fossil fuels they transport, play in our lives. The Colonial pipeline delivers 45 percent of the fuel consumed on the East coast. Anyone who pretends we don’t need the energy provided by oil […]
Roll out Renewables before Biden’s Blackouts Roll in
ByOliver McPherson-Smith. American Consumer Institute Commuters in California will be familiar with radio ads that ask them to ration electricity when they get home from work. The campaign begs consumers to power down between 4 pm and 9 pm, when renewable energy generation dips and utilities struggle to power the grid. […]
Hawai’ians Are Turning on Offshore Wind
By Duggan Flanakin, Heartland Three offshore wind projects that have lain dormant since 2015 are being revived after President Joe Biden called for the nation to produce 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030. Hawai’ians are proving less than enthusiastic. Despite a state mandate requiring that all of Hawai’i’s electricity […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Incompetence Alert
By Andy Blom, TES Correspondent Who would have guessed the Biden Administration would be more fraught with drama than the Trump Admin? But the border is in chaos, the pandemic in indecision, inflation running amok (try to buy lumber), lines at the gas pump as prices rise and Congress caught in overreach roadblock. […]
Texas Bill Would Require Wind and Solar to Pay to Ensure Electric Reliability
By Duggan Flanakin, heartlanddailynews.com Senate Bill 1278, sponsored by state Sen. Kelly Hancock (R-Fort Worth), would require Texas wind and solar companies to pay the costs for backup or supplemental power needed whenever they cannot deliver electricity reliably to the grid. Currently, those costs are imposed on ratepayers. The bill requires the […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: An IRS on Steroids
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor Okay everybody, take five. Relax. We have become a nation obsessed with a rush to judgment, an immediate overreaction to almost everything. A policeman stops a teenage girl from knifing another teenage girl and a basketball star — a basketball star! — instantly tweets to attack him. Georgia […]
Blackouts, Increasing Crime, Rampant Homelessness, And Man-Made Drought: Is This California Or A Third World Nation?
By Kerry Jackson, Pacific Research Institute While still trying to process the unwelcome news that we’re going to have to grind through yet another year of drought, California energy officials told us to also be ready for the power to go out when the days grow long and warm. “The managers of […]