Newsom doubles down on climate policy: Seeks extension of state’s cap-and-trade signed into law by Gov. Schwarzenegger in 2006
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5251110-newsom-doubles-down-on-climate-policy/ by Rachel Frazin California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and top state Democrats announced Tuesday they would seek an extension of the state’s cap-and-trade emissions reduction program — countering Trump administration efforts to thwart such initiatives. Newsom — along with state Sen. Mike McGuire, the Senate president pro tempore, and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas — made this decision following a recent federal […]
Climate Change Driving California’s Golden Road to Decline – Calif has both ‘highest number of billionaires & the highest cost-adjusted poverty rate’
Newsom’s dogged emphasis on climate change – and achieving “carbon neutrality” by 2045 – has meant massive subsidies for wind and solar, mandates to reduce personal car use by nearly three times the temporary cuts caused by pandemic lockdowns, electrification of home appliances at a cost of many thousands of dollars per household, and even cuts to dairy and livestock emissions with technology mandates, accelerating the relocation of these food producers to other states and increasing food prices.
To justify the pain, state regulators estimated that paying for these changes today would prevent future climate damage, all of which depend on highly uncertain projections spanning, in some cases, hundreds of years in the future.
Trump’s Climate Policy Shift Could Save American Farmers from Disaster
Trump’s Climate Policy Shift Could Save American Farmers from Disaster By Vijay Jayaraj While news about President Trump’s tariffs and crackdowns on the questionable financial management of federal agencies has dominated media reports in recent weeks, a quiet transformation has been under way in agricultural policy. An order to remove climate change references from U.S. Department of […]
EPA Chief Lee Zeldin: ‘Today marks the death of the Green New Scam’ – ‘We are driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion’ – ‘Overhauling massive rules on the (CO2) endangerment finding’
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/lee-zeldin-epa-ends-the-green-new-deal-aa81de06 We’re keeping people and the environment safe while overhauling rules that stifled our full potential. By Lee Zeldin Excerpt: Today is the most consequential day of deregulation in American history. Alongside President Trump, we announced that the Environmental Protection Agency will take 31 actions to advance the president’s day-one executive orders and power the […]
Reuters now admits total climate fiasco! ‘The pursuit of net zero carbon emissions has been a resounding failure. Despite trillions of dollars spent on renewable energy, hydrocarbons still account for over 80% of the world’s primary energy’
Feb 27 (Reuters Breakingviews) – The pursuit of net zero carbon emissions has been a resounding failure. Despite trillions of dollars spent on renewable energy, hydrocarbons still account for over 80% of the world’s primary energy and a similar share of recent increases in energy consumption, according to The Energy Institute. Coal, oil and natural gas production are at record highs. Emissions of greenhouse gases continue to rise inexorably. The financial markets were already losing confidence in the energy transition before Donald Trump returned to the White House. A more realistic approach to climate policy is urgently needed.
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Solar and wind power have grown to a mere 3.5% of primary energy production. The levelised cost of renewable energy – which measures of the net present value of electricity produced over a plant’s lifetime – has declined sharply over the years. But this has not resulted into lower electricity prices. In fact, as the share of the energy mix provided by renewables has risen, electricity prices have tended to increase. That’s because wind and solar power are intermittent. Since storing energy in batteries is uneconomic, traditional sources of power are still needed as backup, which is expensive.
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Targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions are measured on territorial production. This incentivises countries to switch from domestic manufacturing to importing energy intensive goods, often from countries such as China and India, whose factories are largely powered by coal-powered electricity. Thus, the reduction in an individual country’s emissions can lead to an increase in global emissions.
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The energy expert Vaclav Smil has likened the costs of the planned energy transition to those incurred by a nation fighting total war for decades on end. … Energy transitions, as Smil has pointed out repeatedly, take a very long time. There have been successful earlier shifts – from wood to coal, coal to oil, and oil to natural gas. Each was accomplished by market forces rather than government fiat.
Analysis: Controlling ways to generate electricity through subsidies is a terrible plan for the planet
https://www.americaoutloud.news/controlling-ways-to-generate-electricity-through-subsidies-is-a-terrible-plan-for-the-planet/ Ronald Stein P.E. Dr. Cleveland M. Jones The few wealthy countries of Germany, Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand, other EU countries, and the USA, representing less than one of the eight billion on Planet Earth, are mandating social changes to achieve net zero emissions in their small worlds within this planet. The wealthier countries […]
POLITICO: ‘Trump’s 30-day climate assault’: ‘Trump has done more to unravel U.S. climate policy in past 30 days than during entirety of his 1st administration’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2025/02/20/trumps-30-day-climate-assault-00205201 By ARIANNA SKIBELL President Donald Trump has done more to unravel U.S. climate policy in the past 30 days than during the entirety of his first administration. He’s just getting started, write Benjamin Storrow and Jean Chemnick. Despite the widely accepted scientific consensus that the planet is warming to dangerous levels — and with an escalation […]
Wrong, Politico, Climate Change Does Not Threaten the EU’s Survival, But Climate Policy Does
Wrong, Politico, Climate Change Does Not Threaten the EU’s Survival, But Climate Policy Does By Linnea Lueken A recent Politico article, “Climate change threatens EU’s survival, German security report warns,” claims that “global warming will exacerbate conflicts, hunger, and migration worldwide, with growing risks for Europe.” Evidence undermines these claims. In reality, the world is […]
Trump moves to roll back environmental rules blamed for holding up construction
https://www.newsbreak.com/share/3818741701732-trump-moves-to-roll-back-environmental-rules-blamed-for-holding-up-construction By Callie Patteson The Trump administration is swiftly moving to reform environmental reviews required by federal law in an effort to expedite permitting and approvals for energy projects, infrastructure upgrades, and more. Over the weekend, the Council on Environmental Quality submitted an interim final rule titled “Removal of National Environmental Policy Act,” which seemingly would undo all current regulations […]
Top DOJ Prosecutor Walks Out Rather Than Investigate Biden ‘New Green Deal’ Grant for Criminal Behavior
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/02/18/top-doj-prosecutor-walks-out-rather-than-investigate-biden-new-green-deal-grant-for-criminal-behavior-n2185722 By streiff The head of the criminal division of the US Attorney’s office in DC has resigned rather than investigate a Biden-sponsored New Green Deal grant network for possible criminal behavior. Denise Cheung announced her departure to staff with an email saying, “This office is a special place. I took an oath of office to support and […]