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UPDATE: Combined Annual Revenue of Nuclear Energy Opponents Is $3.3 Billion
As previous reported, the combined annual revenue of the American nonprofits with known opposition to emissions-free nuclear energy was at least $2.8 billion. But this did not account for 45…
by Ken Braun on July 28, 2025

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Annual Revenue of Nuclear Energy Enemies Tops $2.8 Billion—but That May Be as Good as It Gets for Them
Nuclear power is by far the most reliable, safest, and cleanest source of electricity that we have. Most and possibly all groups that oppose nuclear power also oppose the use…
by Ken Braun on July 17, 2025

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Renewable Energy . . . or Maybe Not
The richest American environmental nonprofits are strong promoters of weather-dependent energy. Nearly all of their webpages have images of wind turbines and solar panels, visually demonstrating how much land they…
by Ken Braun on May 30, 2025

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Drive Clean Indiana: Archetype of the Populist “NGO”
Drive Clean Indiana (DCI) is a smallish nonprofit that touts itself as a champion of green transportation. As a member of the Clean Cities Coalition (a Department of Energy grant…
by Parker Thayer on May 29, 2025

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Clean-Burning Natural Gas
In 2010, Ernest Moniz, an MIT physics professor, was the lead author on a report that predicted the United States would lower its carbon dioxide emissions by switching from coal…
by Ken Braun on May 27, 2025

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The Rising Seas
In "An Inconvenient Truth" (2006) film, former Vice President Al Gore proposed the Greenland ice sheet might melt, causing a 20-foot rise in sea levels, flooding Florida among other places.
by Ken Braun on May 22, 2025

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Nuclear Energy: Rich Climate NGOs Have Nuked Clean Power
The Trump administration wants to quadruple American nuclear power output by 2050. There is no physical challenge to this goal, as France—now the world’s seventh largest economy—launched an aggressive buildout…
by Ken Braun on May 15, 2025

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Tracks “Petrochemical Incidents”: Beyond Petrochemicals
Wind and solar produce just a tiny (and unreliable) trickle of total American energy consumption, yet in 2024 there were at least 43 instances of tower collapses, solar panel fires,…
by Ken Braun on April 29, 2025

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Tracks “Petrochemical Incidents”: Basic Physics
As a matter of basic physics, developing energy often means playing with fire—sometimes literally. Every important technology has a dark side. People have been dying in traffic accidents that don’t…
by Ken Braun on April 29, 2025

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Tracks “Petrochemical Incidents”: Accidents Jan.–June 2024
On Colorado-Nebraska border on January 11, a wind turbine either caught fire and fell over or fell over and caught fire. This was the first, but far from the last,…
by Ken Braun on April 29, 2025