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Energy Dept: Snowstorm could’ve sparked grid catastrophe if Biden climate policies weren’t reversed

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/snowstorm-couldve-sparked-grid-catastrophe-biden-climate-policies-werent-reversed-energy-dept Trump administration kept five major coal plants online that were slated for closure under previous administration’s green energy push, DOE said By Charles Creitz Fox News The electric grid kept the lights on for much of the country hit by the weekend’s massive snowstorm chiefly because the Trump administration broke from Biden-era plans, keeping five major coal-fired power […]

Trump admin redirects carbon capture funds to prop up old coal plants

https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-admin-redirects-carbon-capture-funds-to-prop-up-old-coal-plants/ By HANNAH NORTHEY The Energy Department says it’s legally sound to shift more than half a billion dollars to help revive old and closed coal plants. Department officials, legal experts and lawmakers disagree. The Energy Department is planning to prop up old and shuttered coal plants using more than half a billion dollars that […]

Analysis: Ending Net Zero Doesn’t Mean Replacing One Doomsday Scenario With Another – ‘We should value abundant energy because it benefits us, not for ‘national security’

https://www.climateskeptic.org/p/ending-net-zero-doesnt-mean-replacing By BEN PILE In the Telegraph yesterday, an editorial only somewhat rightly claims: ‘The global scramble for cheap energy exposes Britain’s folly.’ Other governments, it observes, are making moves to correct the green agenda. “Trump has acted to strengthen America’s role in energy markets,” it explains, “by contrast the British Government seemingly does everything in its power […]

Holy Mao Zedong! CNN Brown-Noses China as ‘Savior’ of the World from Climate Change – ‘A leader in the global green transition’ – Morano responds: ‘China sent the 2nd largest delegation to the UN climate Summit in Brazil…in order to suck up all of the gullible countries’

Climate Depot founder Marc Morano pointed to a 2012 tweet from Trump in comments to MRC Business, where the then-business mogul stated that “[t]he concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” As Morano summarized in ripping apart McCarthy’s pro-China reporting, “The fact that China wants to be a ‘climate leader’ and sent the second largest delegation to the UN climate Summit in Brazil — proves that Donald Trump’s 2012 tweet was completely accurate!”

Moreover, said Morano, “If the U.S. had not taken a complete U-turn away from the UN’s net-zero policies under Trump, China would have been headed toward global domination of energy, transportation, and mining.” Morano then completely flipped the script on McCarthy:

With Trump’s leadership in rejecting the climate agenda, China loves playing the role of ‘climate hero’ in order to suck up all of the gullible countries that are deluded enough to empower China further.

No, Al Jazeera, Fossil Fuels Aren’t Killing Billions—They’re Saving Them

No, Al Jazeera, Fossil Fuels Aren’t Killing Billions—They’re Saving Them By Anthony Watts In Al Jazeera’s article, “World’s ‘fossil fuel obsession’ threatens billions of lives: Amnesty,”  reporter Jillian Kestler-D’Amours repeats Amnesty International’s (AI) claim that fossil fuels are “a major source of human rights violations” and an “existential threat” to billions of people. This is patently false. Data […]

Analysis: ‘Fossil fuels do not receive more subsidies than solar or wind power in the U.S.’ – ‘Solar industries receive 71× more in subsidies per unit electricity generated than coal & 168.5× more than oil & gas’

That's incorrect, ma'am. Fossil fuels do not receive more subsidies than solar or wind power in the U.S. Between 2010 and 2023, solar received an average of $65.71 / megawatt-hour (MWh) of generation and wind received $18.58 / MWh. Comparatively, coal received $0.92 / MWh… https://t.co/ZrVyYqLwff pic.twitter.com/kuuJ7aKG0j — Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) October 27, 2025

UN & China make impervious demands for cash & control – As China is ‘expanding coal capacity & production in 2025 at the fastest rate in nearly a decade’

China is expanding coal capacity and production in 2025 at the fastest rate in nearly a decade, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

According to this report, China has failed to live up to its pledges on using coal in a more supporting role for renewable energy and to phase down coal production. Still, the CREA report, while documenting China’s coal expansion, speculates that it “signals … a last-ditch effort before China’s 2030 carbon peaking deadline,” after which it “should be the priority to meet climate goals.”

‘It’s a crisis’: San Fran Chronicle columnist: How Trump’s assault on climate science is a ‘threat to humanity’ – Cites Michael Mann as ‘marveling’ at the ‘forward-looking view taken by China’ on ‘climate & sustainability’

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/trump-climate-change-21114449.php By Harry Mok –  San Franciso Chronicle Opinion Columnist Excerpt: When environmental scientist Michael Mann reconnected with colleague Benjamin Horton on a recent trip to Hong Kong, they lamented the state of climate research in the U.S. “We marveled at the stark contrast between the forward-looking view taken by Hong Kong and China, when it […]