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Do New Yorkers have sufficient IQ to figure out that they are getting scammed with this “energy affordability” mantra from Governor Hochul. I guess we will find out in the upcoming election. But let’s face it — New...

What is deeply ironic is that the Democrats are widely running on a platform of affordable electricity which is often simply termed “affordability.” The reality is that the standard steps for reducing fossil fuel use...

If the countries donating to the GCF think they are contributing to climate change adaptation, they should think again. It is just ordinary foreign aid which they would be better off doing themselves.

The storms will keep coming, as they always have. The question Brussels keeps avoiding is whether prices, engineering and private contracts should go on allocating that risk, or whether Europe needs another layer of official...

Asked whether most people she knows understand their gas bill and why it may soon go up again, she replied: “I was a schoolteacher. So, of course I know how much they don’t know. But I do think a lot of us retired folks...

"keep championing the program and keep tightening the cap" is not the reassuring conclusion Acadia presents it as.

Prior to the auction I said I would not be surprised it the price exceeded $35 a ton.  I noted that if it did it would  be real-time confirmation that the price trajectory regulators have not acknowledged is one more sign...

Progress and Progress(ive)…. two words with somewhat similar spelling but with entirely different meanings. I asked Grok to help identify the distinctions. Progress… a forward movement, advancement, or improvement over...

“American taxpayers should not finance the expansion of Chinese-controlled battery companies inside the United States.”

Aussie greens are celebrating a reduction in Aussie emissions as a green energy turning point. But other numbers tell a different story.

That is equivalent to about £750 for every household in the country, of which about a third will feed through onto our energy bills.

Here is some related advice from the State of New York: if you should ever find yourself in a car hurtling toward a brick wall at 100 mph, your best strategy is to close your eyes and pretend it is not happening.

A Government spokesman said such quangos were good value for money. “Net Zero is the economic opportunity of the century… We are absolutely focused on ensuring every pound spent of taxpayer money delivers for the public”.

FITs are one of the items not included by the OBR in its table of Environmental Levies, even though they used to be until a few years ago and plainly meet the same definition applied to other renewable subsidies – costs...

Britain needs an honest national conversation about what its energy future actually requires — one grounded not in what is fashionable or financially convenient, but in the austere realities of northern latitude, Atlantic...