“‘For years, the clean tech world had a lot of idealistic founders who felt that the rules of capitalism had changed, that politics would entirely reorient itself around stopping carbon dioxide emissions, and that’s how we were going to make money,’ said Cody Finke, the founder of a start-up called Brimstone. “And I think that was wishful thinking.’”
Brad Plumer, “How Clean Energy Firms Are Trying to Survive the Trump Era.” New York Times (March 28, 2026). Subtitle: “Offshore wind is out. Geothermal power is in. And many climate technology start-ups are looking for ways to carry on without federal backing.”
Clean energy isn’t dead in the Trump era. But it does look different these days.
Since returning to office, President Trump has dismantled federal efforts to fight climate change and vowed to stop new wind turbines from going up.…
Continue ReadingEd. note: This letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and key members of Congress from Consumer Action for a Strong Economy and other free market energy groups is reproduced below. At issue is a legal loophole allowing Chinese-owned battery component manufacturers to receive taxpayer funded incentives. More information can be found here.
“American taxpayers should not finance the expansion of Chinese-controlled battery companies inside the United States.”
Dear Secretary Bessent:
Consumer Action for a Strong Economy and the undersigned organizations urge the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service to fully enforce the foreign-entity restrictions enacted through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and prevent Chinese-controlled battery companies from accessing American manufacturing and energy tax incentives, including the Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit and the Section 48E Clean Electricity Investment Credit, through U.S.…
Continue Reading“Rob Bradley the freedom to lie about our very real #climateemergency should be outlawed for crimes against nature- aka ecocide—as well as crimes against humanity.” (Rosenberg to Bradley. August 31, 2026)
“Please She/Her Rosenberg. Don’t assume, debate. Don’t pretend, research. Check the emotions and politics at the door and open your mind. There is good news about climate and energy if you are suffering from ‘climate anxiety’.” (below)
“It is a classic notion on the left in general, and of environmentalist zealots in particular,” noted Thomas Sowell, “that no one can disagree with them unless they are either uniformed or dishonest.” A salient example of this came with comments to a social media post by Laura Clarke, CEO of Client Earth, who wrote:
… Continue ReadingToday’s news from New Zealand is a significant setback for climate accountability.