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, standards […]
Trump Set to Sign Off on New Arctic Drilling Surge
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/12/05/trump-set-to-sign-off-on-new-arctic-drilling-surge-n2196834 By Ward Clark Alaska’s Congressional delegation, along with the support of House and Senate Republicans, has scored a major win on the energy front. Representative Nick Begich (AK-At Large) introduced House Joint Resolution 131, stripping Biden-era restrictions on oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Rep. Begich’s resolution has passed […]
Ford CEO hails Trump fuel standards reset as a ‘victory’ for affordability & common sense – Customers get to choose what they want instead of being ‘forced’ into EVs
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/ford-ceo-hails-trump-fuel-standards-reset-victory-affordability-common-sense By Kristen Altus FOXBusiness Jim Farley says customers will get to choose what they want instead of being ‘forced’ into EVs The CEO of Ford Motor Co. is revved up for the Trump administration’s plan to make automobiles affordable, as he expressed his praise for helping to bring car prices back down. “What you […]
Trump admin’s energy agenda hailed for crucial ‘wins’ as green activists lash out
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admins-energy-agenda-hailed-for-crucial-wins-green-activists-lash-out Environmentalist says US ‘veering off course’ from path to energy independence with massive deregulatory efforts By Alec Schemmel Fox News A coalition of conservative groups representing the energy industry is hailing a list of 10 regulatory and fiscal “wins” under the Trump administration’s new Energy Secretary Chris Wright, which they say have “restored America’s […]
The Sierra Club loses 60% of members, 350.org is suspended
https://joannenova.com.au/2025/11/the-phase-change-continues-the-sierra-club-loses-60-of-members-350-org-is-suspended/ By Jo Nova The phase change in the Climate Apocalypse Trade rolls on, and the US leads the way Already some US ‘grassroots’ organizations are having an existential crisis. Actually, the Sierra Club has been struggling for three years, but no one wanted to mention that. Francis Menton at the Manhattan Contrarian points out […]
Morano Op-Ed: COP30 Round-Up: Failure of a UN Climate Summit Is Great News for Humanity! – Urges Trump to vacate 1992 Rio Earth Summit Treaty: ‘Mr. President, tear up this treaty!’
https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2025/12/02/cop30_round-up_failure_of_a_un_climate_summit_is_great_news_for_humanity_1150529.html By Marc Morano Thank You, Mr. President! Trump’s masterclass move not to send U.S. delegation, blamed (credited) for the failure of UN climate summit COP30! POLITICO reported that the ‘U.S. absence allowed’ BRICS nations “to team up with petrostates, isolating the more green-oriented European Union and refusing to countenance even a reiteration of past deals […]
The October EV Sales Crash: As subsidies expire, buyers stay away from electric showrooms.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-october-ev-sales-crash-c49ef531 By The WSJ Editorial Board It’s rough these days in electric-vehicle showrooms, as buyers are staying away now that the $7,500 per vehicle tax credit has ended. This is good for taxpayers, and it shows the danger of relying on government subsidies for your business model. Cox Automotive reports that dealers sold 74,835 new […]
NYT admits reality: Climate skeptics winning ‘information war’ – ‘Have succeeded at undermining climate action globally’ – Since UN Paris pact in 2015, ‘climate denial…has roared back, arguably stronger than ever’ – Trump’s ‘hoax’ view is ‘cheered on by a chorus of influencers online’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/climate/climate-change-disinformation.html Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat. By Lisa Friedman and Steven Lee Myers When nearly 200 nations signed the 2015 Paris Agreement, acknowledging the threat of rising global temperatures and vowing action, […]
POLITICO: ‘Trump’s worldwide shadow over climate action’ – ‘Trump is everywhere — even where he’s not’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2025/11/24/trumps-worldwide-shadow-over-climate-action-00666725 BY HEATHER RICHARDS When it comes to climate change, President Donald Trump is everywhere — even where he’s not. That dynamic played out at home and abroad during the past week. Trump proposed a major expansion of oil and gas leasing along the Pacific coast and eastern Gulf of Mexico, rolled out rewrites of Clean Water Act […]
Newsweek Mag: ‘Trump May Be Winning the Global Climate Debate’ – ‘Trump looked like he was winning the argument without even showing up’ at COP30
https://www.newsweek.com/uncommon-knowledge-donald-trump-cop30-climate-change-11097468 By Newsweek Staff Excerpt: COP30, a U.N. conference on tackling global warming, had to be evacuated because the venue caught fire. The fire was not even the biggest problem at the meeting, which brought together around 200 countries exactly 10 years after the landmark Paris Climate accords. The Trump administration, which has twice pulled the United […]