Category: Net Zero

State Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration Over Payment Ending Offshore Wind ProjectsHow Much Has Climate Lawfare Cost US Consumers?

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In the latest chapter of the green energy wars, a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general filed suit Tuesday against the Trump administration’s deal to wind down costly offshore wind projects. The lawsuit, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James and joined by her counterparts in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and […]

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California Extends Its Key Climate Programs, Condemning the State to High Energy Prices

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On Friday, May 29, 2026, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved sweeping updates to the state’s Cap-and-Invest program (formerly Cap-and-Trade), extending California’s signature climate initiative through 2045. State regulators framed the changes as a balanced move to meet aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets while supporting affordability and preventing industry “leakage”—the exodus of major polluters […]

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WSJ Writes – If the Road to Economic Hell is paved with Good Intentions, don’t expect to see German Cars driving on it

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The Wall Street Journal recently captured Germany’s predicament with brutal clarity in pieces like “Germany’s Slow Industrial Suicide.” A LinkedIn post by Doug Sheridan amplified the editorial, highlighting how green mandates, Net Zero zeal, and the Energiewende have delivered deindustrialization instead of the promised green nirvana. The ironic title nails it: Good intentions around climate […]

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Net Zero, Wind and Solar: A More Expensive Combination for European and U.S. Grids

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Lars Schernikau, Author and prior guest on the Energy News Beat nails it. Europe’s electricity grid may be the most complex machine humanity has ever built. Yet energy debates too often reduce the conversation to installed capacity, solar additions, or wind megawatts. This narrow focus misses the real engineering and economic reality. Europe’s electricity grid […]

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Since 2007, Shale Gas Has Saved U.S. Consumers Approximately $200 Billion Annually — A Quiet Revolution in Affordability

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A new analysis from the Energy Institute at Haas at UC Berkeley quantifies what many in the energy sector have long known: the shale gas revolution, powered by hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, has delivered extraordinary savings to American consumers. According to Lucas Davis’s May 2026 working paper and accompanying blog post, shale gas has […]

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