Analysis: The end of green energy Fossil fuels are still king – ‘Green doomerism has failed to meet the reality test’
Joel Kotkin: But the green doomerism has failed to meet the reality test. We now know that predictions of climate crises, some of which date back to the 1970s, have turned out to be exaggerated or even plain wrong. For example, both ABC and NBC boldly predicted in 2008 that New York would be under water by 2015; last time I visited my familial home town, however, it seemed very much on dry land. Extinction rates, often blamed on climate change, have slowed, with even the polar bears continuing to thrive in somewhat warmed temperatures.
A 2021 paper by Carnegie Mellon University researchers David Rode and Paul Fishbeck tracked apocalyptic predictions dating from the first Earth Day in 1970. Across half a century, 61% of the forecasts of planetary collapse have come and gone (and the planet is still here, chugging along). Even the committed climate sirens at Nature journal have been forced to retract a study that claimed the world economy would contract due to climate change.
AP: An ‘increase in Venezuelan oil production could carry climate consequences’ – CO2 emissions equivalent to ‘half of all gasoline-powered vehicles in the United States’
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-oil-pollution-0485a3d37f474bacb478e1d5160736fd Excerpt: BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Environmental experts are warning that the U.S. push to revamp and boost Venezuela’s vast oil reserves could worsen decades of ecological damage and increase planet-warming pollution in a country already struggling with the legacy of a long-declining petroleum industry. The warnings come as Washington has intensified pressure on Venezuela following the […]
Trump’s Venezuelan Gambit and the Reordering of Global Oil Geopolitics – Tilts power toward non‑OPEC producers in the Americas & sharply curbs China & Russia
https://www.climateskeptic.org/p/trumps-venezuelan-gambit-and-the By TILAK DOSHI In the pre-dawn hours of January 3rd 2026, US special forces executed an audacious raid on Venezuelan military installations, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and whisking them aboard the USS Iwo Jima for trial in New York on narcotics-terrorism charges. This swift operation, detailed in President Trump’s […]
Venezuelan Oil Could Make America ‘Master Of The Hemisphere’
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/06/veneuzuela-oil-trump-maduro-western-hemisphere-regime-change-china-russia-canada-america/ By AUDREY STREB After President Donald Trump’s removal of Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, the U.S. has emerged as the “master of the hemisphere” and is positioned to leverage the Latin American nation’s resources to outpace China, Russia and Canada in the coming years, energy sector experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. American […]
UK Guardian: Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate, experts warn – ‘If oil production goes up, climate change will get worse sooner’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/06/trump-venezuela-oil-climate-crisis By Dharna Noor and Oliver Milman Excerpt: Donald Trump, by dramatically seizing Nicolás Maduro and claiming dominion over Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, has taken his “drill, baby, drill” mantra global. Achieving the president’s dream of supercharging the country’s oil production would be financially challenging – and if fulfilled, would be “terrible for the climate”, experts say. Trump […]
Robert Bryce: ‘Maduro’s Gone. The Blackouts Aren’t. Forget oil. The biggest challenge in Venezuela — & Cuba — after Maduro is electricity’
https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/maduros-gone-the-blackouts-arent BY ROBERT BRYCE Excerprt: When US military forces swept into Caracas early Saturday morning to capture Nicolás Maduro, among the first targets hit were, predictably, electricity targets. The fastest way to sow confusion in a society is to shut down or destroy its electric grid. And as I noted in an article last year, […]
Bloomberg News: Impact of U.S. strike on Venezuela: The World’s Biggest Oil Reserves Just Opened Up – ‘Everything we thought we knew about world oil markets changed’
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-01-05/venezuela-s-oil-reserves-open-up-after-maduro-arrest-but-will-need-investment Bloomberg Excerpt: Everything we thought we knew about world oil markets changed with the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this weekend. The sight of the former strongman blindfolded and handcuffed on a US warship headed to New York to face drug trafficking charges sent shock waves around the globe—but nowhere more so than […]
U.S. seeks to tap Venezuela’s vast oil reserves after military strikes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuela-oil-reserves-us-strike-trump-what-to-know/ CBS News excerpt: The U.S. strike on Venezuela has renewed focus on the country’s oil sector, which includes some of the richest crude reserves in the world. “We’re going to rebuild the oil infrastructure, which will cost billions of dollars, it will be paid for by the oil companies directly. And we’re going to get […]
Maduro overthrow could help these U.S. oil companies recover assets seized by Venezuela
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/maduro-overthrow-could-pave-the-way-for-us-oil-companies-to-recover-venezuela-assets.html By Spencer Kimball Excerpt: Regime change in Venezuela could pave the way for the return of U.S. oil majors to the South American nation, which has the largest proven crude oil reserves in the world. President Donald Trump called for U.S. oil companies to invest billions of dollars in Venezuela’s energy sector, hours after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas […]