Pielke Jr.: Most Countries Have Already Passed Peak Carbon Dioxide Per Person – ‘Per-Capita CO2 emissions from fossil fuels peaked globally in 2013’
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/most-countries-have-already-passed ROGER PIELKE JR. What the countries past peak have in common, and what that tells us about the rest Excerpt: Here is something that few people are aware of — per capita carbon dioxide emissions (pcCO2) from fossil fuels peaked globally in 2013 and have remained below that level ever since. The trend in pcCO2 […]
Climate Crusaders Turn to Flimsy ‘Extreme Event Attribution’ to Bring Down Oil, Gas, & Coal
https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2026/08/04/climate_crusaders_turn_to_flimsy_extreme_event_attribution_to_bring_down_oil_gas_and_coal_1198291.html By Gary Abernathy August 04, 2026 Earlier this year, the Trump administration removed a chapter on climate change from a manual used by judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys “to better interpret the scientific complexities of the cases before them.” For those of us who don’t believe in coincidence, the response to that removal offers […]
Fossil fuels still dominate the globe, providing 86.3% of primary energy — despite trillions of dollars spent on energy ‘transition’ – With the current pace of ‘green’ energy, it would take centuries to reach net-zero
Just the News Excerpt: The 2026 “Statistical Review of World Energy” finds that 86.3% of primary energy consumption was derived from fossil fuels last year. This is down from 86.6% the previous year. …
Nuclear, hydroelectric and other carbon-free generation technologies reached their highest level ever in 2025. Their share of the global energy picture stood at 14% in 2025, climbing steadily over the past decade. …
Coal was the largest source of global energy, taking up nearly one-third of the total, a decrease from the 33.7% in 2024. Natural gas was the next largest source of energy at 21.9%, and hydroelectric accounted for just under 14% last year. …
Global solar power rose by 30% in 2025 over the previous year, and its share of total generation reached 8.7%, which surpassed wind, at 8.4%. Solar’s share nearly matches nuclear power’s share at 8.8%. …
Dr. Roger Pielke Jr., a climate researcher and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, points out in his “The Honest Broker” Substack … With respect to climate policies, the pace of change is agonizingly slow. Based on the growth in the past 10 years, Pielke wrote, it would take centuries to reach net-zero. …
Trump to shrink 2 Utah national monuments by 90% – Coal & uranium deposits open up
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-shrink-2-utah-national-monuments-90-percent By Anders Hagstrom Fox News Utah Gov Spencer Cox praised the move, citing Antiquities Act limits on monument size as coal and uranium deposits open up President Donald Trump signed an executive order drastically shrinking the size of two national monument areas in Utah on Monday. The order applies to the Grand Staircase-Escalante and […]
U.S. Energy Information Admin: Coal generated more than 10 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity worldwide in 2024, about five times more than solar & a few other minor sources altogether
LETTER: Coal remains a primary source of U.S. energy Larry Cohen’s recent letter (“Columnist is wrong, climate change is real”) makes much of claims that solar generation of electricity is beating the pants off coal-fired power plants, while perpetuating the fearmongering of climate alarmists. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, coal generated more than […]
Listen: Morano on The Joe Piscopo Show on Trump admin’s U.S. coal plant push – ‘I approve, let’s be more like China. The U.S needs to morph into China when it comes to coal production!’ – ‘China burns more coal than the rest of the world combined!’
Broadcast Jun 5, 2026 – The Joe Piscopo Show Morano excerpt: “China is burning more coal than the rest of the world combined! – I approve, let’s be more like China!’ The U.S. is the Saudi Arabia of coal. Let’s be more like China. The U.S needs to morph into China when it comes to […]
Trump directs hundreds of millions of dollars to support coal using emergency powers
https://www.investing.com/news/commodities-news/trump-to-unveil-700-million-coal-support-plan-using-emergency-powers-4727146 Reuters Excerpt: WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he is directing hundreds of millions of dollars to support U.S. coal power plants and to ship the carbon-intensive fuel to Asia, with most of the funding coming from Cold War-era emergency powers. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act, a 1950 […]
Trump Announces $700 Million in Actions to Boost U.S. Coal Industry
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/04/trump-expected-announce-700-million-actions-boost-u-s-coal-industry/ By Nick Gilbertson Excerpt: One announcement Trump is set to make is the allocation of $425 million in Defense Production Act (DPA) funds to aid 13 coal plants in Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, per the official. Funding will also support coal mines in Illinois, […]
Watch: Trump officially invokes Defense Production Act to save 13 coal plants
Trump announces the groundbreaking of West Gateway Project to export 12 billion tons of clean coal annually during his Oval Office, slams Biden for shutting down the program Interior Sec. Burgum announces the DOI has designated metallurgical coal as a critical mineral to open more manufacturing opportunities in the Trump Administration
Listen: Morano on Houston’s Morning News: ‘Coal is the most national security-friendly energy source, period’ – ‘With Oil, no matter how much oil the U.S. produces, unless we nationalize our oil industry, we are subject to the global price’
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/jimmy-barrett/content/2026-05-20-44-houstons-morning-news-on-kt-marc-morano-the-climate-depot-joins-houstons/ Broadcast May 20, 2026 – KTRH Houston Rough Transcript: Question: All right, is coal going to make a big comeback? Clean coal? Of course, six twenty four is our time Marc Morano joins us with the Climate Depot. I know there’s some environmentalists out there who don’t believe there’s such a thing as clean […]