This national holiday weekend presents another opportunity to appreciate the labor-saving qualities of energy, the master resource. The utility of affordable, plentiful, reliable energy is not a partisan issue except to a fringe anti-industrial sect (see below).
Note how leading climate alarmists do not question the importance of energy for the masses. “A reliable and affordable supply of energy,” stated John Holdren, Obama’s two-term science advisor, “is absolutely critical to maintaining and expanding economic prosperity where such prosperity already exists and to creating it where it does not.” [1] The father of climate alarmism, James Hansen, has stated:
Let’s be clear: the frequent comparison of the fossil fuel and tobacco industries is nonsense. Fossil fuels are a valuable energy source that has done yeomen service for humankind. [2]
Energy as Bad?…
“What about Left environmental groups buying off the Houston Chronicle with grants and biased op-eds? What about business editorialist Chris Tomlinson PR’ing for wind and solar, the very energies that his wife makes the couple’s riches from?”
Evan Mintz, the new editor of opinion at the Houston Chronicle, opined on his bias last month (July 27, 2025). “As the Chronicle’s new opinion editor, I promise to be biased,” he declared.
As I step into my new role as the Houston Chronicle’s editor of opinion and community engagement, I’ve written an opening column to set the tone — and yes, it’s biased.
He continued:
…We’re seeking out voices that reflect not just our city’s cultural diversity but also its rich, often-overlooked political diversity. We’ll write editorials that go deeper than daily coverage — adding insight into the politics and personalities at City Hall and Commissioners Court and into suburban politics.
Climate activist Andrew Griffiths, policy director of Planet Mark and cofounder of the Carbon Accounting Alliance, posted:
Despicable… it would seem that COP28 UAE continue to use and abuse their hosting of hashtag#COP28 to promote hashtag#fossilfuels….
He is referring to the United Nations’ 2023 Conference of Parties held in a petrostate (United Arab Emirates) that continues to haunt the hard-core climate activists. Griffiths continued:
…I just received an unprompted email from ADIPEC Exhibition and Conference hosted by ADNOC Group, UAE’s national oil and gas company. Maybe it’s pure coincidence and they’ve found my email through some random data supplier, but to my mind the main reason they would have my email address and think I’d be interested is if the hashtag#COP28 Green Zone or other fringe events database was shared with ADNOC to support their marketing.