California’s Green Energy Mandates Sending Electricity Rates Even Higher
Last week, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District approved new regulations that will ban the use of residential and commercial natural gas-fired water heaters and furnaces in 2027. The regulation, which only applies to new appliances, prohibits residents in…
Be Afraid: Biden’s Regulatory Regime Is Now Targeting Household Appliances
Energy experts and manufacturers are warning that the Biden administration’s aggressive regulatory regime will lead to more expensive household appliances that are far less effective than current models. The Department of Energy (DOE) has made so-called energy efficiency standards a…
Price Tag Of Ignorance: Hiding The High Costs Of ‘Green’ Electricity
A recurring theme here at Manhattan Contrarian is that the “smart” people who seek to run the world are not really very smart. They may have gotten high scores on the SATs, and they may have attended fancy universities, but…
If California Is Our Energy Future, Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
When Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom called a special legislative session in December to tax California’s oil refiners out of their “excessive” profits, he was following a well-trod path of Golden State governors blaming the oil and gas industry for…
The IRA is changing what individual action means for climate change – The Washington Post
Almost 10 years ago, a solo researcher published a jaw-dropping statistic that changed how many people thought about climate change. Just 90 large companies, he determined, released almost two-thirds of all greenhouse gas emissions between 1751 and 2010. (Big players…
Doom isn’t inevitable: My top 10 climate lessons from 2022 – Los Angeles Times
This is the Dec. 29, 2022, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Another year gone by. Another 365…
Europeans Are Taking Desperate Measures To Save Energy This Winter
Europeans are being told to shower together and stop using hot water to save energy as their nations become increasingly burdened with rampant fuel shortages ahead of winter. Electricity prices across Europe are skyrocketing due to natural gas shortages that…
In the fight against climate change, some Chicagoans are going all-electric at home: ‘Hopefully, this will be the future’ – Chicago Tribune
At first glance, the scene is strikingly ordinary: just two working parents whipping up a quick family dinner. Scott Kroll stirs the pasta sauce. His wife, Clare Fauke, drops spaghetti into a pot of boiling water. Still, something is missing:…
The Climate Bill’s “Greenflation” Will Be Worth It
This essay has been updated to reflect news developments. Though the average price of gasoline in the United States has dropped to about $4 per gallon, down from a high of around $5 in mid-June, rapidly increasing energy prices are…
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