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Jeff Bezos’ transition away from climate alarmism continues!? !? WaPo Editorial Board pans Biden’s failed EV mandate – Notes that ‘red tape & union giveaways’ killed Biden’s EV dreams, along with weak demand

WaPo Editorial Board pans Biden’s failed EV mandate The WaPo editorial board notes that “red tape and union giveaways” killed Biden’s EV dreams, along with weak demand. At the same time, US car companies are struggling after going all in on Biden’s plans. pic.twitter.com/mET0qRUxhh — 10 Minute Drill (@10minutedrill) December 30, 2025 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/26/europe-eu-electric-vehicle-mandate/ WAPO: Editorial […]

The Electric Vehicle Collapse: Wow, That Was Quick!

https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2025-12-17-the-electric-vehicle-collapse-wow-that-was-quick By Francis Menton Excerpt: It was less than three years ago — early 2023 — that I was writing about the then-universal government and industry line that electric vehicles (EVs) would soon be taking over the American car market. In April 2022 the Biden Administration had adopted aggressive vehicle mileage standards intended to be […]

Flashback Nov. 2024: Automakers Beg Trump to Keep EV Mandates

Automakers Beg Trump to Keep EV Mandates Via The Committee to Unleash Prosperity: Here’s a pathetic but not entirely unexpected headline: NYT excerpt: Automakers to Trump: Please Require Us to Sell Electric Vehicles – Donald J. Trump promised to erase Biden tailpipe rules that are designed to get carmakers to produce E.V.s. But Detroit wants […]

Dear UNESCO: Hands Off Okefenokee Swamp

https://townhall.com/columnists/gabriellahoffman/2025/12/11/dear-unesco-hands-off-okefenokee-swamp-n2667688 By Gabriella Hoffman Excerpt: The Trump administration announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in July. But a holdover Biden-Harris decision to designate the Okefenokee Swamp as a World Heritage Site (WHS) could threaten President Trump’s true conservation agenda. In my new CFACT Conservation Country report, I investigated this December […]

Trump rolls back Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for vehicles

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/03/trump-roll-back-fuel-efficiency-rules/87589797007/ By Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy USA TODAY   President Donald Trump announced that he was rolling back fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks set by the Biden administration during an event at the White House on Dec. 3, making it easier for automakers to sell gas-powered vehicles. Signed into law in 1975, the Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, […]

House GOP report alleges $20B green grants enriched Biden allies

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-house-gop-report-alleges-20b-green-grants-enriched-biden-allies GOP Oversight Chairman James Comer says green fund turned into ‘vehicle for rewarding political allies’ under Biden By Alec Schemmel Fox News Republicans from the House Oversight Committee released a report outlining what they allege are conflicts of interest, financial mismanagement and oversight failures associated with a Biden-era green energy grant program that sent […]

Can the Earth survive!? Politico: ‘It looks like the end for Biden’s green bank’ – ‘Trump is slowly but surely dismantling his predecessor’s signature climate law’ The $20 billion green bank is ‘on the chopping block’

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2025/09/03/it-looks-like-the-end-for-bidens-green-bank-00541135 By BENJAMIN STORROW President Donald Trump is slowly but surely dismantling his predecessor’s signature climate law. Tax credits for electric vehicle purchases? Those end this month. $7 billion in Environmental Protection Agency grants to install solar in low-income communities? Canceled. And a $20 billion green bank? It’s on the chopping block, too. The last development […]

Why Dishwashers Are Quietly Disappearing From American Homes: ‘Federal efficiency standards transformed dishwashers into marathon cleaners’ – But Trump admin’s regulatory ‘rollback offers a rare win for function over dogma’

Gadget Review: When Efficiency Becomes Inconvenience:  Federal efficiency standards transformed dishwashers into marathon cleaners. Modern machines take 2.5 to 4 hours per cycle—a far cry from the quick turnarounds families actually need. The Department of Energy’s push for water conservation limits new models to 5 gallons per cycle, with proposals dropping that to 3.2 gallons by 2027. You get cleaner dishes eventually, but “eventually” doesn’t work when kids need their lunch containers ready for tomorrow morning.

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Reason Mag: Donald Trump’s Energy Department Saved Your Appliances: Decades of efficiency mandates have made dishwashers weaker, A.C. units feebler, and appliances more expensive. A new rollback offers a rare win for function over dogma. – 

Marc Oestreich: My 1979 brick ranch creaks on into senescence, its heater, air-conditioning, fans, and water heater—bastions of a bygone era of appliance liberty—teetering. Replacing them likely means paying thousands of dollars for lesser-able machines. That’s been the story for decades: as tech leaps forward, appliances regress. Until now.  …

Take electric motor mandates—these rules hit everything from your blender to your garage compressor. They aimed to tighten already-strict regulations and expand them to even more motors in everyday appliances. Ostensibly, the goal was to reduce electricity use and emissions. Sounds noble—until you realize what it does to the products we actually use.

These motors skimp on low-end torque, hobbling appliances that need a quick jolt—think A.C. units gasping to start or a blender stalling on ice. They’re slower to respond and less precise. And because they require rare earth metals and heavier materials, they make devices bulkier—your cordless drill suddenly feels like a lead pipe.