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"Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness." — James Wilson (1790)

The spanking DOE took on the random base case modeling assignment approach provides an opportunity to argue for DOE to revise its entire consumer cost analysis approach.

A California state bill to give $3 billion in state subsidies to electric vehicle manufacturers is seeing an intense fight in the Senate. The bill, a potential boon for car manufacturers like Tesla Motors, is being criticized by opponents for giving taxpayer money to industries that serve to enrich billionaire CEOs. A former hedge fund […]

Https://youtu.be/35x39wpd2Rg Note: Make sure you watch Part 1 of this series if you have not yet.----- 15 years ago when I started talking to climate scientist on a regular basis, it was clear they were under coordinated attack. Onerous FOIA requests, legal intimidation, bogus "investigations" to get them in the media in an unflattering way,…

Many utilities are "combo" electric AND gas. To the extent that ""least cost planning" still exists, it is unwise to abandon gas.

Following California adopting rules seeking to restrict the sale of new gas cars, Washington, Massachusetts, and Virginia could implement similar measures.

Climate Deniers Backed Violence and Spread Pro-Insurrection Messages Before, During, and After January 6 Feb 16, 2021 @ 14:35 On the evening of January 6, 2021, the day of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former coal mining executive Don Blankenship, who ran against Donald Trump as a third-party candidate in the 2020 election, began an all-caps Twitter thread. “Why is it that American politicians and the American media support citizen uprisings in China, Poland, South Africa, and throu...

Climate deniers backed violence and spread pro-insurrection messages before, during, and after January 6 As the mass radicalization wave surged, some individual opponents of climate action may have been swept along by its broad rightward push, propelling them closer to endorsing political violence. On the evening of January 6, 2021, the day of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former coal mining executive Don Blankenship, who ran against Donald Trump as a third-party candidate in the 20...