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Breaching Snake River Dams Riles Pacific Northwest

Breaching Snake River Dams Riles Pacific Northwest

By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ An Idaho congressman’s push to win congressional and Biden White House approval for removing four dams in the Lower Snake River in order to save dwindling stocks of salmon has ignited a firestorm in the Pacific Northwest. Idaho Republican Congressman Mike Simpson’s dam-removal proposal is part of a $33.5 billion infrastructure package that will distribute vast sums of…

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Big Solar Targets Rural Communities In Washington State

Big Solar Targets Rural Communities In Washington State

By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ Al Gore once famously said that addressing the “climate crisis” would require a “wrenching transformation of society.” He was right. Wrenching it will be. The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is in full swing under the Biden administration. Oil, gas, and coal are out; wind and solar are in. People will notice the difference, and many are not going to like…

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Woke Companies Insult Their Customers To Appease The Green

Woke Companies Insult Their Customers To Appease The Green

By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ With his early rollout of sweeping executive orders aimed at the forced transformation of the U.S. energy sector, President Joe Biden will receive a helping hand from companies eager to be seen as thoroughly committed to saving the planet from climate change. A month before Biden was sworn in, outdoor outfitter The North Face struck a blow for the climate by denying an…

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U.S. Solar Industry Itching To Import Chinese Panels

U.S. Solar Industry Itching To Import Chinese Panels

By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ The chief beneficiary of the incoming Biden administration’s climate agenda will be none other than the People’s Republic of China, the same outfit that brought the world COVID-19. Purveyors of renewable energy are eager to take advantage of Biden’s pledge to move the U.S. from fossil fuels to renewable energy and are already taking legal action to smooth the transition.…

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Green Buildings Are A Grinch That Will Steal More Than Just Christmas

Green Buildings Are A Grinch That Will Steal More Than Just Christmas

By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~ With the incoming Biden administration eager to unleash a regulatory reign of terror throughout the land, people should be prepared for their all-knowing betters in Washington to make more of their decisions for them, whether its in energy, healthcare, and what they do with their disposal income (assuming they have some). But it won’t just be bureaucrats in Washington or…

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California Lawmakers Sending Fishermen To Ruin

California Lawmakers Sending Fishermen To Ruin

By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~

Small business across America have taken a major hit during COVID-19 lockdowns. While Big Box stores have been allowed to stay open and have thrived, mom and pop retailers have been forced to shut down en masse, and many will never reopen.

California’s ruling elite has been as brutal as it has been hypocritical in ensuring that the well-to-do have it easy. The working…

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Solar Desert Deep-Sixed In Rural Virginia

Solar Desert Deep-Sixed In Rural Virginia

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For the second time in 15 months, residents of rural Culpeper County, Virginia have risen up against a proposed massive solar array project, forcing the would-be developers to withdraw their application to put the renewable energy facility in the county’s picturesque rolling farmlands.

North Carolina-based Strata Solar had planned to build the $200 million, 1,700-acre,…

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Energy Independence Boosted As ANWR Cleared For Clean, Safe Drilling

Energy Independence Boosted As ANWR Cleared For Clean, Safe Drilling

By Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. ~

After 40 years of fierce debate over oil and gas development in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the Trump administration Aug. 17 cleared the way for the sale of drilling leases in the refuge – perhaps by as early as December of this year.

Hailed by Alaska’s governor and congressional delegation (all Republicans), and condemned by environmentalists, the…

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