Boston Mayor Wu drops multi-billion-dollar climate plan shaped by only 208 people — it comes for gas stoves, small landlords, solo drivers, & restaurant kitchens

https://www.massdailynews.com/2026/04/27/wu-drops-212-page-climate-plan-no-budget-targets-your-gas Via Mass Daily News:  Excerpt: BOSTON — Mayor Michelle Wu just released a 212-page climate plan that tells Bostonians how they’ll need to heat their homes, what kind of stove they can cook on, how they should get to work, and what their landlord will have to spend on building upgrades — all in the […]

U.S. exports of natural gas have risen from 2% of all European imports 10 years ago to 62% today – U.S. has ‘nearly completely replaced Russia as Europe’s energy source’

Chart of the Day Via Committee to Unleash Prosperity:  Wow!! This chart from the weekend WSJ blew us away. American exports of natural gas (LNG) have risen from 2% of all European imports 10 years ago to 62% today. We’ve largely and nearly completely replaced Russia as Europe’s energy source now that they’ve finally figured […]

‘The damage is done’: Global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-oil-crisis-changed-fossil-fuel-industry-for-ever-iea-chief-fatih-birol Exclusive: International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion By Fiona Harvey Environment editor The oil crisis triggered by the Iran war has changed the fossil fuel industry for ever, turning countries away from fossil fuels to secure energy supplies, the world’s leading […]

Pielke Jr.: How Al Gore Politicized Climate Science – ‘Helped blur the line between scientific inquiry & activism’ – ‘He implored the scientific community to join him in overt climate advocacy’

https://www.thefp.com/p/how-al-gore-politicized-climate-science Twenty years ago, the former vice president’s documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ reshaped public debate on climate change. It also helped blur the line between scientific inquiry and activism. By Roger Pielke Jr. Excerpt: An Inconvenient Truth turns 20 next month. In the 2006 documentary, former vice president Al Gore argued that human-driven climate change was […]