The Art of the Steal: Net Zero Is Unattainable
By imposing this new, expensive, inefficient energy regime, the Left is forcing consumers to pay much higher utility bills while opening the spigots of government spending once again to finance…
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Household Names Helping Ban Gas Stoves: Patient Zero
the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is one of the nation’s most radical anti-energy, left-wing nonprofits. Yet General Motors, Fed Ex, United Airlines, Amazon, Bank of America, and dozens of billionaires,…
Household Names Helping Ban Gas Stoves: War on Energy
Of the main hydrocarbon energy sources that we use—coal, natural gas, and oil—natural gas is by far the lowest emitter of carbon dioxide. If cutting carbon emissions were RMI’s highest…
Household Names Helping Ban Gas Stoves: Personal Awards and Foundation Rewards
In 2016, Lovins was awarded the German Order of Merit, the German government’s highest honor, because of his influence on Germany’s energy policy. Another ironic decoration came in 1993, when…
Household Names Helping Ban Gas Stoves: Humanity Hating Benefactor
The radical agenda of one RMI donor towers above the others. Since 2005 the Rocky Mountain Institute has received at least $76.9 million from the Foundation for the Carolinas (FFTC),…
Household Names Helping Ban Gas Stoves: Giving Away the Rope
Environmental journalist Michael Shellenberger reported that big oil and gas firms have never been the natural enemy of radical climate groups such as RMI. The hypocritical hostility to zero-carbon nuclear…
Book Review: Fossil Future
Environmentalism has always offered a dark vision of our future—either return to the Stone Age or go extinct—but many Americans are only now wising up to its anti-human streak, thanks…
Video: Why Opposing Nuclear Energy Supports Eagle Elimination
On April 6, energy firm NextEra pleaded guilty to three federal charges of killing eagles with wind turbines. The plea included an $8 million fine, an agreement to pay almost…
RGGI Update: Virginia and RGGI
There are currently 11 Northeast and mid-Atlantic states participating in the multistate climate change agreement, widely known as Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), built around “cap-and-trade” regulations that limit carbon…
RGGI Update: Clean Energy’s Dirty Footprint
The “clean energy” initiatives that flow out of the climate change regulations are neither clean nor green because wind and solar energy projects come with their own environmental baggage.