CEI: Dispelling the desperate myths on IRA subsidies for wind & solar – Subsidies have ‘been a major contributor to the decline of reliability on the power grid’
Proponents of these subsidies claim that getting rid of them will be bad for the power grid. They claim that it will cause power prices to rise and will harm reliability. But this description is far more fitting for the subsidies themselves than for their removal. In the absence of subsidies, power plants will still be built, but they will be built based on the electricity needs of Americans not because they receive massive subsidies.
‘The Senate bill *looks like* it has a 2027 “placed in service” cutoff for new solar/wind subsidies. But one last-minute lobbyist paragraph makes the cutoff worthless’
https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/the-senate-totally-fails-to-terminate By Alex Epstein Summary: The Senate bill looks like it has a 2027 “placed in service” cutoff for new solar/wind subsidies. But one last-minute paragraph makes the cutoff worthless—because projects making a recoverable 5% investment in the next 12 months are exempt! As of the evening of June 30, the Senate was set to pass a […]
Senate passes megabill that curbs IRA tax credits, drops wind & solar tax
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/senate-megabill-wind-solar-tax-trump-tillis-collins-/752103/ By Diana DiGangi Dive Brief: The Senate voted Tuesday to pass an amended version of the Republican budget megabill that significantly curtails clean energy tax credits. It does not contain a proposed excise tax on wind and solar projects that caught many by surprise when it was added late Friday. The final version carves out an […]
American Energy Alliance Calls on House to Remain Firm on Ending the Green New Deal – Warns Senate passed bill includes ‘loopholes that could undermine the promised phaseout of wind & solar subsidies’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 07/01/2025 MEDIA CONTACT: [email protected] AEA Calls on House of Representatives to Remain Firm on Ending the Green New Deal WASHINGTON DC (07/01/2025) – This morning, the U.S. Senate passed H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The vote was 51-50, with Vice President J.D. Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. The bill will […]
Alex Epstein’s analysis of the Senate-passed version of the Big Beautiful Bill: ‘Senate fails to terminate Green New Scam’ – ‘Bill is a solar/wind lobbyist’s dream’
Via Alex Epstein: Senate fails to terminate Green New Scam The Senate bill *looks like* it has a 2027 “placed in service” cutoff for new solar/wind subsidies. But one last-minute paragraph makes it worthless—because projects making a recoverable 5% investment in the next 12 months are exempt! The idea of a 2027 “placed in service” […]
Green energy lobby claimed for decades that wind & solar subsidies would be temporary — BUT 50 years later, we’re told that ending taxpayer handouts means the certain death to industry — despite hundreds of billions already handed out
The Death of Green Energy? Via: Committee to Unleash Prosperity: The Death of Green Energy? That’s what almost every news outlet is saying about the Senate tax plan. ABC News worries that the plan will “crush wind and solar power.” The Financial Times warns that the GOP bill “delivers a fatal blow” to wind energy. On Capitol Hill, Oregon […]
Watch: Morano on RAV TV: Career bureaucrat EPA staff are opposing Lee Zeldin because he is ‘the most consequential EPA chief in the history of the agency’
Career bureaucrats at the EPA are melting down—accusing Administrator Lee Zeldin of “undermining trust” and “promoting a culture of fear.” Why? Because he’s actually doing his job.@ClimateDepot sets the record straight with @stinchfield1776. pic.twitter.com/X5ZJSLObq5 — Real America’s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) June 30, 2025 Real America’s Voice TV – Grant Stinchfield Show – Broadcast June […]
False, Washington Post, Heat Isn’t Making ‘June…the new July’
False, Washington Post, Heat Isn’t Making “June . . . the new July” By Anthony Watts In their recent article, “June is the new July: Why intense summer heat is arriving earlier,” The Washington Post (WaPo) claims that “the heat waves moving in recent days across Canada, the U.S., and northern Europe are part of a dangerous new […]
‘Critics keep forecasting a shift away from fossil fuels. Reality keeps proving them wrong’ – ‘This 7% of Earth’s surface burns more fuel than anywhere’ – ‘Region includes China, India,SE Asia, & Pakistan
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/this-7-of-earths-surface-burns-more-fuel-than-anywhere By Vijay Jayaraj The ruling class trades in carbon outrage like it’s gold. Sanctimony fuels its crusade against oil, gas, and coal — never mind that those very fuels built the modern world. The comforts we take for granted — from longer lives and stocked shelves to clean water and lifesaving medicine — all […]
CFACT Report: Feds fail to ‘offset’ wind turbine eagle kills
https://www.cfact.org/2025/06/29/cfact-report-feds-fail-to-offset-wind-turbine-eagle-kills/?mc_cid=10ef0143aa CFACT just released a troubling report by Senior Advisor David Wojick about the dramatic threat wind turbines pose to bald and golden eagles. Federal regulators concluded that the golden eagle population cannot survive increased kills from human activity and also determined that wind turbines substantially increase eagle deaths. The feds then offered a solution […]