Ed note: Travis Fisher, a protege of economist Roy Cordato at North Carolina State University, has blossomed into one of America’s top energy analysts and public policy entrepreneurs. With a grounding in classical liberalism and Austrian school (realistic) economics, Fisher represents the future of applied energy analysis. “Travis stood out because he was genuinely interested in ideas,” recalls Professor Cordato. “His intense interest, as a graduate student, led him to do an independent study with me in Austrian Political Economy, which he has built upon ever since.”
Travis Fisher has emerged as a thoughtful, principled, and influential voice in contemporary American energy policy. As Director of Energy and Environmental Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, he brings a rare combination of intellectual rigor, hands-on governmental experience, and an unwavering commitment to free-market principles.…
Continue ReadingMasterResource previously announced the launch of “Climate Truth Tellers” by the Sierra Club to flood social media with comments on climate and energy issues from the alarmist, statist, Climate Industrial Complex perspective. “Climate disinformation is rampant on social media,” the project stated, “but the volunteers of Sierra Club’s Climate Truth Tellers team are fighting back by uplifting positive, fact-based posts.” The “trolls” (like me) must be winning!
I challenged readers to sign up. We, too, can weigh-in on “How important is clean, renewable energy to you” and “How important is protecting our public lands from destructive drilling, mining, and fracking?“. I signed up. I am a Climate Truth Teller and wanted to get behind enemy lines and evaluate what the spoon feeding was about.
Jennifer McCharen sent the following to the CLIMATE-TRUTH-TELLERS list serve last week (May 29, 2026):
Hello Truth Tellers….…
Continue ReadingWhen asked about Paul Ehrlich receiving the MacArthur Genius Award, Julian Simon replied: “MacArthur! I can’t even get a McDonald’s!” Added Ed Regis in a Simon profile in Wired:
This did not discourage him. Doomslaying was a thankless task, but it had to be done, like taking out the garbage: it had to be carted to the dump today even if there’d be another big pile of it tomorrow.
Enter the latest neo-Malthusian award winner, Seth Borenstein, the blatantly biased climate reporter/alarmist, who is a recipient of this year’s (2026) Hall of Fame honorees as chosen by the Society of Professional Journalists, Washington, D.C. Chapter, “honoring the best journalism produced in the District of Columbia and metropolitan Maryland and Virginia.”
… Continue ReadingA science writer covering climate change, its impacts and related politics.