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…
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Best of CRC Media Hits for March–April 2022
The months of March and April were highlighted by not only op-eds and radio/TV interviews but also by syndicated media appearances from Virginia to Alaska. As usual, our topics of…
Supporters of Wind Farms over Nuclear Power Are Eagle Killers, Not Conservationists
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 $30,000 for…
Ford Foundation’s Big Left Influence: The Ford Foundation’s Millions
One “lefty” billionaire that has been exerting a big influence on our politics for decades and yet escapes nearly all media scrutiny. This is more striking because Henry Ford died…
Ford Foundation’s Big Left Influence: The Climate Hypocrites
In January 2019, more than 600 left-leaning policy and climate organizations co-signed a letter to members of Congress demanding “renewable energy” and “100 percent decarbonization.” The Ford Foundation has spent…
Ford Foundation’s Big Left Influence: Subsidizing the Big Labor Left
Large labor unions, particularly the powerful and often left-wing public employee unions, are major supporters of Democratic and left-leaning causes. The Ford Foundation gave grants totaling $44.5 million in 2021…
Ford Foundation’s Big Left Influence: The “Dark Money” Arabella Network
According to its online grants database, the Ford Foundation gave nearly $13 million to left-leaning projects run by Arabella’s Hopewell Fund and New Venture Fund in 2021. An April 2021…
Nuclear Power–Hating Left: Funding the Climate Left’s Hypocrisy
Most of the climate Left opposes carbon-free nuclear energy. The list includes big names such as the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club, and the Environmental Defense Fund. The…
Nuclear Power–Hating Left: Opposition to Whatever Is Working
Since 1976, the League of Women Voters has supported energy policies that “limit reliance on nuclear fission.” Yet for seven-plus decades fission reactions have been the only source of nuclear…
Nuclear Power–Hating Left: The Vast Anti-Nuclear Conspiracy
Similarly, the Sierra Club, the third of America’s three largest climate policy organization, is described by Environmental Progress as “one of the most effective anti-nuclear environmental organizations in the world.”…