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Houston: Oil and Gas Capital (‘energy transition’ hyperbole falls flat)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 8, 2024

“City leaders should stop pretending Houston will, or should, transition away from oil and gas anytime soon…. Houston should embrace its role in sustaining and improving the lives of literally billions of people globally each day. It’s a legacy worth standing up for… and even celebrating.” (Doug Sheridan, below)

Hyperbole and government subsidies (bribes, to critics) is the lifeline for inferior energies (think dilute, intermittent, resource-intensive wind and solar). Such as been the case since the 1990s in Houston, Texas when Ken Lay of Enron Corp. empowered executive Robert Kelly to create a new renewables business, a story told here.

And shame-on-shame that some Houston business leaders that should know better have embraced low-density, political energies. I am thinking of Bobby Tutor, chair of the Houston Energy Transition Initiative, and Steve Kean of the Greater Houston Partnership.…

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“Psychedelics for Climate Action” (Tripping in Church of Climate)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 7, 2024

“Personally, when I take mushrooms, the last thing I want to do is think about climate change. But that’s apparently what I should be doing, according to … Psychedelics for Climate Action.” (Emily Atkin, Heated)

At the anti-fossil-fuel Substack Heated, Emily Atkin outdid herself. “I fell down the rabbit hole of Psychedelics for Climate Action,” she confessed. “Then I came back to reality.” She continued:

Personally, when I take mushrooms, the last thing I want to do is think about climate change. 

But that’s apparently what I should be doing, according to a new advocacy group. Psychedelics for Climate Action, or PSYCA, argues that the use of mind-altering substances and Indigenous plant medicines—like ayahuasca, psilocybin, ibogaine, ketamine, and LSD—can inspire people to help solve the climate crisis. 

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State of Alaska’s “Priority Climate Plan” (EPA bribe = trouble)

By -- August 6, 2024

Alaska’s Comprehensive Sustainable Energy Action Plan is a kleptocracy plan. The people behind this are taking advantage of decades of hard work of Alaskans who can no longer believe that wise, ethical, logical, civic minded people are at the helm (they are not). We the people must speak up.”

It is formally called “Meeting the requirements of the Priority Climate Action Plan for EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program,” and Alaska’s slim green lobby is winning at the expense of the state’s indigenous resources and natural wealth. A bright light on this alien takeover can stop the takeover, however.

Background

Life is full of letdowns for conservatives in Alaska under the concerted efforts of Governor Dunleavy. Honoring a promise to abide by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Alaska Standard), his administration submitted the State of Alaska’s Priority Sustainable Energy Action Plan (PSEAP) plan to the EPA in March of 2024. This…

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Energy & Environmental Review: August 5, 2024

By -- August 5, 2024
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DeSmog “Climate Disinformation” Database: Nominate Yourself!

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 1, 2024
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No Gov. Inslee, Repeal of Washington State’s Climate Law Won’t Hurt the Climate

By Steve Goreham -- July 31, 2024
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Project 2025: Environmental Policy

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- July 30, 2024
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Green Energy Fail: Bottom Lines from a Participant/Observer

By Harry Blake -- July 29, 2024
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AEA: Kamala Harris on Energy

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- July 26, 2024
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Nuclear Consultant Goes Nuclear (Adam Brown for the record)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- July 25, 2024
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